Which Aston Green is This? DB5
Which Aston Green is This? DB5
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Neil1300R

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5,761 posts

207 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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OK, what green is this?











tonyhall38

4,194 posts

245 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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racing green...

LordBretSinclair

4,306 posts

206 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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Whatever green the owner specified when the car was rebuilt, not necessarily an Aston colour rolleyes

George H

14,714 posts

193 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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yikes That's quite a garage!

Love the 246 cool Is that an Austin Healey behind the DB5?

AdamV12V

5,314 posts

206 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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George H said:
yikes That's quite a garage!

Love the 246 cool Is that an Austin Healey behind the DB5?
Indeed!! Is that a white Maserati MC12 hiding at the front too? eek

George H

14,714 posts

193 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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AdamV12V said:
Indeed!! Is that a white Maserati MC12 hiding at the front too? eek
Looks like it to me, also looks like an E Type far left behind the Aston?

Neil1300R

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5,761 posts

207 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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George H said:
yikes That's quite a garage!

Love the 246 cool Is that an Austin Healey behind the DB5?
your favourite Ferrari is there as well - Testarossa. Not in these shots though. Will look to see if I have any decent photos of it. Everything crammed in at the moment, more space required.
Yes it is an immaculate Healey

yeti

10,679 posts

304 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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Skip the Testarossa and everything in there would also be in my dream garage...

Maybe a black F50 instead of the MC12.

Don't even know if the Aston colour is period, most DB5s have been extensively redone by now... Could be something modern like Jaguar Racing Green..?

Neil, does this guy need a new best mate because I'm available...

RichB

56,259 posts

313 months

Wednesday 11th July 2012
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yeti said:
...Could be something modern like Jaguar Racing Green..?
That's much brighter

Neil1300R

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5,761 posts

207 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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yeti said:
Skip the Testarossa and everything in there would also be in my dream garage...

Maybe a black F50 instead of the MC12.

Neil, does this guy need a new best mate because I'm available...
You would be back of the queue behind me and others - although I have asked! He employs a guy just to find him classic cars from around the world - offered to do it on a lower salary.
He has a red F50, which is at Ferrari World along with the Enzo, a F40, 2 xDaytonas, etc.

BingoBob

1,098 posts

176 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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If you wanted to recreate the colour, you could use a spectrometer and get a paint guy to match it very precisely.

It looks like a metallic paint; Were they even doing metallic paint back then?

George H

14,714 posts

193 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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yeti said:
Neil, does this guy need a new best mate because I'm available...
Surprised about that Yeti, thought you wouldn't like the fact that the cars don't seem to get driven wink

And Neil, definitely get some pics of the rest of the garage / Testarossa up smokin

yeti

10,679 posts

304 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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George H said:
thought you wouldn't like the fact that the cars don't seem to get driven wink
Do you see what my role as 'new best mate' would be yet..? wink

George H

14,714 posts

193 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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yeti said:
Do you see what my role as 'new best mate' would be yet..? wink
Touché smile

RichB

56,259 posts

313 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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BingoBob said:
...it looks like a metallic paint; Were they even doing metallic paint back then?
Oh yes, the 1950s Aston Racing team cars were metallic and Dubonnet Rosso (dark metallic wine red) was introduced in 1959 with the DB4.

johng39

3,059 posts

189 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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I guess this garage is somewhere in Dubai?

Neil1300R

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5,761 posts

207 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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George H said:
Surprised about that Yeti, thought you wouldn't like the fact that the cars don't seem to get driven wink

And Neil, definitely get some pics of the rest of the garage / Testarossa up smokin
For starters



If you want anymore you've got to name this car. Will buy a pint to anyone that can name the car.


George H

14,714 posts

193 months

Thursday 12th July 2012
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Neil1300R said:
For starters

Well there's a Testarossa and a Miura, but the blue one at the back is puzzling me a bit. Looks a bit like a Ferrari 250 SWB to me but I can't convince myself that's what it is. Maybe a Ferrari 330 America?

As for the other picture.... well I'll come back to that. Initial thoughts are some sort of early Lancia or Alfa Romeo?

Tim Butcher

36 posts

180 months

Saturday 14th July 2012
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It looks like the colour that was used to paint the Santion II Zagatos in 1991. It is know as Santion II green but its actually a Ford Colour!