Topic: Solved - NEH 2861: Model for proposed Aston Martin - possibly DB6 replacement

[ropat53]

I'll keep on trying Lagonda?

[Carnut]

I'll keep on trying Lagonda?

Not Lagonda

[ropat53]

Certainly very well known, but they don't mass produce cars..

They're still in business?
Aston Martin?

[Carnut]

Certainly very well known, but they don't mass produce cars..

They're still in business?
Aston Martin?

Where did you get that Wayne B.'s quote from ropat53?  I don't have it on my computer!
Wayne B.'s question yesterday at that time asked if it was a Reliant, which of course it wasn't.
You had me worried that I had missed an important question, but it seems not.

Because it is indeed an Aston Martin (there wasn't much else left!) but beyond that I have no details.
It was just a model of a proposed future Aston but I can't really think of any Aston that it could have replaced.  It looks to be from around the time that they might have been looking to replace the DB6 with the DBS but thankfully (if that's what this is) they didn't proceed with it..

So you get the point for solving the company that made this model!

[ropat53]

Sorry that happened when I errased part of the inserted quote and my question appeared as WayneB's

[WayneB]

Possibly that model was made by Aston Martin  designer Ted Cutting as a DB3S replacement /DB4 proposal in the early 60's

It seems to look like a squared off DB3S and shares that models proportions.

[Carnut]

Possibly that model was made by Aston Martin  designer Ted Cutting as a DB3S replacement /DB4 proposal in the early 60's

It seems to look like a squared off DB3S and shares that models proportions.

I don't think so.  Don't forget both the DB3S and DB4 were 1950s designs and I don't think this model dates from the 1950s; more like early to mid 1960s I would say, so it may have been an idea to replace the DB4/5 before they decided (whether wisely or not...) on the DB6.

Below are a few more pictures of this model from which I believe you can see what I mean:

[WayneB]

Thanks for the info, Carnut
You are absolutely right, looking at the model from the other photos it does look more mid to late 60's than mid to early 60's.
The Italian's used plaster for design models and full size mock ups in that era, it could quite possibly be a Touring proposal for the DBS.

[D-type]

I would think it is nothing to do with the DB3S which was a racing model that was succeeded by the DBR1 in 1956 and too early for this style.

[Carnut]

I would think it is nothing to do with the DB3S which was a racing model that was succeeded by the DBR1 in 1956 and too early for this style.

Yes, I think he meant DB Mk III...

[D-type]

That figures

[WayneB]

Yes he meant the DBIII.