Quietly Performing Award Winning Restoration Work on British Motorcars Since 1992

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 as delivered to Britsport for restoration.

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 Drop Head Coupe. One of 73 total Drop Head Coupe cars produced, both RH and LH drive. Fully disassembled nearly 30 years ago. Brought into Britsport in many sections, crates, and boxes. Full nut and bolt restoration in progress. Body as pictured has all alloy work completed, currently in the priming/blocking process.

1954 Aston Martin. Rear bodywork removed. Steel substructure being repaired/restored as nec’y.

1954 Aston Martin. Rear steel substructure.

1954 Aston Martin. Rear steel substructure.

1954 Aston Martin. Chassis restored to rolling status. Rebuilt engine/clutch/gearbox installed.

1954 Aston Martin. Chassis and powerplant photo.

1954 Aston Martin. Chassis/powerplant/front suspension photo.

Chassis Tags

Metal work completed. Installation of body on chassis to check gapping.

Final fit up of body panels to chassis is complete. The body was then removed from the chassis for clean up, conversion coating/cleaning, etch priming, plastic work and paint.

1954 Aston Martin. All body and paintwork completed. The entire car color sanded and rubbed out in it’s original Aston Martin Ivory color (soft yellow). This is the final installation of body on chassis. Now the painstaking business of reassembly begins.

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 DHC. As I stated previously, the painstaking process of reassembly has commenced. The most difficult aspect is that the car was largely disassembled nearly 30 years ago with little documentation of that work. The Aston factory published little to no information covering the DB2-4 MK1 cars. The placement of equipment, brackets, cable runs and a million details requires much research. It has to be absolutely correct. Very difficult to achieve on a car that was one of 70 or so built.

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4. The Aston way of combining a bright red engine block, polished cam covers, and gloss black intake castings and carburetor bodies makes for an absolutely beautiful engine appearance. It is one of the better looking combinations that I have seen in the British car world.

1954 Aston Martin. Much work has been recently performed including the installation of most of the new wiring harnesses, build up of the bulkhead components, inside aluminum cockpit and boot compartment floors.

1954 Aston Martin. New boot compartment floors have been fabricated from thin plywood and an aluminum skin. They are roughed into place. After the missing spare tire well access panel is fabbed up, the new flooring will be painted body color and rubber insulation strips and channels installed.

1954 Aston Martin DB2/4. The engine has been started/gremlins identified and dealt with. The bonnet and doors installed hopefully for the last time. The build up of bonnet and interior bits can commence.

1954 Aston Martin DB2/4

After nearly 30 years, it has it’s face back on and smiling!

Aston Martin DB2/4. Restoration nearly complete and preparing for it’s first outing at the 2011 Kirkland Concours d’ Elegance at Carillon Point.

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