Aston Martin Project 215 '1963
Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin has produced truly British luxury sports cars throughout its 100-year history. Founded by Lionel Martin and Richard Bamford in 1913, the company built racing cars and sold road versions in small numbers. It remained little known until 1947, when David Brown bought it along with the Lagonda brand. The combination of a tubular Aston Martin chassis and powerful 6-cylinder Lagonda engines forms the basis for the famous DB series models.
Design Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
In 1959-1960. The Aston Martin team, with the DB4 GT and DB4 GTZ, tried unsuccessfully to compete with the Ferrari 250 in the GT class of the World Sports Car Championship.
Design Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
For the 1962 season, Ferrari prepared its famous 250 GTO, and David Brown could only hope to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where sports prototypes could still compete. For this category, the Aston Martin DP212 (Design Project 212) was developed - a streamlined coupe with a low nose and a long, rounded tail, made from an alloy of aluminum and magnesium (hyduminium).
Design Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
The new body was mounted on a lightweight DB4 GT tubular frame with double wishbone front independent suspension, torsion-bar DeDion rear axle and all-wheel disc brakes. Increased to 3996 cm3, the inline 6-cylinder DOHC engine designed by Tadek Marek developed 327 hp. and was paired with a David Brown 5-speed manual transmission.
Design Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
Driven by Graham Hill and Ricci Ginter, the Aston Martin DP212 raced at Le Mans in 1962, but retired six hours later due to a broken oil pump pipe. During the race, stability problems at high speeds were also discovered, so the car was sent to test in the M.I.R.A. (Motor Industry Research Association).
Design Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
There she received a truncated tail with an integrated spoiler and vertically positioned triple taillights. These changes were also made to the body of the next model, the Aston Martin DP214, along with a redesigned nose, an enlarged oval radiator grille and NACA air intakes in the hood. Two such vehicles were built, and both received a 3.7-liter 6-cylinder engine with 317 hp, homologated for the GT class, as well as a 4-speed gearbox and rear suspension with double wishbones and springs.
Under the hood Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
For the class of sports prototypes, just two months before Le Mans in 1963, the company prepared the Aston Martin DP215. It shared the body and chassis with the DP214, but under the hood was a 4-liter in-line 6-cylinder dry sump engine producing 327 hp. (instead of the planned 5-liter V8 engine, which did not have enough time for revision).
Interior Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
Also, the car was significantly lightened, which gave it an advantage on the straights. Lucien Bianchi and Phill Hill took turns driving the only Aston Martin DP215 built during the 1963 24 Hour Race. They were the first to be able to accelerate to 300 km / h on a straight Mulsanne, and that was not the limit. But more than two hours after the start, having driven 29 laps, Aston Martin DP215 retired due to the failure of a weak 5-speed manual gearbox SG537. The same fate befell the other two crews in the Aston Martin DP214.
Design Aston Martin Project 215
Aston Martin Project 215
After Le Mans, the Aston Martin DP215 raced at 12 o'clock in Reims 1963, and was again let down by the transmission. In the Guards Trophy at the Brands Hatch track, he drove only a demonstration lap, but was unable to take part in the race for financial reasons. At the end of the 1963 season, the company closed its racing division and sold all cars except the DP215.
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Aston Martin Project 215 (DP215/1) '1963
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