Restoration of a Classic DB 2/4 MK III

About the Book

The Aston Martin DB MK III. 

This Book comes about, due to the Love of a Motor Car for being itself, and to tell of a change for a Car
that has stood for over 40 years.

June 2009, Aston Martin DB MK III Registration Number WYE 847, was first sighted in a lock up garage
in Weybridge, Surrey, UK,  awaiting Restoration completion that had started some 43 years earlier and
not quite finished due to occupation changes, residence moves, and the passing of time.

July 2009, Aston Martin DB MK III WYE 847 recommissioning was started by Aston Works Service
Newport Pagnell, and this book records in part, Restoration Work details,  Predecessor Cars, and
later Developed Cars.

Engine Cylinder Head Repairs.
Suspension & Brakes Repairs.
Body Refurbish,  Lighting System Repair & Upgrade.
Interior attention,  

Restoration Work was attended to and all the while the Car was used at every opportunity.

Aston Martin DB MK III Registration Number WYE 847 was garaged for more than 40 years, then
recommissioned, and used on roads never seen before, and driven to places never before visited.

 The Aston Martin DB MK III Truly is    A Car for all Time.

About the Author

The Aston Martin DB MKIII   A Car for All Time.

The Author is a British Citizen, Born in the North  East of England.
First mobile activity with a machine was a Boogey ….. made up of a Strip of Timber, strong enough
to hold the weight of a thin youth, a fixed steel rod to accept pram wheels for the Rear Axle,  and the
same at the front placed on a piece of timber 24 inch x 4 inch, with a center fixing Bolt & Nut  to the
Timber Strip, to be the Front & Steering Axle.
For propulsion, the Boogey was pushed by a friend waiting his turn, or,  mounted on one knee,  a one legged
scoot was the way along, until a downhill was encountered then it was flat out, sitting position foot steering
or for the brave, laid face down forward facing, hands steering ….. !
 
The Authors Love of Cars started at a young age.
School days, talking of Sport Cars Racing at faraway places. Time spent in unused fields with
Test failure Cars, and makeshift repairs for an afternoon or evening of enjoyment, and cold wet days
watching Green Racing Cars at Croft Autodrome in the North of England.

1968, My first Road Legal Morris Mini, and some 60/70 Cars later, 10 cars still owned, the sight and
sound of a  Car is still a pleasure.
   
An Eclectic mix of Cars that eventually slims to preferences, BMC Mini’s, Vans to carry the off road motor
bikes, Saloon Cars to fit in all the friends, the open top Sport Cars for the summer days, the Utility cars,
Willys Jeep, Austin Champ, Land Rover, heady days,  and the special one’s along the way, Triumph
Spitfire, Lotus Elan, Porsche 911 Targa, Aston Martin.