Yahoo Autos This 1957 Aston Martin Makes the Case for Unrestored Classic Cars
Concours-quality classic cars are impressive, but often a little sad. It's cool to see old cars restored to an incredibly high standard, but there's something weird about something that's more aimed at a golf course lawn than an open road. This unrestored 1957 Aston Martin DB Mk III prototype is very refreshing for that reason–it's ratty, but it's a driver.
This Aston's heroic owner, David Adams, exposes the virtues of this "perfectly awful" car in this Petrolicious video posted Tuesday. He has no intention to restore it, and hopes that if a future owner does, they don't do it for concours glory.
Adams' DB Mk III has a pretty incredible story too–it's a fully documented prototype that ran the Monte Carlo Rally in 1958 and was kept at Aston Martin's factory for years after it was built. Generally, prototypes are destroyed after their development, so it's amazing this car has survived at all.
There's nothing wrong with a well presented car, but cars only intended to win concours events take things a step too far. I'd rather see a car in somewhat rough condition driven, than a perfect car that spends its life in a garage and in the back of a trailer.
