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    mardi 19 février 2013

    Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato


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    the most beautiful recre­ation ever?
    On 22nd July 1991, at Protech House, Cobham a fleet of four ‘Sanction 2′ recre­ations of Aston’s sublime Zagato collab was launched.
    These cars were built under license with authen­ticity shot through every nut, bolt, square centi­metre of alloy and hide. There were 19 originals and only four of these recre­ations made. Could it be that one day the recre­ations will be more sought after than the originals?
    No matter. This simulacrum of six cylinder gorgeousness, a twenty two year old manifest­ation of a sixty year old siren — sold last year for a record 1.3 Million (or thereabouts).
    According to Bonhams, who auctioned the car last year, the project was instigated in 1987 by Protech’s Victor Gauntlett and Peter Livanos, who commis­sioned the renowned Aston Martin specialist Richard Williams to up-​​rate four DB4 rolling chassis to DB4GT specific­ation. These were then shipped to Italy to be fitted with Zagato’s stunningly beautiful, hand crafted bodies. They were then returned to Williams, who fitted the interiors and completed the cars at his new premises in Cobham, Surrey.
    But words can’t really do justice to this sort of beauty, so just look at the pics and marvel