
Address.
The Bexhill 100 Motoring Club
PO Box 159
Bexhill - on - Sea
East Sussex
TN39 3XE
Bexhill 100 Motoring Club
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Bexhill on Sea - The Birthplace of British Motor Racing (1902)
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1953 ASTON MARTIN DB 2/4 Mk 1










Engine
6 Cylinder in line, OHV
Bore: 83mm
Stroke: 90 mm
Displacement: 2,922 cc
Compression ratio: 8.2-1
Piston area: 50.3 sq in
Valves: overhead(twin o.h. camshafts)
Carburettors: twin SU
Max power: 140 bhp at 5,000rpm
Transmission
4 speed manual
Clutch: s.d.p. Borg & Beck
Ratios: top 3.77, 3rd 5.01,
2nd 7.45,
1st 11.0, reverse 11.0 to one
Propellar Shaft: Hardy Spicer open
Final drive: Salisbury hypoid
Performance
Maximum speed: 120mph
Acceleration: 0-60 mph 11.1 secs
Wheels
Knock-on 16in wire wheels
with 16 x 6.00 crossply
Dimensions & Weight
Wheelbase: 8ft 3in
Track front & rear: 4ft 6in
Overall length: 14ft 31/2in
Overall width: 5ft 101/2in
Overall height: 4ft 61/2in
Ground clearance: 81/2in
Dry weight: 231/2cwt
Turning circle: 35ft
Construction
Multi tube spaceframe,
aluminium panels
Steering
Burman re-circlating ball
Suspension
Front: independent coil & trailing arms Rear: rigid axle & parrallelogram linkage
Shock absorbers: Armstrong hydraulic
Production
Mkl: 1953-54 565
Saloon: 451
Drophead: 102
Chassis: 12
Mkll: 1954-57 199
Price new: £2,889
Manufactured at the Feltham factory in 1953. First registered January 1954, Sold to Mr Malverone for £2.600. Plus purchase tax, as a 21st birthday present for his son. Sold six months later to A. J. Harmsworth [of magazines and encyclopaedia fame] also as a present for his son. Little history recorded for the car from thereon, but it was used in various club events, and was last actively seen in the paddock at Silverstone in 1966. The last registered owner was Mr Peter J. Brown.It then passed to another un registered owner who totally dismantled the car into component parts, and subsequently died; the car was purchased from his widow in 1976, and came as two trailer loads of bits. The present owner and his wife took four years for the mechanical rebuild, and a further year to complete the interior and trim.
OLF 756 has now covered 88,000 miles, of touring, road rallying etc through England and Europe, and driven on many of the racing circuits.
All work in the restoration [other than crankshaft regrinding] has been completed totally, by us; all carried out in a single garage.
One great coincidence, my name is also Peter J. Brown [the same as the last log book entry in 1966!]
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