This motor car is being sold as part of a private overseas collection. It has been imported under the Bonhams’ temporary admission customs bond. In addition to the ‘hammer’ price, the winning bidder must pay a bond release fee (£350) and also import tax/duty.
In the UK, cars over 30 years old are subject to the lower rate of 5% import tax on the final selling price if purchased by a private individual. Cars less than 30 years old will pay 10% duty + VAT as well as VAT. A company buying this car will always pay 10% duty + VAT as well as VAT on the ‘hammer’ price.
The winning bidder will receive a receipt for the final hammer value, and proof that HMRC fees are paid. If the car is subsequently exported abroad within 30 days then these fees are refundable upon proof of customs/tax payment in the other country.
The bond release fee (£350 payable direct, post-auction, to the CARS shipping company) will produce a NOVA from HMRC, this document is formal proof that all duties & taxes are paid in UK. The vehicle is not registered anywhere. You must register the vehicle with the DVLA. Upon request, The Market can suggest some companies who can help with this process.
This vehicle has been on static display in the Middle East for a number of years, and there is no history available beyond that displayed in our photography section. In all cases, the documents shown are photocopies, unless otherwise stated. We do not have the originals.
Unless otherwise stated, we have not tried to start or drive the car so cannot vouch for its mechanical viability or functionality. It will require recommissioning prior to road use and is strictly sold ‘as seen’.
It is available for viewing by appointment weekdays 9am-5pm, and we advise you (or your appointed engineer) to inspect it at our HQ near Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
VIN: DBSV8/10131/R.
Engine No: V/540/138.
In common with many vehicles from the vendor’s collection, this 1971 RHD manual Aston Martin DBSV8 comes with no paperwork beyond whatever photocopied documents are shown in the gallery section.
It does, however, come with a copy of an old UK registration document, its original spec sheet, and a copy of a sales listing posted by a previous owner (not dated, but the mileage is more or less the same as it is today).
It reads as follows.
“This car was in a large collection since 1985 and in 1991 it had the inner and outer sills replaced and a total re-spray (photographs of work carried out). When I received the car it had the brake servos removed, starter removed and a number of other body fittings. The car has now been re-commissioned and had a UK MoT.
The interior is a little tired with the driver’s seat foam soft and the leather on the front seats and door pads poor, but the rest of the car is sound.”
We also know that the car has passed the way of a Bonhams live auction before, in 2011, and that the auction listing at the time offered the following words.
“First registered on 23rd February 1971, this manual transmission DBS V8 was purchased by the current vendor in March 1996 from one Robert James, of Dudley, who had acquired it from a John Sands, of Boston in 1981, at which time it was registered '40 DAR'. There are no documents with the car but there are photographs on file of a 'glass out' repaint together with other photographs and bills relating to work on the sills (1992) as well as a quantity of expired tax discs and MoT certificates. A total of 62,246 miles is currently displayed on the odometer.”
We think the car was bought for the current vendor’s collection of static display vehicles at this 2011 auction.
On the occasion of the car’s last MoT in April 2011 it had covered 62,248 miles.
Today the odometer is showing 62,368 miles.
When new the car was ‘Ming Blue’ with ‘White Gold’ upholstery, ‘Sandringham Beige’ carpets and ‘Natural’ headlining.
The car takes power to the dashboard and the engine turns over.
We haven’t tried to drive the car, so our appraisal of it is limited to its cosmetic appearance.
