I'm no authority on the Bond books, but I think Goldfinger was written well
before the intro of the DB5 by AM so couldn't have been in the book, right?
When AM supplied the DB5 they were simply supplying their current model to
get as much exposure as possible.
-----Original Message-----
From: A. B. Bonds [mailto:ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:59 AM
To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Bond in A M
>Folks, the movies perverted the Bond/car thing more than a little. In the
>books (which I'd like to think are authoritative) he drove both a blower
>Bentley (his own car) which figured, for example, in Moonraker, and Aston
>Martin, in, for example, Goldfinger. Both were woven in and out of the
>series. There was some question as to which A M he drove, inasmuch as one
>of the books (Goldfinger I think) describes it as a DB 3. The DB 3 as all
>lbc fans realize is a very limited edition full-up racing model that is
>barely street legal, and this seemed rather inappropriate. In an article
>in the A M newsletter, some chappy provides the solution to the
>mystery. In the original manuscript the A M is described as a DB III,
>which is easily recognized as shorthand for the DB 2/4 Mk III (which
>immediately preceded the DB 4). This would be appropriate in terms of
>time, since the Mk III was produced 1956-59. Apparently the typesetter
>got lazy. In any case, the books never make mention of the DB 5, that is
>an invention of United Artists.
>
>And did you know that in addition to the PPK, one of his "official" guns
>was a Smith & Wesson Model 40? J-frame .38 with a backstrap safety.....
>
>A. B. Bonds
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