Bob -
That actual Bond Aston Martin was in the Walnut Creek Ferrari dealership (in
California) for many many years. I remember it vividly, it had a really
silly movie-prop set up inside for the "radar" that Bond used. Somehow on
the screen it looked so much more convincing. The dealers even let me sit
in it a couple times.
I wonder what ever happened to that car. I am quite positive that it must
be worth an insane amount of money these days.
On a similar note, James Bond's B-17 is in Everett, WA (the one from
Thunderball at the end of the movie)... which coincidentally is the very
same B-17 my dad flew into Arctic Russia in 1961... but that's a whole other
story!!!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 12/15/05, Bob Johnson <robert.w.johnson@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Well, after looking at the James Bond Aston-Martin we now know why the
> spinners were banned. It was that James Bond Aston Martin option of the
> 3-eared spinners that could be used as tire slashers! The gov must have
> worried that everyone would adapt their spinners to be slashers and they
> nipped that idea right in the bud just 4 years later! ;^)
>
> Bob Johnson
> BJ8
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