dna 60's style new model - Page 7

smash · #1 2nd May 2016, 19:51

I think you've opened their eyes to the beenfits of the classic rep market i.e. not having to constantly develop kits to keep up with new models. It's a classic now and it's still a classic in 30 years time.

Can't wait to see the interior develop.

tricky360 · #2 2nd May 2016, 20:19

Door cards are nearly done
Seats are arranged with the supplier yesterday at stoneleigh
Centre tunnel has been started for the handbrake etc

I am interested in how Brian's going to do the dash though
But with his track record with changing dash boards to look spot on , I have every confidence

One thing I notice on sat was the amount of wife's and women who said they would drive my car and we're giving the other halfs permission

smash · #3 5th May 2016, 11:33

Great. Anyway back to the car...

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Originally Posted by tricky360

Door cards are nearly done
Seats are arranged with the supplier yesterday at stoneleigh
Centre tunnel has been started for the handbrake etc

I am interested in how Brian's going to do the dash though
But with his track record with changing dash boards to look spot on , I have every confidence

One thing I notice on sat was the amount of wife's and women who said they would drive my car and we're giving the other halfs permission

I know Brian said the interior package was going to be complete dash capping with separate gauges - a proper full disguise job. But what seats are you using if I can ask? Not sure I'm settled on my choice as it stands.

After chatting with Brian at the show (great guy) I've found a local chroming specialist who uses the same process as on your bumpers so I'm going to see them this week about getting both the GRP grille surround and bumpers done - gotta try and keep up with the Joneses!

Another detail I spotted on your car (which I freely admit I'm gonna copy lol) is the grill "chip cutter" was only polished alloy on front faces the sides of the bars looked blacked (or not polished). Noticed it straight away - much cleaner and classier look.

tricky360 · #4 5th May 2016, 19:08

seats are from the company that was behind the DNA stand at stoneleigh
http://www.intatrimtelford.co.uk/ind...mart&Itemid=26

they are called challenger seats ,they are changing the base to match the Ferrari look better
I think Brian said he could fit them to the electric part of the z3 seats so they can still move forward and up via the switch

smash · #5 9th May 2016, 13:17

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Originally Posted by tricky360

seats are from the company that was behind the DNA stand at stoneleigh
http://www.intatrimtelford.co.uk/ind...mart&Itemid=26

they are called challenger seats ,they are changing the base to match the Ferrari look better
I think Brian said he could fit them to the electric part of the z3 seats so they can still move forward and up via the switch

Yeah mine are on the electric runners - I think I can see where you're going with the challenger seats. Looking forward to seeing interior done (but probably not as much as you!)

smash · #6 3rd May 2016, 10:06

All you need to remember is, when someone asks me what my car is I have to say "Well, it's a bit like a 250 swb but it's a convertible that they never made so it's not really a replica but..." and they are glazing over at this point.

All you have to do is say "You've seen Ferris Bueller right?". Big smile. Winner (and yes, beer ledge - no one said that when they were watching the movie did they, "Oh my god that car is beautiful - wish I could afford one of those, driving round with the top down in California sun.......if only it wasn't for that rear step..."

I'd swap in heart beat mate.

WorldClassAccident · #7 3rd May 2016, 12:14

and that way the MGB lights in the DNA would match those in the kit car used in the film!

:-)

Only teasing. It is a lovely looking bit of kit (except IMHO the beer ledge as discussed elsewhere)

JG · #8 3rd May 2016, 13:21

It's a beer ledge, what's not to like

ThatAmericanChap · #9 3rd May 2016, 15:48

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Originally Posted by JG

It's a beer ledge, what's not to like

Here in America, you couldn't have one. People who used it at tailgate parties would invariably try using it while the car was at speed. Bottles would fly, glass would litter the road, and eventually twenty-six different attorneys would initiate three separate class-action lawsuits on behalf of those who'd been hit by shards, those who's suffered the emotional horror of seeing others hit by shards, and those who'd seen the report on the news, and then been traumatised by thinking about it. No... in modern America, that beer shelf wouldn't do at all, and legislation would be passed against it.

