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ASTON MARTIN MARK TWO

TWO - FOUR SEATER SPORTS

By Peter Wherrett

Sports car world August 1959

The typical New Yorker, according to Alan Puckett, considers a motor car a device for conveyance from A to B. To him a car has no personality, no individuality. If it goes wrong he takes it to his nearest gas station and has it fixed. He never lifts the bonnet, rarely changes a wheel.

That was the attitude of Alan himself when he arrived in Sydney from the United States in 1953. A commercial artist by profession, he had a mild interest in motor cars. But only as transport for his family.

Merely by chance he looked at a 1934 Singer Le Mans and , thinking it was a pretty car, he bought it. It was in fact on its last legs mechanically, and rectangular money was obviously necessary to make it go at all. However, Alan was enthusiastic, so he spent the money - then sold the car at a considerable loss. His first experience with old cars came the hard way.

His interest in machinery of this kind was aroused and he was determined that his next adventure with a classic car would be more successful.

After the sale of the Singer Alan bought a 1954 M.G. TF From Laurie Oxenforth. He used it strictly as a road car until 1955, when his desire top own a real thoroughbred got the better of him and he bought a 1934 3.5 litre Bentley from Sydney's George Sevenoaks. The car, though in good order was not quite good enough for Allen. He set about restoring it to better than new condition. That Bentley became one of the magnificent cars of the country.

Alan Joined the Vintage Sports car Club, won its Concours d' Elegance two years in a row. Late in 1956 he sold the Bentley to a Tasmanian Enthusiast. Soon after he acquired another classic, this time a 1928 Rolls Royce.

Shortly after buying the Rolls Pucket noticed an advertisement offering a "pre war Aston Martin sports car" With a view to adding to his collection he paid a visit the owner, a Mr. Bob Baker.

On May 12, 1957 Alan Puckett became the owner of what was to become one of the most beautiful thoroughbred sports cars in Australia, possibly the world

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