Classic Replicas

[e600]

Has anyone come across these guys

https://www.tuksedostudio.com/

Unless it’s all fake it looks incredible workmanship.

Anyone in Bali know anything about them, the Gullwing and DB5 look amazing. I understand the Aston uses a straight6 3 litre BMW engine mated to a manual 5 speed box.

They claim everything built in house, if so it’s a remarkable achievement, or have I fallen victim to AI again.

[Stick Legs]

Looks fascinating.

I can imagine that even if it’s 100% true and they can turn that work out it won’t be cheap & Mercedes Benz, Aston Martin, Porsche & Toyota’s lawyers will be along shortly to shut it down.

Mercedes Benz in particular take the replica market incredible seriously & have form for seizing & destroying copies.

It’s their IP after all.

I’m not against replicas, some of the GT-40 & Cobra reps are probably more sorted than the real thing.

Lister Bell’s Stratos & Lynx’s D-Types show a rep is nothing to be ashamed of.

The other concern is when you say ‘engineering’ my immediate response isn’t ’Bali!’.

[sidewinder500]

Interesting that MBS is visiting...
On its way to the Bali Motorsport Club to ensure his stay?

[CanAm]

A new business turning out one tool room replica would be quite an achievement. But this range of vehicles.......

If it walks like a duck, etc, etc.

[aeropilot]

Stick Legs said:

Mercedes Benz in particular take the replica market incredible seriously & have form for seizing & destroying copies.

Did they go after that replica Gullwing Merc that Kindig Kustoms built a few years ago that they featured on the show......especially as they kept calling it a Mercedes on the show, and even put original MB badges onto it?

I would have thought MB's legal team in the US of A would have been all over that like a rash at the time, especially as Kindig showed it off at SEMA....!!

[Stick Legs]

aeropilot said:

Stick Legs said:

Mercedes Benz in particular take the replica market incredible seriously & have form for seizing & destroying copies.

Did they go after that replica Gullwing Merc that Kindig Kustoms built a few years ago that they featured on the show......especially as they kept calling it a Mercedes on the show, and even put original MB badges onto it?

I would have thought MB's legal team in the US of A would have been all over that like a rash at the time, especially as Kindig showed it off at SEMA....!!

https://www.motortrend.com/news/mercedes-benz-crushes-unauthorized-replica-300-sl-gullwing-118315/

Admittedly this was company in Germany doing it.

[aeropilot]

Stick Legs said:

aeropilot said:

Stick Legs said:

Mercedes Benz in particular take the replica market incredible seriously & have form for seizing & destroying copies.

Did they go after that replica Gullwing Merc that Kindig Kustoms built a few years ago that they featured on the show......especially as they kept calling it a Mercedes on the show, and even put original MB badges onto it?

I would have thought MB's legal team in the US of A would have been all over that like a rash at the time, especially as Kindig showed it off at SEMA....!!

https://www.motortrend.com/news/mercedes-benz-crushes-unauthorized-replica-300-sl-gullwing-118315/

Admittedly this was company in Germany doing it.

Not smart doing it in MB's own back yard, where they will have more legal protection for their IP

US of A might be a bit different, and they might not have as much legal clout to take action?

[Doofus]

The DB5 looks a little odd to me. It seems to sit a bit low, and the roofline looks too low as well. It could just be photo angles.

Apparently it has a 2 litre engine with 150bhp.

[e600]

I’ve E mailed them for info, let’s see if any of it is real.

[MitchT]

Looks like the place exists and there are plenty of pics of cars in various stages of build...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tuksedo+Studio/@...

[CanAm]

I get a feeling that the photos on the website are the genuine cars but that their products will be a long way from tool-room replicas.

[alabbasi]

Nice, they'll be up to their eyeballs in litigation soon enoug

[Stick Legs]

CanAm said:

I get a feeling that the photos on the website are the genuine cars but that their products will be a long way from tool-room replicas.

[Yertis]

Doofus said:

The DB5 looks a little odd to me. It seems to sit a bit low, and the roofline looks too low as well. It could just be photo angles.

Apparently it has a 2 litre engine with 150bhp.

Agree. However better than that awful ‘Aston Martin DB5 but also not Aston Martin DB homage’ thing that was doing the rounds a little while back. Pathetic engine. I suppose that’s all you need for posing in.

[WPA]

Yertis said:

Doofus said:

The DB5 looks a little odd to me. It seems to sit a bit low, and the roofline looks too low as well. It could just be photo angles.

Apparently it has a 2 litre engine with 150bhp.

Agree. However better than that awful ‘Aston Martin DB5 but also not Aston Martin DB homage’ thing that was doing the rounds a little while back. Pathetic engine. I suppose that’s all you need for posing in.

Do you mean the BAE Vantare, based on a DB9 with backing from Bradley Walsh

[CKY]

Stick Legs said:

CanAm said:

I get a feeling that the photos on the website are the genuine cars but that their products will be a long way from tool-room replicas.

Thankyou for posting that, I bloody loved that advert!