DB3S/6 Team Car

62 EMU (DB3S/6). An Aston Martin Team Car, made on the William Watson chassis for the racing season 1954, with a fixed head coupe body (decided by wind tunnel testing) but it performed poorly at Silverstone and at Le Mans. Poor handling and lack of speed advantege on the straight eventually led to it crashing and writing off the coupe body, near the Maison Blanche (White House) corner. In 1955 it was completely rebuilt with new chassis and body ready for racing that season. It had upgraded disc brakes all round by Girling, a stronger spiral bevel final drive and a ZF limited slip differential. This car proceeded to win its first meeting in May 1955 at Silverstone, came second at Le Mans, competed in 1956 again on front drum brakes and a new gearbox, then found fame in 1958 as a private entrant at Le Mans, when it took second place driven by Graham and Peter Whitehead.