Aston Martin Project 214

I took this photograph at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's a replica of the Aston Martin Project 214 which was based on the Aston Martin DB4GT and it took part in the Masters ‘Gentleman Drivers’ GT Race at this meeting. It had a 4.2 litre engine and was driven in the race by Wolfgang Friedrichs and David Clark. Two Project 214 cars were originally built, one of which was destroyed in an accident during practice for the 1964 Nürburgring 1000 km race.

1963 Aston Martin DP214

This is a photograph that I took at Luffield corner during the Coys of Kensington GT Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's Simon Draper's 1963 Aston Martin DP214 in which he shared the driving in the race with David Clark. This was one of two Project 214 cars built (the other being completely destroyed in an accident at the Nürburgring in 1964) and was based on DB4GT chassis 0194/R with the 3,670cc straight-6 engine bored out to 3,750cc.The car ran in the Le Mans 24 Hour race twice, retiring after 11 hours with a broken piston when in third place in 1963 driven by Bill Kimberley and Jo Schlesser, and in 1964 it was driven by Mike Salmon and Peter Sutcliffe but was disqualified after 18 hours for topping up with oil before the permitted time. It was in eleventh place at the time. Behind the Aston are the 1965 MGB of David Heynes/Mike Wilds and the 1960 Austin Healey 3000 of Ted and Mark Williams.

Aston Martin DP214 Replica

I took this photograph at the Knickerbrook chicane during the AMOC '50s Sports Cars race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

It's the Aston Martin DP214 replica of Robert Rawe, one of three replicas of the DP214 which had contested the Le Mans 24 Hour race in 1963 and 1964 and other long distance sports car races during those years - though one of the cars was destroyed in an accident during practice for the 1964 1000 Kilometres race at the Nürburgring. Robert Rawe's car was based on a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 and  has a 6-cylinder inline 3,760cc engine.

1963 Aston Martin DP214

This was one of the competitors in the Coys of Kensington GT Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's Simon Draper's 1963 Aston Martin DP214 in which he shared the driving in the race with David Clark. This was one of two Project 214 cars built (the other being completely destroyed in an accident at the Nürburgring in 1964) and was based on DB4GT chassis 0194/R with the 3,670cc straight-6 engine bored out to 3,750cc.The car ran in the Le Mans 24 Hour race twice, retiring after 11 hours with a broken piston when in third place in 1963 driven by Bill Kimberley and Jo Schlesser, and in 1964 it was driven by Mike Salmon and Peter Sutcliffe but was disqualified after 18 hours for topping up with oil before the permitted time. It was in eleventh place at the time.

1963 Aston Martin DP214

This was one of the competitors in the Coys of Kensington GT Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's Simon Draper's 1963 Aston Martin DP214 in which he shared the driving in the race with Gary Pearson. This was one of two Project 214 cars built (the other being completely destroyed in an accident at the Nürburgring in 1964) and was based on DB4GT chassis 0194/R with the 3,670cc straight-6 engine bored out to 3,750cc.The car ran in the Le Mans 24 Hour race twice, retiring after 11 hours with a broken piston when in third place in 1963 driven by Bill Kimberley and Jo Schlesser, and in 1964 it was driven by Mike Salmon and Peter Sutcliffe but was disqualified after 18 hours for topping up with oil before the permitted time. It was in eleventh place at the time.

Aston Martin Project 214 Replica

This car competed in the 2¼ hour long Gentlemen Drivers GT and Sports Endurance Race at the HGPCA's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

It's shown in the programme of the event as a 1961 3.9 litre Aston Martin DB4 GT to be driven in the race by Wolfgang Friedrichs and David Clark, but it is actually Wolfgang Friedrichs' replica of the Aston Martin Project 214 cars that were built in 1963.

I showed photographs of the only remaining original Project 214 car on 23 January 2017 and 7 June 2018.

Aston Martin Project 214

This car competed in the Coys of Kensington GT Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

It's Simon Draper's 1963 Aston Martin DP214, who shared the driving in the race with Gillian Goldsmith. 5 NBP was one of two Project 214 cars built (the other being completely destroyed in an accident at the Nürburgring in 1964) and was based on DB4GT chassis 0194/R with the 3,670cc straight-6 engine bored out to 3,750cc.

On 23 January 2017 I showed a photograph of this car at Silverstone in 1996.

Aston Martin Project 214

This car competed in the Coys of Kensington GT Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

It's the 1962 3.8 litre Aston Martin Project 214 #0194/R - based on the Aston Martin DB4GT - and was driven in the race by Simon Draper and Mark Hales. This is the only remaining example of the Aston Martin DP214 - two cars were built and the other one (#0195/R) was destroyed in an accident during practice for the 1964 Nürburgring 1000 km race.