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Solved - MJW #388 - Aston Martin DB3/3 Vignale
« on: May 01, 2011, 04:00:08 PM »
Make, model and coachbuilder for a point please
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Re: MJW #388
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2011, 04:20:40 AM »
Another easy expert point?
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Re: MJW #388
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2011, 06:21:01 AM »
Another Aston Martin?
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Re: MJW #388
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2011, 09:02:41 AM »
Believe it or not - yes!
Another Aston Martin but the type and coachbuilder is needed to complete the puzzle
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Re: MJW #388
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2011, 09:29:25 AM »
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Re: MJW #388
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2011, 03:11:07 PM »
Aston Martin DB3/3, originally a standard-bodied car, but had the rear end rebuilt by Henri Chapron in 1952 after an accident involving several cars at Monaco.  Soon after it caught fire at a race at Goodwood and had to be completely rebuilt.

Later it was sold to French racing driver Michel Poberejsky who had it re-bodied by Vignale and who fitted a DB3S engine.

After another accident the body was fitted to a Ferrari 340 America for the subsequent 50 years of its life.

I don't know what happened to chassis no. 3 in the end, but the puzzle photo shows it wearing its Vignale body in the mid 1950s.

Here's another pic for good measure:

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Re: MJW #388
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2011, 03:10:27 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on May 06, 2011, 03:11:07 PM
Aston Martin DB3/3, originally a standard-bodied car, but had the rear end rebuilt by Henri Chapron in 1952 after an accident involving several cars at Monaco.  Soon after it caught fire at a race at Goodwood and had to be completely rebuilt.

Later it was sold to French racing driver Michel Poberejsky who had it re-bodied by Vignale and who fitted a DB3S engine.

After another accident the body was fitted to a Ferrari 340 America for the subsequent 50 years of its life.

I don't know what happened to chassis no. 3 in the end, but the puzzle photo shows it wearing its Vignale body in the mid 1950s.

Here's another pic for good measure:


Perfect reply!
Can I just add that DB3/3 was apparently scrapped after an accident in the Bois de Boulogne in 1956 although the body (repaired) found it's way on to a Ferrari 340 America (c/n: 0196A) - see photo below
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