1921 Aston Martin A3 Prototype [A3]

1921 Aston Martin A3 [A3] in Secrets of the Transport Museum, Non-fiction TV, 2021-2022 Ep. 2.01

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00:33:36 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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humungus ◊ 2024-08-16 18:55
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2024-08-16 20:46	1918 Aston Martin. https://www.flickr.com/photos/boblovelockflickr/11857497546 -- Last edit: 2024-08-16 20:52:10
dsl ◊ 2024-08-16 21:03	Some confusion about exact date and name, depending on source: "Meet the oldest Aston Martin in the world; the third car thus branded to be built by what was originally the Bamford and Martin company, and the most senior survivor. The year 2021 marks its 100th birthday ..... driven by Bertie Kensington Moir it took several light-car speed records including 100 miles at an 86.2mph average. That happened in 1921 when A3 was virtually new .... over the years A3 took on other guises. First came a lower, racier one, by which time the factory had renumbered the chassis to 1918 and re-registered the car from AM 270 to XN 2902. Some time later, A3 gained a wire-wheeled, wider-bodied, short-tailed, cycle- winged look redolent of the 1930s (plus, finally, brakes on the front wheels), and its origins faded into history. Not until 2002 did a sharp- eyed expert at the Bonhams auction house spot the A3 marking on the chassis and realise its significance. The Aston Martin Heritage Trust raised the money to buy A3 a year later, and commissioned a restoration intended to recreate the original as-built look ..." from here. 1921 Aston Martin A3 Prototype seems best ID??

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humungus

◊ 2024-08-16 18:55

johnfromstaffs

◊ 2024-08-16 20:46

1918 Aston Martin.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/boblovelockflickr/11857497546

-- Last edit: 2024-08-16 20:52:10

dsl

◊ 2024-08-16 21:03

Some confusion about exact date and name, depending on source:

"Meet the oldest Aston Martin in the world; the third car thus branded to be built by what was originally the Bamford and Martin company, and the most senior survivor. The year 2021 marks its 100th birthday ..... driven by Bertie Kensington Moir it took several light-car speed records including 100 miles at an 86.2mph average. That happened in 1921 when A3 was virtually new .... over the years A3 took on other guises. First came a lower, racier one, by which time the factory had renumbered the chassis to 1918 and re-registered the car from AM 270 to XN 2902. Some time later, A3 gained a wire-wheeled, wider-bodied, short-tailed, cycle- winged look redolent of the 1930s (plus, finally, brakes on the front wheels), and its origins faded into history. Not until 2002 did a sharp- eyed expert at the Bonhams auction house spot the A3 marking on the chassis and realise its significance. The Aston Martin Heritage Trust raised the money to buy A3 a year later, and commissioned a restoration intended to recreate the original as-built look ..."

from here.

1921 Aston Martin A3 Prototype seems best ID??

1921 Aston Martin A3 Prototype [A3]

1921 Aston Martin A3 [A3] in Secrets of the Transport Museum, Non-fiction TV, 2021-2022 Ep. 2.01

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