by Mike –
Recently I wrote about S. H. “Wacky” Arnolt And His Arnolt-Bristol Cars.
In that article I said,
“… he also had Bertone rebody six Aston Martin DB2s which were badged as the Arnolt-Aston Martin.”
In the back of my mind I knew that I had seen an Arnolt-Aston Martin and with some time searching my photo collection I found these photos of one of the rare Arnolt-Aston Martins.
The number of people and the width of the street did not allow for better photos. Back in 2006 I was not publishing My Car Quest so I did not expect to share these photos or I would have tried harder to get a photo of the rear view.
Notice how Arnolt tried to keep the trademark Aston Martin grille shape.
These photos were taken at the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance in 2006 after the cars were parked on Ocean Avenue in Carmel.
2006 is a long time ago that’s why it took me so long to find these photos.
While this is a beautiful car I am not sure that it is an improvement over the original Aston Martin DB2 design.
What do you think about this design?
This article was originally published in January 2013.
Sorry, but your statement, that Wacky “rebodied” 6 cars is simply wrong. Arnolt originally purchased 6 CHASSIS, LML 50/502-LML 50/507. The odd numbered cars were fitted with what later became the Arnolt Bristol design, and the even numbered cars with a more conventional drophead design. 5 of these cars currently exist; 1 of the conventional cars having burned in one of the shop’s fires. A couple of years later 2 more Aston chassis, LML 762 and 765 were completed. 765 was completed first, with a coupe body similar to what had been fit on a Jaguar chassis. 762 was a unique drophead design, and was the last completed, and according to what I remember, was originally the ONLY car to carry the “Arnolt Aston Martin” badge. This badge has been copied & fitted to some of the others. In addition to myself, LML 762 was once owned by Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd, and now resides in a private Swiss collection.