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DB5 Lookalike
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Travellerjones Andy Jones
Wichita, KS, USA   USA
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1967 MG MGB "Repo"
1973 MG MGB "Rusty"
Hi All
Ive been toying with the idea of taking a MGB or GT and converting it to look like an Aston Martin DB5.

Has anyone heard or, or seen, anything like this before?

Andy

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Northwest2go Phil Robinson
Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk, UK   GBR
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Yes, here is one I converted last year in my shed. I made it to look as close to a DB5 as I could.


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Travellerjones Andy Jones
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1973 MG MGB "Rusty"
Your joking - surely. I wouldnt know the difference.

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dtownsend Gold Member David Townsend
Rutland, VT, USA   USA
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1978 MG MGB V8 Conversion "B'east"
Not to laugh. I can't remember the name of the damn car but there was actually an MG-based car that looked surprising close to a DB5. If LLoyd chimes in, I know he'll be bale to offer up the info. If I recall correctly, that was actually the knock on the thing, looked to much like something it wasn't. At one point, there was a post (at least one, maybe more) about the car.


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Travellerjones Andy Jones
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1973 MG MGB "Rusty"
Any info would help. At the moment its just an idea, but I dont think the mgb gt or even a B, is that far away.

I need to try and get some blue prints or 3D models of the DB5 and MG to start looking at whats involved.

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1977 MG MGB V8 Conversion
2004 MG ZT 260
You should contact the company that built the DB5 stunt doubles for the latest James Bond movie:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/12/voxeljet-3d-printer-skyfalls-aston-martin-stunt-double/


"Speed costs........how fast you want to spend?"

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magnette1 Andrew Murdoch
Busselton, WA, Australia   AUS
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1973 MG MGB GT
Hells teeth Simon,
How do you find that sort of info????
Thats good

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Travellerjones Andy Jones
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Yeah-its pretty, but I can see them letting me have the model :-)

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Simon Austin Gold Member
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Andy,

Just tell them you'd like a model but in 1:1 scale. winking smiley Also tell them money is no object. That should make them sit up and take notice.

Andrew,

That info came up here a while ago when the new Bond movie debuted. Someone had posted that link and I thought Andy might be interested.


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mg man 75 maurice sallee
Campbellsville, Central Kentucky, USA   USA
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I done alot of looking. Can't find any. I guess use plywood etc and make a buck. Would need a good detail model or measurements off a real car. [good luck in that] here is some idea.
http://www.rqriley.com/frp-foam.htm
I helped a guy make molds to make trike kit models. Used carboard, foam and body filler. But still not at the skill level you need. Maurice
http://www.dansontrikes.com/

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favedave David Church
Saint Joseph, MO, USA   USA
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1967 MG MGB GT "Marilyn"
1967 MG MGB GT "Marilyn"
1995 Ford Probe "The Probe"
1995 Ford Probe
You probably mean this one


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dtownsend Gold Member David Townsend
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That's the one! If I recall correctly, there were some rather unflattering comments about it the last time those pics posted here but I rather like it.


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wrightgcbuilder Gold Member Dan Wright
North Platte, NE, USA   USA
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Coune Berlinette. 56 produced. Eight known survivors.

No, I'm not Lloyd's Understudy, I have a copy of Clausagers's Original MGB, where it is discussed on page 107.

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Travellerjones Andy Jones
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1967 MG MGB "Repo"
1973 MG MGB "Rusty"
Wow - I think it looks pretty cool - can I get one :-)

As yetnoluck on my DB5 model :-(

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AmishIndy Seth Jones
Glendale Heights, IL, USA   USA
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1971 MG Midget MkIII "Guenevire"
2007 Mazda 3 "Porco Rosso"
another aston like MG was the Jacobs midgets. Dick jacobs basically borrowed the roofline from a db4 and put it on a midget to make it a coupe.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NInNhRF4b0/TgrKfstznvI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/z7EYs3Wr2H0/s1600/wa_le001.jpg


Seth Jones

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