There are many beautiful cars from the 1960s, but for me, the Zagatos of all marques have something special. That is probably personal taste. However, the AM DB4 Zagato has been voted the most beautiful car more than once. It's influence on the highly protected DB5 is clear. Luckily, the Zagato influence spans many marques, and in the 1960s, many of the design features between Zagato and Pininfarina are very similar. So far as i know, the Old No 7 275 has never made it to a convertible, and it remains to be seen if Chris will take the Z3gato there. But you are right, it would work well as a soft top.
Slow and steady, the other side is getting there. I did not post photos as they are pretty much a mirror of the ones already posted. I'll put some up next time I visit.
I agree, grown up's sweetshop. I must make plans to visit myself.
Chris will be taking moulds, he has not yet decided whether to offer panel kits or turnkey builds so far as I know. Updates due soon.
Munky, thanks for these, interesting to see the cars in different colours. The Sage green is almost universal, but seeing the blue and gold is really interesting. The blue is quite similar to JagTVR's California 250 and more recently Geoff's new 250 coupe. It goes really well. Evanta had a demo car in silver, which looks cool also.
I hope to have an update soon.
I agree, especially the Jaguar green - Moss Green?
Thanks, that looks very nice. I will likely get the gelcoat in theRAL colour nearest to that so that it looks good until I get it painted. ��
They are lovely. Sadly it was too big of a project for Chris, so we went the "Z3gato" route.
Filler caps
Munky, that is exactly what I am doing. The one on the LHS will be a dummy.
Jack
Jack, As you don't do Facebook, you will not have seen these. Here are the latest photos of the buck in 1st coat of HBP. Chris should have it back, painted from the paint shop next week. We will put more pics up then.
There were several 60s models had a single reverse/no plate light a la Jaguar and AM. I am going for that.
Painting the buck is for an improved mould finish. Chris, as always, improves every model. The painter brought another pair of skilled eyes to the profiling of the finish.
The extra length at the front means that a forward hinged bonnet works better.
Thanks for all the information.
That looks good enough to lick.
If ever I needed to vandalise someone's car, I have just the right paint. 😂
Painted Buck with some bangles stuck on
As promised, here are the pics of the painted buck. Chris starts mould making tomorrow. The grill is a Ford Mondeo, with a nose modelled to suit, so by no stretch of the imagination could this be misrepresenting the Ford range.
For the technically adept, you could try the car in colours other than blue. As you can see the paint finish is good, and the painter did a few additional fixes on the lines, so Chris and i are well happy with the buck. Chris and Dan just have to make it happen "out of the box" now.
More Buck pics
The rest of the pics