Bond Car Actually Has Full Assortment of "Working" Spy Gadgets
Depending on your age, either old enough to have seen British government agent James Bond dueling it out with
nefarious villains in "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger" in the theatres, or young enough to be turned on to the original 007, Sean Connery, via your dad or uncle's DVD box set, a certain 1964 Aston Martin DB5 - Chassis no. DB5/2008/R may be your ultimate dream car.
If this is the case, you had better act quickly because for the first time in 35 years this particular iconic supercar is going on the block in RM Auctions' "Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona" sale to be held January 20th at the historic Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, and you'd better bring along your Platinum card as it should fetch between $1,500,000 and $2,500,000 USD.
While an original, as is the case with most movies more than one circa-1964
Bond-equipped DB5 exists. Actually, four were built and three remain. Chassis no. DB5/2008/R was used mainly for promotion during the movie's release, but for decades an original example that was actually featured in the movie sat under glass next to The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s heavily modified dark green Olds Toronado -- or at least I had always thought it was from that 1964 through '68 series and driven by secret agents Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum); while not as stunning as Joe Mannix' Toronado roadster or for that matter The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s AMT Piranha it was still pretty impressive to a young child -- at Frank Baker's "Attic" restaurant in posh West Vancouver, BC, before being restored at Alistair Black's Cloverdale, BC shop - whereabouts currently unknown.
Depending on your age, either old enough to have seen British government agent James Bond dueling it out with
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| Is James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5 your ultimate dream car? (Photo: Columbia Pictures and MGM) |
If this is the case, you had better act quickly because for the first time in 35 years this particular iconic supercar is going on the block in RM Auctions' "Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona" sale to be held January 20th at the historic Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, and you'd better bring along your Platinum card as it should fetch between $1,500,000 and $2,500,000 USD.
While an original, as is the case with most movies more than one circa-1964
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| If you must have it you had better act quickly, because for the first time in 35 years this particular iconic supercar is going on the block. (Photo: Columbia Pictures and MGM) |
