Topic: Solved - MJW #600 - Lance Macklin stopping his Aston Martin DB2 for a refreshment, Spa 1949

[woodinsight]

Who, What, Where, When type of puzzle.
What is required is the car make/model, the event and year, who is driving and what is happening in the photo?

[woodinsight]

Moving up

[Delorean]

Looks like an Aston Martin-grill ...

[woodinsight]

Looks like an Aston Martin-grill ...

So far, so good.......

[Delorean]

Since the grill is in 3 pieces it can only be an Aston Martin DB2 from 1950. Looks like the guy on the left trying to give the driver a drink ...

[woodinsight]

Since the grill is in 3 pieces it can only be an Aston Martin DB2 from 1950. Looks like the guy on the left trying to give the driver a drink ...

You're getting there slowly.
Yes it is a DB2 Aston but earlier than 1950 and yes the guy on the left is carrying a beer out to the driver.
So - can you name the event, year and the driver?
I'll lock it for you until your next reply......

[Delorean]

Found it thanks to Google (again): I typed in 'Aston Martin DB2 1949 beer' (dont't know if that last one did it  ) and found this:



Then I found out the rest:

it's the second of the three works cars built in 1949 known at Works as "Le Mans Fixed Head Coupes" (LML/49/4 is a road car built for David Brown using the same lines).

LMA/49/2 is the only survivor with the 2-litre 4 cylinder engine (as LMA/49/1 crashed).

Body number 48002.
Engine: original engine SPA4/49/2 tranferred to AMC/48/2 then SPA/49/9. Has also had EN4/49/28.
Registration: UMC 65.

And the original picture:



taken in Spa 1949 with Macklin stopping for a cold beer !

Unfortunatly, it looks like this today

[woodinsight]

Yes, very well done!
Amazing really that the photo was taken on the Masta straight during the race!
Those were the days!

[Ray B.]

Also amazing (in today's view) that he stopped for a beer. He might have added a shot of whisky.