Aston Martin DB5 replica?
Discussion
what about a mk3 Capri as a rebody. sure, its the cheap and cheerful way, but the wheelbase and length and general proprtions of the vehicle are similar. im sure if you ripped out the interior and replaced it with something a little more sofisticated it may look okay.....
just a thought
just a thought
slomax said:
what about a mk3 Capri as a rebody. sure, its the cheap and cheerful way, but the wheelbase and length and general proprtions of the vehicle are similar. im sure if you ripped out the interior and replaced it with something a little more sofisticated it may look okay.....
just a thought
There was a kitcar/bodykit made for the capri that turned it into something that almost but not quite entirely failed to resemble a AMV8. It was a hideous travesty.just a thought
Man after my own heart, I am re clothing a car in similar fashion of another marque using an original body so look forward to seeing any updates.
5Jon said:
I have made the start of what could be one of the first replica CONVERTIBLE Aston Martin DB5's done on VERY little money.
I have picked up on ebay over the last few years many parts for the DB5 and 6. Total cost of all the parts so far less than 6K. The parts include a slightly damaged full front end, rear quarters doors bonnet needing very little work, steering wheel, complete dash with all clocks with glove box. The boot I will cut from an old (FRED G)P6 Rover boot.
I have bought a CONVERTIBLE damaged 2003 M3, now stripped down, and shortend by 9.5". Cost 3K, but got more than £3k for the parts not required. Kept engine/box and all the main running gear in place with the body shell.
WHY a Convertible M3??? Well a DB5 is a big car like the E-Type, and if you shorten the M3 from the rear seat position, the M3 roof fits about right for length and width. Just needs re-working on the sides to fit the DB5 door glass, and re-work to fit the curved screen. It is a good base car for free!!
I will buy wheels, tyres and spinners new at 2K, hubs from ORSON EQUIPMENT Biringham to fix wheels on to 1K, bumpers new in stainless 1.5K, all glass 1K, Rover 45 front seats, and have the rear made 1K, have door cards made, and capets with a full trim out 1K, paint and body work 3K, welding and steelwork .5K, re-workng of the electronic roof 1K, parts new from Aston 2K, extras required 2K. Plus six months work in my spare time.
Total spend about 22K plus time. (or 1/10-1/20 of a cheep Aston needing a lot of work)thats if you could find a Convertible for sale that has not been restored and up for sale for 500K plus.
It will be better all round, with the looks of what must be one of the best looking cars ever. Aston Martin DB5 was a very good car for its time, but that was about 50 years ago. Mine will be with LSD, indipendant rear suspension, ABS,
traction controll, stability, NOT over heating needing engine rebuilds at 30K, less fuel with more power at 340ish BHP.
It will be more of a marrage rether than a kit car. Some kit cars are so bad, they are nothing like the real deal. Once this is finished, it will be hard to notice if you are not a keen Aston Martin fan. I will put more pictures and details on every tree months or so. It should take about two years from now to complete.
I have picked up on ebay over the last few years many parts for the DB5 and 6. Total cost of all the parts so far less than 6K. The parts include a slightly damaged full front end, rear quarters doors bonnet needing very little work, steering wheel, complete dash with all clocks with glove box. The boot I will cut from an old (FRED G)P6 Rover boot.
I have bought a CONVERTIBLE damaged 2003 M3, now stripped down, and shortend by 9.5". Cost 3K, but got more than £3k for the parts not required. Kept engine/box and all the main running gear in place with the body shell.
WHY a Convertible M3??? Well a DB5 is a big car like the E-Type, and if you shorten the M3 from the rear seat position, the M3 roof fits about right for length and width. Just needs re-working on the sides to fit the DB5 door glass, and re-work to fit the curved screen. It is a good base car for free!!
I will buy wheels, tyres and spinners new at 2K, hubs from ORSON EQUIPMENT Biringham to fix wheels on to 1K, bumpers new in stainless 1.5K, all glass 1K, Rover 45 front seats, and have the rear made 1K, have door cards made, and capets with a full trim out 1K, paint and body work 3K, welding and steelwork .5K, re-workng of the electronic roof 1K, parts new from Aston 2K, extras required 2K. Plus six months work in my spare time.
Total spend about 22K plus time. (or 1/10-1/20 of a cheep Aston needing a lot of work)thats if you could find a Convertible for sale that has not been restored and up for sale for 500K plus.
It will be better all round, with the looks of what must be one of the best looking cars ever. Aston Martin DB5 was a very good car for its time, but that was about 50 years ago. Mine will be with LSD, indipendant rear suspension, ABS,
traction controll, stability, NOT over heating needing engine rebuilds at 30K, less fuel with more power at 340ish BHP.
It will be more of a marrage rether than a kit car. Some kit cars are so bad, they are nothing like the real deal. Once this is finished, it will be hard to notice if you are not a keen Aston Martin fan. I will put more pictures and details on every tree months or so. It should take about two years from now to complete.
Edited by 5Jon on Tuesday 5th June 17:02
Stuart Mills said:
What a fantastic project.
There were only 1017 DB5's made out of which only 1264 remain!
WOW can you please be my accountant?! There were only 1017 DB5's made out of which only 1264 remain!
Edited by Stuart Mills on Friday 8th June 12:47
If you want to know just how many are left, try this link from DVLA.
It states there are 271 registered for the road, and 44 on SORN. Thats only 315. There will be many in garages needing extensive restoration, but at a cost of 250K for works required. And these cars are selling for up to 200k at auction so the customer can spec the car wth colour and trim.
No wonder the price has gone from 50-100K up to 200-400k in less than 10 years
for a coupe. A convertible has sold for 750K this year that you could of bought for 120-150K not to long ago.
