Carroll Shelby Rested His Head Here When He Won At Le Mans In 1959

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Peter Orosz
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There are Aston Martins and then there are Aston Martins. This is the DBR1, the sports prototype Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby drove to victory at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. Yet another company not afraid to show their old cars at Geneva’s feast of the new.

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The DBR1 has not gotten an iora uglier in the 54 years that’s passed since its big day out:

The interior is proper ’50s race car:

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