Aston Martin DB6
Shooting Brake
1966

 FLM Panelcraft converted this DB6 for an American owner , along with another one for F1 driver Innes Ireland. Serious damage at delivery prompted the owner to sell it. A painful odissey with several restoration attempts followed: someone even fitted DB5 wings. The current French owner had it rebuilt to original specs by Spraytech in 1999.

Other DB6 Shooting Brakes were produced by Radford of Hammersmith (UK). While five units went to the US, David Brown's family used one for many years.
 

FLM Panelcraft baute diesen DB6 Shooting Brake im Auftrag eines Amerikanischen Besitzers. Das Auto urde bei der Auslieferung stark beschädig  und anschliessend weiterverkauft. Nach mehreren untauglichen Reparaturversuchen nahm sich ein französischer Sammler der Sache an und liess es 1999 von Spraytech total restaurieren.
 

FLM Panelcraft è l'autore di questa conversion di Aston Martin DB6. Comandata a un cliente americano, fu severamente danneggiata durante il trasporto e poi subito venduta. Dopo diversi tentativi di ristorazione un collezionista francese la aquistò e la fece ristaurare dallo specialista britannico Spraytech.

References and Links:

Buch "Die Aston Martin Lagonda LTD in Newport Pagnell" von Michael Schäfer

Aston Martin Lagonda, Spraytech, Radford 

1966 Aston Martin DB6 Shooting Brake with chassis nbr. 2366/L, registration 3102 VG 51 - © photo by Helmut Schnug
 

© photo by Helmut Schnug
 

Supplies of completed DB5's were exhausted, so Harold Radford carried on producing shooting brakes based on the DB6 with a total of four cars completed. But for the DB6 Shooting Brake, another independent coachbuilder, FLM (Panelcraft) Ltd. also completed three examples. These cars retained the distinctive DB6 Kamm tail above the tailgate and unlike the Radford's, had a split tailgate where the glass panel is hinged upwards, and the tail panel move down. Sadly, the side view of the cars is spoiled by clumsy window frames and a C pillar that was obviously then copied on the Austin Allegro Estate (read on astonmartins.com).

Aston Martin DB6 Superleggera - photo found on seriouswheels.com