If you had half a million to spend on a car, what would you get? I’d probably fill up a building with affordable classics so I could experience a different car everyday. Then again, it would be fun to have something really special like this 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage. I know how some of you feel about the business practices over at Gullwing Motors, but this is quite a discovery! Supposedly the car went into long term storage, presumably in this barn, 20 years ago. It has only covered 44k miles and has been in the care of the same family for almost 40 years. I’d like to get the full story from them before assuming that all as fact, but even if it isn’t, this is a beautiful British machine.

If you were going to buy a DB6, the Vantage was the one to get! In place of the standard car’s triple SU carburetors was a triple Weber setup. It pushed the power from 282 up to 325 brake horsepower! In typical Gullwing fashion, not much information is given about the current mechanical condition of the car. They do mention that the engine still retains its Weber carbs and that it’s numbers matching though. I’d assume they are working on getting it running after such a long sleep. But, maybe the typical buyer of a car like this would rather have a specialist handle the job?

Things do look great in here so the mileage claims are not too hard to believe. I’m not so sure about the idea of such a valuable car being parked in a barn for 20 years. Maybe it was under a cover or something? Let’s just hope that the photos weren’t staged in hopes of generating interest. I’m sure that people with enough money to buy a car like this are smart enough to do their own research. I, on the other hand, am still waiting to get smart enough to have enough money to buy something like this…

This had to be an exciting day! A certain series of movies may have made the brand famous, but Aston Martin did build some very respectable cars. Old David Brown knew what he was doing when he resurrected the company. It may not have been the most financially stable business, but the cars that left that factory were top notch grand tourers. Let’s just hope that the next owner will bring it out of its climate controlled garage once in a while so the rest of us can admire it!