Build Project MO55 begins,,,,,

[Manwhoneverwas]

I have been looking forward to your update.
Fantastic job and I love the attention to detail.
You must be very proud

[Simon Lane]

Looking spectacular Bob! Please feel free to run her over to Cambridge, would love to see her.

[Gavc]

Absolutely beautiful, one of my all time dream cars, would love to have one built by ASM. Live the dream

[Y100]

Lotto, Paddy, George, everyone, thanks again for your appreciative comments, just amazing. There is a strong possibilty that as a result of an invitation by the owner of The Historic Aviation company at Duxford, that there will be a MO55IE/Spitfire photo shoot later this summer. The Vantage magazine have expressed an interest, so we'll see.

[RichB]

Y100 said:

Lotto, Paddy, George, everyone, thanks again for your appreciative comments, just amazing. There is a strong possibilty that as a result of an invitation by the owner of The Historic Aviation company at Duxford, that there will be a MO55IE/Spitfire photo shoot later this summer. The Vantage magazine have expressed an interest, so we'll see.

Shame there's not a Mossie in the UK you could photograph it against Bob. Or perhaps there is?

[Y100]

Funny you should say that Rich:

Following many years residence at its current home of the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, Tony Agar plans to move his de Havilland Mosquito NF.II HJ711 to a new home at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre based at the old war time East Kirkby airfield. The move will be taking place by November 2017.

I am a member of the Rivet Club at East Kirkby, which is restoring the "Just Jane" Avro Lancaster bomber to flying condition. So thank you for the suggestion Rich,,,nice one.

[RichB]

I know it's going off at a tangent but when I first started gliding at Booker in the mid-80s there was a Mosquito in one the hangers. Only having ever made the Airfix kit of one I was initially amazed at the size of it. They are a rather large aircraft. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=11...

Edited by RichB on Saturday 1st July 21:33

[LordBretSinclair]

Bleddy hell !!!!!!!
Been in the Greek islands for a couple of weeks and away from t'internet - what an update to come back to.
Bob, that is just amazing - better, I think, than any of us could have ever imagined - congratulations all round.
P.S. love the colour coded helmets

[Y100]

Your Lordship thank you. Finishing touches include a couple of plates that appeal, at least to me they do:

This brass dash top plate echoes that which today is displayed on Adrian Beecrofts original car DBR 1/4 which declares his car as finishing 2nd Le Mans 1959. MO55IE's plate, pays homage to the number 7 car (DBR 1/2) which was driven to victory by Sir Stirling at the 1958 Goodwood RAC TT and then wearing number 5, driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori to finish 1st Le Mans 1959.



Again in homage to our heroic forebears of whom we are all so proud, this second plate, an original RR Merlin cockpit engine data plate, will fit nicely onto the aluminium lid of the drivers side sill glove box. I've deliberately left a space between the 4 and the LTR, just in case I have her opened up .5 at some point in the future.

[Gettoff]

Congratulations Bob, you must be chuffed to bits after what seems an age. Lovely looking end result and quite a contrast to the DB9.

[Y100]

Jeff hi, she has turned out very well indeed hasn't she. It was a bit of a gamble with the WW2 aircraft gauges and switches but Andrew has done a superb job in blending them in a way that resembles very closely the original dash layout. What also helped is that the gauges and switches are of around the same period (give or take a year or two), as the original cars. In fact, they did use aircraft switches for lighting exactly the same as those we've fitted in MO55IE.

Edited by Y100 on Wednesday 5th July 15:53

Edited by Y100 on Wednesday 5th July 15:54

[Bincenzo]

Bob,
A thousand congratulations. It looks stunning. Good luck for the rest of the project.
Mark

[Bobajobbob]

Utterly stunning. My dream car. Congratulations.

[hashluck]

Simply stunning

[ZX10R NIN]

Stunning

[Handyman2009]

Wow your car is just stunning... Have you seen, the original DBR1/1 is going up for Auction and is expected to sell for more than $20 million, here is the link

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1959-nurburgrin...

[Speculatore]

Handyman2009 said:

Wow your car is just stunning... Have you seen, the original DBR1/1 is going up for Auction and is expected to sell for more than $20 million, here is the link

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1959-nurburgrin...

RobDown said:

Speculatore said:

Isn't the original up for auction in the States next week????

One of the originals yes, up for sale in Monterey - estimated at USD20m+

Yes.

[IanV12VR]

Congratulations Bob, you have done a stunning job and must be very proud of what you have achieved. Hope I get to see her one day!!!!!

[Y100]

Francis, Ian, thank you. It'll be my pleasure to take as passenger any of those members here posting compliments on the build, a good time perhaps when I organise the Snetterton ASM DBR Le Mans track day.

It'll be interesting to see what final sale price of DBR1/1 achieves won't it. $20m is being estimated. By way of a comparison we have all heard the figure of £20m for DBR1/2 sold privately in 2012,,,,its epic 6 wins racing history including the crowning glory of Le Mans 1959 undoubtedly influencing the price.

[RichB]

Y100 said:

This brass dash top plate echoes...

Are you sure about that brass plate Bob? Apart from a very small number of people, most will read it naturally assume "It does what it says on the tin." You don't think it's on the tipping point of turning a homage to a fake?