[Spridgets] Aston-Healey?

David Booker tncarnut1 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 22 11:13:20 MST 2010


From: DAVID GROPPER kk7ss at verizon.net  To the best of my Memory, the original
Bond drove an Aston-Martin DB4, Yes? ..Dave G


I'm no expert on Astons, but I
believe Mr. Bond's car from the early movies was a DB5. The DB4 is a bit more
upright-looking than the swoopier (that's a technical term) DB5.  The DB4 is
maybe a little closer in looks to the earlier DB2-4, which in Drophead Coupe
form is the car from "The Birds"... 

BTW - I always get a kick out of
watching the love birds leaning back and forth in their cage as they drive
along that curvy (California coast?) road in "The Birds".  I knew the guy who
owned that very car before it was used in the movie.  He told me it was a cool
car, but that even when new, it constantly overheated in the hot California
summers unless it was being driven at speed.  

David Booker
Long Island


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