Aston Martin
Works team cars LM8–LM10

Why it matters

LM8 to LM10 were the 1932 second-series works racers. At Le Mans in 1932 LM10 won its class and finished fifth overall and LM8 was seventh overall, second in class, and won the Biennial Cup, forerunner of the Index of Performance.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

LM8, built in 1932, was the first of three second-series works cars based on the latest International. The cars failed to progress beyond practice at the JCC 1,000-Mile Race because of suspension problems, were quickly modified, and took the Le Mans results above. A week later LM8 opened the Shelsley Walsh celebration.

At season end the works cars were sold. LM8, by then a 2/4-seater, went to company draughtsman C. H. "Happy" Wood and later to A. M. Wicksteed, and after the war to private owners including one who kept it 55 years.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

The second-series cars used the 1.5-litre four-cylinder dry-sump engine and a four-speed gearbox, and are distinguished by smaller vee-shaped radiators, low bonnets with flat scuttles and fold-down windscreens. LM8 was later converted with a 2/4-seater body and slab tank, and its mechanicals include later changes (Ulster-type cam, Le Mans ratio gears).

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   One of three: 1932 Aston Martin Le Mans 'LM8' works car Level B Barn Finds

   • Three of these cars – LM8, 9, and 10 – are prepared by the factory
   • a compression ratio of 7.5:1
   • twin 1 3/8" SU carburetors
   • raise output to at least 70 bhp
   • four-speed crash box encased in alloy

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   Ecurie Bertelli – Team cars LM8–LM10 Level B

   • 3 Second-series works team cars LM8, LM9, LM10 ("three new low radiator pointed tail cars were built")

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   1932 Aston Martin Le Mans LM8 Level C RM Sotheby's

   • 1.5-litre four-cylinder
   • proven 1.5-litre four-cylinder dry-sump engine
   • four-speed gearbox

   Accessed 2026-11-12