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MIAMI, Florida (June 20, 1997) - The silver Aston Martin driven by
actor Sean Connery in two early-1960s James Bond movies was stolen
earlier this week, its crestfallen owner announced Friday.
The unknown perpetrators broke into the airport hangar in which the
car was kept, cut through locks, disabled alarms and took the vehicle
sometime between dusk Wednesday and dawn Thursday, said Anthony
Pugliese.
The Aston Martin, first of the DB5 series, was one of the unofficial
stars of 1964's Goldfinger and the following year's Thunderball and
remains easily recognizable to fans of British secret agent 007.
And front machine guns, ejectable passenger seat, bullet proof glass
and steel shield, make up a decidedly un-standard package of options
that should alert even those who are unfamiliar with fiction's most
famous spy.
Pugliese, who bought the Aston Martin at a 1986 auction, proudly
described the car as "priceless."
"It's a one-of-a-kind. It's the most famous car in the world, an icon
of the 60s," said Pugliese. His sister, Kim Caruso, agreed: "We're
hopeful we're going to find it. How do you get something like that out
here?"
Editors note: As of 2005, the car had never been recovered.
(Someone found it?)
David C
San Diego
----- Original Message -----
From: Blue One Hundred
To: Bob Johnson
Cc: Healey List
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:14 PM
Subject: James Bond's DB6: An Interesting Question
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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