Cars and motorcycles have formed a major part of my life from the word ‘go’ and I have been very lucky to tailor my career to my passion. Here are some of my motoring excerpts which document the journey:
Dylan Miles History
1987
1987
Kempton Park – Twin sister Isobel and I astride dads 1925 Brough Superior SS100 Cunliffe Sandracer at Kempton Park, aged 2!
1988
1988
Brands Hatch Aston Martin Owners Club Race Meeting – Isobel and I climbing in dads V8 Volante, this event was an annual family fixture and cemented my enthusiasm for sports cars
1991
1991
Isobel and I enjoying the summer air in the back of the Aston Martin International
1993
1993
London Motorshow at Earls Court – Stood on the Talacrest Stand in my favourite Popeye jumper, no sign of John Collins in this picture!
1994
1994
London – Dreaming of driving dads DB5 Convertible with water pistol and roll neck jumper doing my best 007 impression!
2005
2005
The restored Le Vack Works Brough Superior SS100 which dad built for the National Motorcycle Museum after the disastrous fire
2006
2006
Coys Of Kensington – My first full time job in the motor trade stood alongside the mighty Ferrari 312PB on the hallowed cobbles of Queens Gate Mews, SW7
2007
2007
RM Auctions – Maranello Sale, Fiorano – My first RM sale!
2008
2008
I spent a year in Kuwait looking after a private collection of 40 cars that included this super rare Porsche 959 Sport
2008
2008
Kuwait – Aston Martin Vanquish S with delivery miles
2009
2009
MotorSport – My inaugural Pebble Beach experience was with Motorsport magazine, I took a job there selling advertising after Kuwait and this picture was taken on our stand at The Quail with Jay Leno
2010
2010
Historics At Brooklands – I formed part of the original auction team with friends Paul Campbell, Will Smith and Edward Bridger-Stille. This DB5 Convertible was an early consignment of mine, sadly it didn’t sell during the auction but was later sold and restored by Goldsmith and Young
2010
2010
Driving my father’s Daytona, the ex-Elton John car which stayed within our family collection for seventeen years
2011
2011
RM Auctions – I joined the European team and was very fortunate to work alongside my Canadian friends for many of the US sales, this picture was taken at the annual Arizona sale driving a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing across the block next to friend Shelby Myers
2011
2011
Auctions America, Fort Lauderdale in a 1954 Corvette ‘Blue Flame’
2011
2011
Salon Prive – With friend and event co-owner Andrew Bagley announcing the ‘Lime Avenue’ award
2012
2012
Merecedes Benz World Brooklands ‘Hustling the family DB5 Convertible, this car remains in our collection today and was purchased by my father in 1985, the year Isobel and I were born’
2013
2013
Fiskens – ‘Posing for a period style photoshoot with friend Rory Henderson in an Ex Works Aston Martin DB3S’
2013
2013
Mille Miglia, Sienna, with friend Will Stone driving Gregor’s mighty short chassis Bentley 4.5L, my first MM and a fantastic experience
2014
2014
Arizona Auction week, the Fiskens team seen here sporting the company uniform at the Gooding auction
2015
2015
Salon Prive Concours, Syon House – driving the majestic 1914 Turcat-Mery with friend Oliver Sharp
2016
2016
Autosport Designs, New York – I joined the team at ASD headed by Tom Papadopoulos, this picture was taken during the Copperstate 1000 in Arizona with Tom and I in his Daytona
2016
2016
Arizona – Giving my arms a workout in Tom Paps Daytona at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving during the Copperstate 1000
2016
2016
New England 1000 – Making friends with local state trooper during the rally in the flip tail Vantage which had developed a faulty speedometer!
2017
2017
JD Classics – I joined the team at JD in Mayfair after returning from the US, behind the wheel of the outstanding Aston Martin DB2/4 Bertone Spyder during a photo shoot in London with friends at Classic Driver
April 2017
2017
Tour Auto – Pit stop in mountains with my friend Geoffroy Peter in his wonderful 911
August 2017
2017
The launch of my company Dylan Miles Ltd