'Tis amazing what you see

[aussie]

Well it's been an interesting couple of weeks on the road. Firstly I was just driving along when I saw this...

[aussie]

And then today I had to go into work... ...

[aussie]

And another shot

[aussie]

Rather cool, eh what? (Oh sorry about the quality and the size - camera phone dontcha know?)

[trolle]

Is it a Jag?

greetings from a clear, cold and moonlit north

[aussie]

No..it's an Aston Martin - DBR2 - 1959

[Motu]

Driving a car with no roof is like how it was riding bikes in the '70's - freedom.The guy on the bike has a helmet and is sweating it out in all the protective gear.

I like driving my NX Coupe with the targa roof out in summer....wish I could ride my bike again in the breeze....

[not-so-fast-ed]

Great phone camera pics, Aussie!  Beautiful lines on the AM DBR2.  Certain designs will always look good, even after a half century.  Not sure I'd want to be stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic during the heat of Summer in one though.  Can't be good for the engine.

Here's a shot of the front:

[aussie]

Oh my - jealousy has set in. And where did you find that little toy? Damn - those curves are just simply female in their appearance. Hard to decide which is better - the AM or the XKSS - and by the way did you know that an English company is making an XKSS lookalike? Branded as a Lynx it has an all synchromesh tranny used on the post '65 Jags. It's based on a standard E-type. Now I'm not sure - but I kinda assume that the AM is influenced by the XKSS. In the whole scheme of things the Lynx is a steal at about £110 000 - the original - if you can get your hands on one is about £500 000.

And you're right - to take a car such as that in city traffic is just asking for trouble in summer.

[not-so-fast-ed]

I pulled the picture off the net after "Googling" it.  And, Yes - very female-ish lines.  As long as guys continue to admire the female form, this will always have "curb appeal".

 

[Allred]

Ah, '50's race cars!  True classics, way more attractive than the angular flying wings of today, but even though they looked aerodynamic, they weren't, at all.  Many  [smiley=thumbup.gif]of them developed almost as much lift as a bad airplane wing!  

[aussie]

Ed - you tease! I thought you must have gone to a motor show and was going to ask you for a picture of the the black AM - I THINK it's a DB4 or 5. Any AM experts out there?

[aussie]

Maybe a DB2? I can't seem to modify the previous post

[not-so-fast-ed]

I'll have to ask Commander Bond, the next time I see him.  He was always an AM fan.

 

[Justin B.]

Allred, you are quite right.  I couldn't believe how squirrelly my '71 Datsun 240Z, which looked very aerodynamic to me, became at much over 80 mph - it just felt like the front end was floating.   I had to install a new snout with built in air-dam, then the faster I went the more stable it became.