Clyde, all the DB4 & DB5s were designated Superleggera. The Superleggera badging was a contractual requirement by Carrozzeria Touring who's lightweight underskin structure design was licenced by Aston Martin.
It sounds like the DB4 that was a very average DB4 you saw at Alpine Eagle. That's what £80k buys nowadays when it comes to DB4's.
My car was a DB4 Series 5, original Vantage spec engine, manual gearbox and overdrive. The original spec is important - just 25 right hand drive cars were built to this spec.
It had the enclosed headlights like the DB5. In fact most people wouldn't be able to tell it apart from the DB5.
It was sold as new to the Australian MD of Johnson & Johnson in Sydney in 1962. I was the fourth owner and it had full service history and an extensive history file (including some interesting correspondence between the second owner and Aston Martin in the UK). It was completely original and in pretty much perfect condition.
I drove it very hard for four days in the 1997 Classic Adelaide rally (about 1400km) then drove it back to Melbourne. It didn't miss a beat. It won the best car in the Touring Class, which was the first time any award was made in the Touring Class at Classic Adelaide.
Today it would easily be worth £200,000.
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