This car is offered from outside of the European Union. It has been imported under temporary admission customs bond and is therefore subject to Dutch import tax (9%) on top of the winning bid price. Cars less than 30 years old will pay 10% Dutch import tax plus 21% VAT on the hammer. If exporting immediately to another country, then tax/duty will only be paid in that country.
The winning bidder will pay €500 customs charge on top of the ‘hammer’ price.
The winning bidder will receive a receipt for the final hammer value, as their proof of purchase.
This vehicle has been on static display in the Middle East for a number of years and the only history or paperwork available is displayed in the photo gallery. In all cases the papers shown are photocopies unless otherwise stated. We do not have the original paperwork.
Unless otherwise stated, we have not tried to start or drive the car and cannot vouch for its mechanical viability or functionality. The car is not registered anywhere.
It will require recommissioning prior to road use and is sold ‘as seen’.
As CARS Europe BV is the guarantor of all customs duties and taxes for vehicles within Dutch customs bond, the car cannot be released until full payment received.
All storage charges (€30 + local VAT per day commencing from the sixth day following the auction end) must be paid in full prior to the vehicle’s collection or onward transportation. Collection and viewings are strictly by appointment only.
Please send an email to the storage centre to ensure vehicle(s) are ready at time of collection. Photographic ID will be required at time of collection. If a third party is collecting for you, then written authorisation is required in advance from you and photographic ID of the third party is required at the time of collection.
CARS Europe BV will contact you after the balance payment is received to confirm onward transport requirements. For enquiries about import tax and shipping contact Madam Joanna Herlihy, +31 (0) 252 682 526, +44 7483 433912, [email protected].
VIN: DBSV8/10137/LC.
Engine No: V/540/136.
In common with many vehicles from the vendor’s collection, this 1971 LHD auto Aston Martin DBSV8 comes with no history or service records beyond whatever is shown in the documents section.
However, in this instance, there is actually a considerable amount of documentation, bills, receipts and invoices (some in English, some in German) attesting to the comprehensive restoration and curation of this fine vehicle.
There is also a copy of what looks to us like some sort of Swiss registration document.
It has 77,460 kms on its odometer.
We know from a letter issued by Aston Martin that it was exported new to Switzerland and was first seen gracing a stand at the Geneva car show in 1971.
This letter also states that, when new, the car was black with a brown interior and confirms the original chassis and engine numbers.
In 1982/3, when the car was either owned by automotive engineer Bruno Macina or being worked on by him on behalf of an unknown owner, it seems to have been comprehensively, painstakingly and expensively restored using what looks like almost every available item from the Aston Martin parts catalogue.
There is a sequence of letters between Bruno Macina and Aston Service Dorset (England), in which the latter describe the exhaustive list of parts they will be despatching to Switzerland for local engineers SIM (and possibly others) to fit to the car during the course of its restoration.
This restoration, according to the documentation, included not just the bodywork, mechanicals and drivetrain, but also a total rebuild of the original engine using authentic Aston Martin parts, again supplied by Aston Service Dorset.
You’d think it might have cheaper (and easier) to ship the car to the UK to have the work done. But considering that Herr Macina was contemporaneously having an Aston Martin DB5 fully restored using parts supplied by Aston Service Dorset, it seems unlikely that money or convenience would have been the deciding factors.
By 1993 or thereabouts, the car seems to have passed into the ownership of Tony and/or Peter Brändel, and there are invoices detailing the work and money he/they spent on the car.
There are a couple of letters between Herr Brändel and a shopping centre in Spreitenbach, Switzerland, in which the latter is asking the former if he’d like to bring his car along to a James Bond-themed event at the shopping centre.
Finally, we know that the car was sold in 2004 to an unknown buyer (possibly the current vendor) at an auction near Bern through the Oldtimer Galerie Toffen.
The car doesn’t start or run at present, so our appraisal of it is entirely based on its cosmetic appearance.
Today, the car has a dark blue exterior with a cream leather interior.
We believe that it’s in really very decent condition and is a fine representative of both the model and the marque.
