James Bond's Aston is up for sale

James Bond's Aston is up for sale

by A Person | Published on June 2nd, 2010, 9:15 am | Life

REUTERSJames Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5, dubbed by auto auctioneers RM Auctions on Tuesday as the "world's most famous car," will go under the hammer in London in October and is expected to fetch over $5 million (3 million pounds).

It is the first time the distinctive silver-coloured car has been available to the public to buy.

It is one of two, and the sole remaining, of the original "007" DB5s that appeared on screen with Sean Connery behind the wheel in "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball," RM Auctions said in a statement.

The model comes complete with its "Q-Branch" gadgets including machine guns, bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, tracking device, removable roof panel, oil slick sprayer, nail spreader and smoke screen.

I had the Corgi toy as a kid, with working ejector seat, oddjob, machine guns and bullet shield. I wish I still had it - but apparently Corgi still make it :clap:

I might just buy that, I can afford £13.99 if not the $10,000,000 the full sized one may go for.

World's most famous car???? I'll admit it's well known in circles... but if you didn't say "James Bond" I wouldn't have recognized the car....

I think Herbie the Love Bug outranks this car in fame... The General Lee? Knight Rider? Big Foot?

Depends how old you are and in what country you grew up in.

Besides how could anyone get excited about a VW beetle, Dodge Charger or Ford pickup?

I have to admit I assumed General Lee was a GM - because of the 'General Motors'

How about a DMC-12?

Made famous by Back to The Future, it was a international hit... with uniquely distinctive design... Surely everyone in the world would know a Delorean upon seeing it????

~sigh~

I wouldn't clear out my garage for a DeLorean. Horrible ugly things. A 70's Polyester Disco suit in car form.

Of all the cars you mention, none appeal to me at all.

A Person wrote:I wouldn't clear out my garage for a DeLorean. Horrible ugly things. A 70's Polyester Disco suit in car form.

Of all the cars you mention, none appeal to me at all.

1...2...someone's coming for you...

A Person wrote:I wouldn't clear out my garage for a DeLorean. Horrible ugly things. A 70's Polyester Disco suit in car form.

Of all the cars you mention, none appeal to me at all.

Ahem... Look, sometimes you have to dress her up and maybe take her out once in a while so she feels pretty!

This would be my personal order of top movie icon cars:

1. Ecto 1
2. DeLorean Time Machine
3. Bond's Aston Martin
3. Herbie the Love Bug
4. Batmobile (89)
5. Bullitt Ford Mustang

We need not forget Smokey & The Bandit's Son of Trigger:

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I came about this close to owning one a few years back.

Also famous that sticks out in my mind: Christine.

Also...

Probably couldn't consider it too famous... But I'd take a Torchwood SUV:

Sanjuro wrote:Ahem... Look, sometimes you have to dress her up and maybe take her out once in a while so she feels pretty!

Lipstick on a ...

This is James Bond's real car (from the books, Ian Fleming owned one)

The hunk of ironmongery on the front was the supercharger which gave it 175Hp (the same as a Subaru Outback) unfortnately it also gave it a thirst of around 3 miles per gallon.

The Bond books don't mention James stopping for fuel every half hour.

Most of Sajuro's list I haven't even seen. The exceptions being the DeLorean, the batmobile and of course the Aston.

The late 70's was a dismal time for cars. sexy cars like the E-type,

TR-6

and the Aston DB 5

gave way to wedgies like the TR-7,

Aston Lagonda

and of course the DeLorean.

Overweight, underpowered and boring. Even if they are dressed up with lipstick on.

(Actually that one does have something, in a punk, short skirt with army boots kind of way :lol:

)

Dunno... Love the Delorean... love it, love it, love it....

Remember John Delorean expected to build a version of the DMC-5 that would rival most surpercars... The current owners of Delorean are currently offering spec'd up Deloreans with superchargers and such based on John's original documents...

And the style... was from several other vehicles that were deemed aesthetically perfect at the time. Most notably the gull-wing doors....

My biggest gripe with the Delorean as far as aesthetics was the wheel choice, ride height... and as you've pointed out the powertrain... all of which for the time wasn't that unusual.

The question was, which was more "world famous". I would imagine the DeLorean still beats the Aston Martin. I've never seen so many versions of toys and models consistently produced of any other movie vehicle. Obviously the market supports it, and if the market supports it there is popularity.

Here are a few, and there are a few hundred other brands and models produced over the years I've left out....

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Is there any room left for you in your bedroom?

A Person wrote:Is there any room left for you in your bedroom?

I only own half of them THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! :lol:

Aha! So you admit you stole the rest! June 2nd, 2010, 4:13 pm Reply with quote

Aha! So you admit you stole the rest!

I so need to get a flux capacitor. June 2nd, 2010, 4:31 pm Reply with quote

I so need to get a flux capacitor.

Liv wrote:I so need to get a flux capacitor.

All yours:

http://www.bttf.net/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II_Flux_Capacitor_p/21014.htm

That looks so easy to make - electrical breaker box, plug leads, some LEDs and a timer

But then I'm not a BTTF geek

This guywill turn your DeLorean into a real time machine for only $25,000, with meticulous attention to detail

A Person wrote:That looks so easy to make - electrical breaker box, plug leads, some LEDs and a timer

I've been thinking the same thing... I'd like to find some chasing led lights to copy the torchwood vehicle too.

Schlepcar was the first car I said "I want that when I grow up!"

Yes, I have yet to grow up.

I've never heard of it - but I can see why you'd like that. I'd have that over Herbie, the DeLorean, Knight Rider or General Lee. No beaches near me - but there are hundreds of miles of back-country off-road vehicle trails where a pink beach buggy would seriously annoy the jacked up off road crowd

Until it got stuck of course :lol:

For some reason beach buggies were a hit in the UK where you can still buy kits to make them

I haven't sold my old Subaru and I have toyed with the idea of turning it into a buggy, but my kids prefer it as a car they can borrow.

A Person wrote: I'd have that over Herbie, the DeLorean, Knight Rider or General Lee.

TROLL! TROLL!!! :lol:

Sorry, just playing into the role I've been apparently painted into now.

Buggies were huge here in the 70's. Fell off a bit, but you still see a few in the summers on the highway.. no doubt heading to and from the beach. Of course they used to base a lot of them on VW beetle frames and those are harder and harder to get ahold of in decent condition I think.

You now see more Rail cars that use the VW engines.

A Person wrote:I've never heard of it - but I can see why you'd like that. I'd have that over Herbie, the DeLorean, Knight Rider or General Lee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderbug

He "talked" too!

Serendipitous wrote:
A Person wrote:I've never heard of it - but I can see why you'd like that. I'd have that over Herbie, the DeLorean, Knight Rider or General Lee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderbug

He "talked" too!

Well, so did "Speed Buggy" technically... sorta.. *sputter sputter peeehhhhheeewww....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Buggy

I forgot about him! He's the animated schlep. :wink: