Equipment
Knock-off wire wheels, Motorola pushbutton radio, dash clock, wood-rim steering wheel.
Condition
#4 Fair
Has visible flaws to the naked eye. Runs fine, but could use mechanical or cosmetic attention.
Acquired by Castrol as an 'executive car' and delivered directly to the company's headquarters. Repainted in the 1960s. Now, it is literally surrounded by a ring of its own paint chips. Engine bay is pitted and filthy with hay, spider webs, twigs, grass, etc. Frame is dirty but solid. Interior is better than the outside, but still very worn and dirty. Tires are cracking everywhere. Bumpers and wheels are pitted, dirty and rusty. There's a line between a neat barn find and a dirty wreck. This car is still restorable, but also somewhere near that line.
Market commentary
It is a long, complicated road between what was sold here today and what this Aston is destined to become after the restoration it so desperately needs. The bidders late on Saturday seemed unwilling to pay a premium for cobwebs and dead leaves and this post-block concluded transaction is a reasonable price to pay for the project this Aston is.