Style and design will remain for ever. For me there has been no other car to out class the DB5 for looks in design. Many have come close, but yet to be beat the DB5, and most of all to stand the test of time. The performance that was good for its time can be greatly improved. So the marrage of the M3, bodied with a DB5 should give the best of all worlds on a budget. I will upload pictures soon.
Well, I'm in the US and we have a lot of Mustangs here so I'd base it on an old mustang chassie because they are plentiful and cheap. I'm not a purest so as far as I'm concerned, I make it look like the original but there the similarity ends.
I'd use a chevy engine and a chevy drivetrain and it absolutely must have power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, and a killer stereo and confortable seating. Sign me up!!!!
I don't need an ejection seat but the machine guns are a must! Yea, over here we can own machine guns.
Noelvm
I'd use a chevy engine and a chevy drivetrain and it absolutely must have power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, and a killer stereo and confortable seating. Sign me up!!!!
I don't need an ejection seat but the machine guns are a must! Yea, over here we can own machine guns.
Noelvm
Edited by noelvm on Sunday 17th February 17:50
5Jon said:
I have made the start of what could be one of the first replica CONVERTIBLE Aston Martin DB5's done on VERY little money.
I have picked up on ebay over the last few years many parts for the DB5 and 6. Total cost of all the parts so far less than 6K. The parts include a slightly damaged full front end, rear quarters doors bonnet needing very little work, steering wheel, complete dash with all clocks with glove box. The boot I will cut from an old (FRED G)P6 Rover boot.
I have bought a CONVERTIBLE damaged 2003 M3, now stripped down, and shortend by 9.5". Cost 3K, but got more than £3k for the parts not required. Kept engine/box and all the main running gear in place with the body shell.
WHY a Convertible M3??? Well a DB5 is a big car like the E-Type, and if you shorten the M3 from the rear seat position, the M3 roof fits about right for length and width. Just needs re-working on the sides to fit the DB5 door glass, and re-work to fit the curved screen. It is a good base car for free!!
I will buy wheels, tyres and spinners new at 2K, hubs from ORSON EQUIPMENT Biringham to fix wheels on to 1K, bumpers new in stainless 1.5K, all glass 1K, Rover 45 front seats, and have the rear made 1K, have door cards made, and capets with a full trim out 1K, paint and body work 3K, welding and steelwork .5K, re-workng of the electronic roof 1K, parts new from Aston 2K, extras required 2K. Plus six months work in my spare time.
Total spend about 22K plus time. (or 1/10-1/20 of a cheep Aston needing a lot of work)thats if you could find a Convertible for sale that has not been restored and up for sale for 500K plus.
It will be better all round, with the looks of what must be one of the best looking cars ever. Aston Martin DB5 was a very good car for its time, but that was about 50 years ago. Mine will be with LSD, indipendant rear suspension, ABS,
traction controll, stability, NOT over heating needing engine rebuilds at 30K, less fuel with more power at 340ish BHP.
It will be more of a marrage rether than a kit car. Some kit cars are so bad, they are nothing like the real deal. Once this is finished, it will be hard to notice if you are not a keen Aston Martin fan. I will put more pictures and details on every tree months or so. It should take about two years from now to complete.
That sounds bloody awesome even if a complete DVLA nightmare!I have picked up on ebay over the last few years many parts for the DB5 and 6. Total cost of all the parts so far less than 6K. The parts include a slightly damaged full front end, rear quarters doors bonnet needing very little work, steering wheel, complete dash with all clocks with glove box. The boot I will cut from an old (FRED G)P6 Rover boot.
I have bought a CONVERTIBLE damaged 2003 M3, now stripped down, and shortend by 9.5". Cost 3K, but got more than £3k for the parts not required. Kept engine/box and all the main running gear in place with the body shell.
WHY a Convertible M3??? Well a DB5 is a big car like the E-Type, and if you shorten the M3 from the rear seat position, the M3 roof fits about right for length and width. Just needs re-working on the sides to fit the DB5 door glass, and re-work to fit the curved screen. It is a good base car for free!!
I will buy wheels, tyres and spinners new at 2K, hubs from ORSON EQUIPMENT Biringham to fix wheels on to 1K, bumpers new in stainless 1.5K, all glass 1K, Rover 45 front seats, and have the rear made 1K, have door cards made, and capets with a full trim out 1K, paint and body work 3K, welding and steelwork .5K, re-workng of the electronic roof 1K, parts new from Aston 2K, extras required 2K. Plus six months work in my spare time.
Total spend about 22K plus time. (or 1/10-1/20 of a cheep Aston needing a lot of work)thats if you could find a Convertible for sale that has not been restored and up for sale for 500K plus.
It will be better all round, with the looks of what must be one of the best looking cars ever. Aston Martin DB5 was a very good car for its time, but that was about 50 years ago. Mine will be with LSD, indipendant rear suspension, ABS,
traction controll, stability, NOT over heating needing engine rebuilds at 30K, less fuel with more power at 340ish BHP.
It will be more of a marrage rether than a kit car. Some kit cars are so bad, they are nothing like the real deal. Once this is finished, it will be hard to notice if you are not a keen Aston Martin fan. I will put more pictures and details on every tree months or so. It should take about two years from now to complete.
Edited by 5Jon on Tuesday 5th June 17:02
Lots of info here http://ajb007.co.uk/topic/40195/db5-aston-martin-r...
including about Hugh Rogers GRP buck - seems someone has found it on google maps!
including about Hugh Rogers GRP buck - seems someone has found it on google maps!
Edited by smash on Tuesday 9th July 21:49
You'd have a bit of a letigeous problem with Aston. From reading the linked forum thread it seems they jumped all over that DBGRP5. It sounds like it's not the copyright of the DB5 that's the problem (being out of date now), more the very "recognisable and asociated with Aston" plus in use on current models mouth shape.
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