Aston DB2 coupe rounds the Sebring hairpin during a wet practice session in 1954. Apparently fitted with an Offy engine, it did not start the 12-hour race. Note the Lyons family DeSoto parked with an MG and a Caddie right alongside the course. Photo: Ozzie Lyons / www.petelyons.com
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Aston Imprints

Le Mans champion Roy Salvadori once wrote in a UK magazine, decades ago, about driving his winning Aston Martin DBR1 on the open English road. One could take such liberties there in those green and pleasant days of yore.

Pete Lyons
Pete Lyons

“This is a car you’d better have pointed in the right direction when you pull the trigger,” is my recollection of what he said.

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Steve Natale has been playing with cars ever since he was old enough to first hold a matchbox car in his hand. A lifelong enthusiast of anything old with an engine in it or wheels on it, Steve has been active in the hobby for over 35 years. Currently he owns a successful marketing company with his wife Mary, is an automotive photographer, blogger and writer for several automotive magazines and regular contributor to various automotive websites. Steve has attended vintage car events and visited car museums and collections around the world.
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