On the 50th anniversary of its outright win at Le Mans, Aston Martin will return to La Sarthe with two Works LMP1 cars bearing the iconic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil. In an ambitious attempt to emulate the legendary achievements of the 1959 DBR1 driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori, Aston Martin will endeavour to bring the Le Mans title back to Britain.

It’s hard to believe but this website has been in existence for 10 years. So to celebrate the 10th birthday, I’ve got plenty of revised pages and new pictures to delight you with. Can I take this opportunity to thank every visitor for your support, without you, it wouldn’t be so much fun.

digital SLR’s have replaced the film cameras, high-speed broadband has replaced the old dial up (I was stuck with that for 7 years) and little by little my knowledge has increased along with my photographic skills. BUT throughout the last 10 years, I’ve stuck to one very basic principle – that is wherever possible, to only use pictures I have taken myself. I’ve been very fortunate to have seen almost all of the key cars that AM have made, seen a new factory open and two others close, witnessed AM competing and winning again at Le Mans and travelled widely too. And for all those key cars I’m yet see photograph, I’ll no doubt spend the rest of my life catching up with them one by one. It’s a hell of a challenge, but someone’s got to do it

Pictures of prototypes of the original Vanquish, I have sat on these pictures for a few years now but I’m sure that with the passing of the Newport Pagnell and Vanquish production, it’s acceptable to now share these with you.