2,580 cc DOHC six-cylinder engine, twin SU carburettors, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with coil springs, trailing links and anti-roll bar, live axle rear with coil springs, radius rods and Panhard bar, and Girling four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,500 mm

• Offered from the Collection of a Swiss Gentleman

• One of only 98 DB2 Drophead Coupés built

• One of about 75 original LHD cars

• Restoration to factory specification in Switzerland, 2007/8

• Vantage specification

The late-production DB2 Drophead Coupé offered here is one of only 98 examples built between 1950 and 1953. Aside from this rarity, LML/50/366 is also one of only about 75 left-hand drive DB2 Drophead Coupés built, and the engine prefix shows it received the larger valve Vantage engine. It is a US-delivery example and was completed on 7 February, 1953 with a Deep Carriage Green exterior and beige upholstery. It was dispatched to America on 25 March that year and sold to its original owner, Marvin Weimann of Long Island, via J.S. Inskip.

The current owner acquired the car in Massachusetts in 2006, and judging from the following comments, it’s one of his favourites:

Could anyone alive mention the Aston Martin DB2 Convertible without alluding to Alfred Hitchcock’s unforgettable movie The Birds, where the car practically enjoys actor status? In point of fact, the one in the movie is a DB2, driven by Tippi Hedren, the classic Hitchcock blonde. For me and surely for a lot of people of my generation, she was something of a fixation.

The Aston Martin really got under my skin. Still, I didn’t buy the first one I found but decided to wait. What I was really looking for was the exact same car as the one in the movie. Oddly enough, for all his Britishness, Alfred Hitchcock had not wanted a right-hand-drive car and although the Americans had created the market for left-hand-drive models, they themselves usually preferred their own large cars. So the Aston Martin DB2 Convertible market was in fact tiny, particularly as they weren’t particularly keen on relatively uncomfortable sports-car style machines.

I finally found the car and bought it at auction on the strength of a photo. Although it looked new, on closer inspection it required a complete makeover. So what? I was still happy to make my dream come true: I finally owned the same car as Alfred Hitchcock—in green!

Immediately upon purchase the car was imported to Switzerland where restoration commenced, including an engine rebuild, repainting and re-trimming in the original colours. As offered, LML/50/366 is complete with a copy of its original Aston Martin build sheet, an original sales brochure, a British Motor Industry Heritage Trust certificate, Swiss work invoices, old US title and current Swiss registration. In sum, this rare left-hand drive DB2 Drophead Vantage Coupé remains a handsome example of an automotive landmark.

A reduced import tax of 5% may be applicable to this car. For further explanation please speak with an RM representative.