In Ireland, of course, rejecting the "perception" of Alcohol Culture, Enda Kenny would declare the Beer Shelf a National Treasure, and order it fitted onto every existing motorcar in the land.

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Mister Towed · #10 3rd May 2016, 18:04

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Originally Posted by ThatAmericanChap

Here in America, you couldn't have one. People who used it at tailgate parties would invariably try using it while the car was at speed. Bottles would fly, glass would litter the road, and eventually twenty-six different attorneys would initiate three separate class-action lawsuits on behalf of those who'd been hit by shards, those who's suffered the emotional horror of seeing others hit by shards, and those who'd seen the report on the news, and then been traumatised by thinking about it. No... in modern America, that beer shelf wouldn't do at all, and legislation would be passed against it.

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Yep, that beer shelf sure is one dangerous styling feature.

Now, if you were to tell folks it ain't really a beer shelf at all, but a mighty fine gun rack to hold your personal protection side-arms, carbines, rifles, heavy machine guns and light anti armor rockets (all necessary for your own and the rest'o'the right thinking Western World's safety you understand), then the NRA'd pay for its lobbyists to squash those pesky class action lawsuits before you could fire a forty five at a seven eleven full of passing strangers. Yes-siree Bob, Charlton Heston didn't get to where he is today without knowing how to shoot a chimp...

Apologies in advance for any racial stereotyping you may think you see here, but America does tend to lose about 30,000 people a year to handguns. That's over five hundred a week. About eighty five people a day killed with guns. But apparently, guns aren't dangerous...

molleur · #11 3rd May 2016, 16:03

^^^^Priceless^^^

ThatAmericanChap · #12 3rd May 2016, 16:24

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Originally Posted by molleur

^^^^Priceless^^^

Only to another Yank.

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WorldClassAccident · #13 3rd May 2016, 18:21

I had assumed that America and the obsession with guns was using it as some sort of carbon offset mechanism*

Each American uses more energy that any other nations individuals.

If you shoot eighty five of them a day you are cutting your greenhouse gas emissions .

The fact that most who get shot are the poor and unloved also helps increase the average Americans wealth as there are less people with zero dragging down the average.

It is a win win situation.

*This was explained to me by a guy in a very expensive suit buying me very expensive vodka in a very expensive bar in New York about five years ago. I had assumed he was joking until over more Vodka and his frequent trips to powder his nose he explained the full details of his political views. Trust me, n?gg?rs shooting n?..ers was one of the less offensive proposals for world improvement he had.

Mister Towed · #14 3rd May 2016, 18:32

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Originally Posted by WorldClassAccident

I had assumed that America and the obsession with guns was using it as some sort of cabin offset mechanism*

Surely you meant carbine offset mechanism?

And it sounds like your New York bar bro' was some sort of pinko commie faggot. Compared to the Trumpster...

WorldClassAccident · #15 3rd May 2016, 18:21

No, it wasn't Donald Trump

Car photographer · #16 3rd May 2016, 18:41

A quick snap of your car I took on sunday

1DSC_1967w by paul ward, on Flickr

ThatAmericanChap · #17 3rd May 2016, 18:41

Thanks for the pint, lads.

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Jeff H · #18 3rd May 2016, 20:17

Regardless of weather or not you liked the design I don't think any body can knock the quality of the finished car.

Likewise the other unpainted one fresh from the moulds was also excellent, they will not need tons of prep to get them to the painting stage.

911F · #19 5th May 2016, 20:23

Will you be making a coupe version? 250SWB?

Thanks

DNA AUTOMOTIVE · #20 5th May 2016, 20:53

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Originally Posted by 911F

Will you be making a coupe version? 250SWB?

Thanks

Sorry DNA Automotive will not be making a 250 swb as Chris (Tribute Automotive ) already makes one. Chris is a great guy and I have no wish to intrude on his 250 model sales.

Cheers Brian