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38333,500 miles from new1966 Aston Martin DB6 Sports SaloonRegistration no. YTP 1Chassis no. DB6/2471Engine no. 400/2429‘Stage by stage, as the DB has become dominant in the AstonMartin strain, the successive cars have changed their image. Todaythe aim is to offer the maximum of luxury and refinement as well asthe ultimate in road performance. The minor barbarities of so manygreat sports cars of the past are no longer acceptable – at least inthe hand built models now leaving Newport Pagnell. Obviously sucha car as the DB6 is expensive and exclusive but the value matchesthe price.’ – Autocar, 1966.The culmination of Aston-Martin’s long-running six-cylinder ‘DB’line, the DB6 debuted at the Paris and London Motor Shows in1965 and was recognisably related to the Touring-styled DB4 of1958. The wheelbase was now 4” longer than before, resulting in anextensive restyle with more-raked windscreen, raised roofline andreshaped rear quarter windows. Although apparently a bigger carthan its predecessors, the weight of the new model was in fact onlyfractionally increased.330 | Goodwood festival of speed