Introduced at the 1953 London Motor Show the DB2/4 was a larger model than the previous DB2, offering two occasional rear seats.
Initially offered with the 2.6-liter engine, in April 1954 the model received the enlarged 2.9 liter unit giving 140cv.
It is believed that 102 DB2/4 Drophead Coupes were built over two years with more than half in right hand drive for the British market.
This is a left-hand drive car example, is fitted with the 2.6-liter engine still and it is produced with the drophead coupé (or cabriolet) body built by Mulliners of Birmingham.
A DB2/4 Drophead Coupé appeared in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds.
The DB2/4 Drophead was replaced by the updated DB2/4 Mark II in 1955, the first open Aston Martin with coachwork by Tickfords in Newport Pagnell.