Aston Martin DB4
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| Car arriving on tow truck |
Rear end view of car
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View of interior and dash board |
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| Dash board is in a very untidy condition | Shot of under body, most of the parts are rusted |
Outer front and rear
end removed prior to acid dipping
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| Car on its side to get EP primed inside and out | New fabricated door skin |
Door frame is being
worked on, and manufacturing parts to suit
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| O/S door file finished and ready for primer | Bottom section of nose manufactured and welded in place |
The old front guards
and nose panel in need of a lot of work
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| Rear end is completely removed and fabricating lower rear quarter panel |
Welded N/S rear
quarter panel, comparing it to the old one
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Fabricated O/S front guard |
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| O/S front guard welded in place and trial fitting bonnet, checking gaps | Welding N/S fabricated front guard |
Front end off and
repairing the front body frame
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| Final trial fitting, Lots of work was done for the windscreen because of the car being twisted | Trial fitting front bumper bar to suit | Fabricated sills are being welded |
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| Removing boot frame from skin, repairing boot frame and file finishing the skin | Rear suspension before being restored | Rear suspension after restoration, Parts were plated and painted to original |
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Stripping heater box
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Heater box after restoration | Soft top frame sandblasted |
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Soft top frame plated
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Trial fitting engine and gearbox | Going over the finer details before being primed |
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| Heater box parts sand blasted | Dash, heater box and parts back from plating |
Trial fitting the grille
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Front view of car
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Restored and fabricated fuel tank | Wiper motor before restoration |
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| Wiper motor after restoration | After being painted |
Fitting heater box
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| Fitting painted front suspension | Fitting brakes |
Front suspension
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Fitting rear trim
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Fitting up dash and wiring | Front view of car |
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Rear view showing tail lights and bumper bar
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Fabricating hardtop roof from scratch, as it didn't have one with the car | While we were fabricating the roof |
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| Hardtop roof prepared ready for primer |
Prepared for paint
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Finished product |
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Another view of the finished product
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Soft top fitted in place and ready for boot lid to go on | Continuing fitting up car carefully and with a great deal of attention |
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| Tuning and test driving car |
Almost complete
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Getting the trim work finalised |
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Finished product
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Front view of the car finished and looks and drives just like new | View of the interior after many hours of hard work |
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| Another shot of the beautiful DB4 | Delivered to the client | |
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