{"id":256530,"date":"2016-04-23T22:11:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T22:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=256530"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:57:15","slug":"1953-aston-martin-db1-2-litre-sports-paul-jackman-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-aston-martin-db1-2-litre-sports-paul-jackman-special\/","title":{"rendered":"1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"copy-paste-block\">1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019<\/h1>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">Shortly after David Brown purchased Aston Martin, construction began on an updated version. This prototype was entered at the 24 Hours race at Spa in 1948 as a way of testing its durability, and the car won the race outright with drivers St. John Horsfall and Leslie Johnson. The Spa car was rebuilt and shown at the London Motor Show as an example of a new &#8220;Spa Replica&#8221; series for public sale, but there were no takers. The single Spa car has been until recently kept in the Dutch Motor Museum. In 2006 it returned to the UK and has been fully restore<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Story by Wikipedia<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial1.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1488\" height=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial1.jpg 1488w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial1-300x225.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial7-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial7-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial7-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_AstonMartin_DB12LitreSportsPaulJackmanSpecial7-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<h3>In Detail<\/h3>\n<table class=\"cardetails\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">type<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Series Production Car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">released at<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">1953 London Motor Show<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">body stylist<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">David Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">production<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"boldlabel\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">engine<\/td>\n<td class=\"boldvalue\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Inline-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">position<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Front<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">power<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">96.900002 kw \/ 130 bhp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">driven wheels<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">FR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">key drivers<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">St. John Horsfall, Leslie Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">race victories<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">1953 24 Hours race at SPA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019 Shortly after David Brown purchased Aston Martin, construction began on an updated version. This prototype was entered at the 24 Hours race at Spa in 1948 as a way of testing its durability, and the car won the race outright with drivers St. John Horsfall and Leslie Johnson. The Spa car was rebuilt and shown at the London Motor Show as an example of a new &#8220;Spa Replica&#8221; series for public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2185,551,9348,17100],"tags":[2536,16842,549,6514,6849,6711,13061,6722,245],"class_list":["post-256530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1950s","category-aston-martin","category-guides","category-model-guides-race-cars","tag-1950s","tag-1950s-cars","tag-aston-martin","tag-aston-martin-model-in-depth","tag-feltham-era-aston-in-depth","tag-aston-martin-race-cars-in-depth","tag-car-profiles","tag-race-car-in-depth","tag-race-car"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-aston-martin-db1-2-litre-sports-paul-jackman-special\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1953 Aston Martin DB1 2-Litre Sports \u2018Paul Jackman Special\u2019 Shortly after David Brown purchased Aston Martin, construction began on an updated version. 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