James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5 worth millions going to auction

FoxNews.com.auto ^ | June 14, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

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An original Aston Martin DB5 built to James Bond’s specifications is heading to the auction block this summer.

The silver 1965 coupe is identical to the one 007 drove in “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball,” complete with all the gadgets.

The car wasn’t used on-screen, but was one of a pair ordered by Eon Productions to promote the latter film.

Last sold in 2006 for $2,090,000, the car has been fully restored and the features installed by Q Branch, including its bulletproof screen, extendable bumpers, rotating license plates and smoke screen all function, although the machine gun barrels that emerge from the front marker lights only spit flames, not rounds.

There’s also a removable roof panel to accommodate the passenger-side ejector seat, and a red button in the gearshift to activate it, but you’ll have to press it to find out if it actually works.

The car will be offered at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in August and will be making a U.S. tour before then.

It comes up for sale just as Aston Martin is building 25 brand-new recreations of the car that will be sold for $3.5 million each and aren’t even street legal.

As for the vehicle that appeared in the film, there were actually two.

One of them was auctioned in 2010 for $4.6 million and is currently in a private car museum in Ohio, while the other was stolen from a hangar at Boca Raton airport in Florida and hasn’t been seen since.

The two movie cars and two promotional cars are the only ones commissioned by the production company at the time.

[Hot Tabasco]

although the machine gun barrels that emerge from the front marker lights only spit flames, not rounds.

That can be re-engineered to work properly........

[Bonemaker]

Would it still work this way?

[Professional]

That car was on display for many years in BC Canada, remember seeing it a couple times as a kid.

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Lol! They don’t call you “Bone maker” for nothing!

[Professional]

Dang, I recall my brother having a fairly good size replica about 1/48 scale.

[Bonemaker]

Yeah, I was hoping for a pair of Ma Deuces.

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1:14 scale radio controlled

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY R/C
Remote controlled with 'smart phone' inspired controller, 1:14 scale model (approx. 13"), light, sound, music.

[Bonemaker]

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[VietVet876]

Sorry but the throaty purr only came from six cylinders. The DOHC housings are huge.

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[21twelve]

Yeah - I was wondering about that. It probably was. It was much heavier than a Matchbox car iirc.

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[NurdlyPeon]

Smart drove a Tiger, not an Alpine. Big difference.

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