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Old 29th October 2016, 14:59
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Found this picture I haven't seen before of S*mmio Numero Uno ....The car that started it all ......



Weirdly , the unpopular ' German front ' has grown on me a bit and doesn't look as bad as I remember ....
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Old 29th October 2016, 18:40
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Weirdly , the unpopular ' German front ' has grown on me a bit and doesn't look as bad as I remember ....
That's exactly what I thought when I looked at this picture. It does look rather good.
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Old 29th October 2016, 19:33
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I still think it's ugly!
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Old 29th October 2016, 19:57
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...needs to be seen from different angles for best effect -







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I still think it's ugly!
The Lancia front was definitely the more popular and the cost of sloping Beetle headlights didn't help either ...but if you squint - quite a bit ...ok ..a lot !! there is a hint of early 50's Ferrari 375MM about it ... the original intention was to build a 550 style car with a grille opening as my whole build leant towards the 550 styling in the early stages ...

I love that colour by the way ...very Astonian and that picture shows it very well ...That car had a heat formed M&W 550 Screen fitted which was a nice piece of kit but a bit pricey at around £130 from memory ...I am looking at heat formed screens for the next one and Chris at Tribute has pointed me towards someone who can do it for me ...

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Old 30th October 2016, 08:47
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It does grow on you the longer you look. If you kiss it does it turn into a Austen Princess ?

I may have mixed loads of metaphors there .....
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Old 31st October 2016, 06:21
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no not for me ugly ....were is that car now ......colour very aston... that was at le mans ,....years ago its the car that started me on this road...
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Wish I knew where it was Phil ...I'd like a shot at buying it back ..it's been Sorned since 2011 , so it's sitting somewhere unloved ...

It was an early car , with the slightly different chassis and had a Spitfire engine fitted ... It was very crude as it was my experimental car and had some non-production features ...
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Old 1st November 2016, 21:23
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I still think that the mk1 bonnet had a lot of potential - just a few days ago I came across a mock up I did of the 'german' bonnet with the headlights set back a few inches and covered with perspex...
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Old 1st November 2016, 23:32
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That's an interesting pic Alpha ...

I played with skirted rear wheels originally ...


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Better front with the faired in lights, reminds me of the Le Mans Spitfire -





Not keen on the spats though, so I've, erm, photoshopped (whatever that is) a mock up of a more classic design for the Sammio, which could work -



You could even scale it down and sell it as a biscuit tin...
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I have one in red...
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