Posted on 01/11/2006 10:27:34 AM PST by presidio9
The Aston Martin spy car from the James Bond movies Thunderball and Goldfinger — complete with machine guns and tire slashers — is on the auction block.
The 1965 Aston Martin DB5 could fetch up to $2.5 million at RM Auctions' 7th Annual Vintage Motor Cars Auction on Jan. 20 in Phoenix, Ariz.
"The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is one of the most famous cars in the world. It's just amazing. This is by far and away the most popular car we have seen in our 26 years of hosting collector car auctions," RM Auctions co-founder Rob Myers said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
It is one of only four cars originally constructed and used for 1964's Goldfinger and 1965's Thunderball as well as promotional tour use. The auction car was primarily used for promotion.
Some of the special James Bond options on the Aston Martin include Browning machine guns, a wheel-mounted tire slasher, a retractable rear bulletproof screen, an oil slick ejector and a smoke screen system.
Formerly the property of Sir Anthony Bamford, the famed James Bond Aston Martin is one of several celebrity cars offered from Tennessee's Smoky Mountain Car Museum — where it has been on display since the late 1970s.
Also on the auction block will be Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac, Hank Williams Jr.'s 1964 Pontiac and a stable of $1 million-plus vehicles.
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Anyone want to loan me $2.5mil?
Wish this was televised like Barrett-Jackson! I'd love to see the bidding over this car...should be intense.
I'm waiting until the one that turns into a submarine goes on sale.
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Some of the special James Bond options on the Aston Martin include Browning machine guns, a wheel-mounted tire slasher, a retractable rear bulletproof screen, an oil slick ejector and a smoke screen system.
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When does Billy Carter's service truck go up on the block?
Nawww... I'm waiting for the Beverly Hillbillies version, Jethro's famous "Double-ought spy car" remake of the Clampett's jalopy.
I believe Roger Moore drove that car. It is therefore gay.
It is also a Lotus and is therefore currently in the shop.
Agreed.
Sean Connery was, is, and always will be the One True Bond.
My brother had the matchbox car when were kids. I was very jealous.
Roger Moore was bad enough, but if they make one more Bond film without Ian Fleming, I swear I am going to blow up a studio.
Hey, them are fighting words bub. My Lotus turbo esprit(Jim Clark special,build #13, British racing green with yellow trim) ran for years without any problems at all, I loved that thing and it was far more dependable than most exotics out there.
BOND TIDBIT: In "Diamonds are Forever," the guy who plays Shady Tree---Leonard Barr---is singer-actor Dean Martin's uncle.
It's a really cool car, but traffic around here is really brutal, so I need a bit more firepower. I'm holding out for something with phasers and photon torpedos.
I know five guys from Milwaukee who will definitely be interested!
I loved that car, and never should have listened to my wife and sold it.
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