Coming directly from its French owner who acquired this lovely Aston Martin through our brokerage in 2010, it is a pleasure to offer this car to the market again. The AML Build sheet indicates it was a factory demonstrator from 2nd October 1968 until December that year when a letter dated just before Christmas from Normand Garage Ltd., and a transfer of warranty letter sent 30th December 1968, to the second owner, a Mr M.S. Vickers, Plantation House, Mincing Lane, London EC5. Following we have little record of its early life, the first we know of the car was when it was acquired in 1992 when it had been standing in a barn for 10 years, with the engine head off, awaiting attention. It was not bought for the Aston Martin heritage but the rather more prosaic reason of a fine registration number.Initially recommissioned by Bill Goodall of Newlands Motors, the French owner maintained contact with Newlands for parts to complement local maintenance.The "four headlight" DBS has become a highly valued and evocative symbol of its era especially this earlier version with the "gills" on the C post and in this manual form is one of the most sought after versions -- appreciated as both collectible and usable -- this beautiful car is both collectible and very usable.