Photo: Khyzyl Saleem
As an automotive journalist, I'm obliged to like the Aston Martin DB5. But I actually find it kind of boring. I mean, it does look good, but nobody has done anything truly original with it over the years… you know, like a drift car or a drag racing machine.
The problem is that only 1,023 were produced between 1963 and 1965. That's why you can't treat it as a 60s Camaro or Challenger.
Our one and only hope comes from the digital world, the last bastion where the imagination is allowed to run loose. People can dream ever kind of car that will never happen, and if they're really lucky, somebody will steal their idea and turn it into a movie.
We hope Hollywood takes notice of Khyzyl Saleem's work because he is an F-ing genius. Check out his take on the Aston Martin DB5.
The guy totally ignored the stereotypes and went for an original theme based on a famous World War II fighter called the Supermarine Spitfire. The transformation includes a paintjob inspired by the Royal Air Force and plenty of parts borrowed from the world of drifting.
The gigantic radiator is just what the D1 doctor ordered. However, my favorite component is the exhaust. It's got lots of fire-spitting pipes on each side. It reminds me of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin, a British-built, 27-linter V12 engine that was also used by the P-51 Mustang and the Avro Lancaster.
Of course, the Spitfire was the most beautiful warbird of them all, and thanks to its extremely thin wings, it had excellent maneuverability too.
Its 1000+ horsepower would have made for a great drift car, if only it weren't 88.7 in (225 cm). A 1,640 lb (744 kg) lump of steel would probably also make the DB5 very nose-heavy.
Of course, I can't call the DB5 under-powered, as its all-aluminum inline-6 produced 282 hp and propelled the car to 145 mph (233 km/h).
Our one and only hope comes from the digital world, the last bastion where the imagination is allowed to run loose. People can dream ever kind of car that will never happen, and if they're really lucky, somebody will steal their idea and turn it into a movie.
We hope Hollywood takes notice of Khyzyl Saleem's work because he is an F-ing genius. Check out his take on the Aston Martin DB5.
The guy totally ignored the stereotypes and went for an original theme based on a famous World War II fighter called the Supermarine Spitfire. The transformation includes a paintjob inspired by the Royal Air Force and plenty of parts borrowed from the world of drifting.
The gigantic radiator is just what the D1 doctor ordered. However, my favorite component is the exhaust. It's got lots of fire-spitting pipes on each side. It reminds me of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin, a British-built, 27-linter V12 engine that was also used by the P-51 Mustang and the Avro Lancaster.
Of course, the Spitfire was the most beautiful warbird of them all, and thanks to its extremely thin wings, it had excellent maneuverability too.
Its 1000+ horsepower would have made for a great drift car, if only it weren't 88.7 in (225 cm). A 1,640 lb (744 kg) lump of steel would probably also make the DB5 very nose-heavy.
Of course, I can't call the DB5 under-powered, as its all-aluminum inline-6 produced 282 hp and propelled the car to 145 mph (233 km/h).
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