[Spridgets] Aston-Healey?

[Jim Johnson]

When in doubt, GOOGLE>......

First Bond car on film was a Sunbeam Alpine in 1962 - "Dr. No".

http://www.carenthusiast.com/news0910/bond_3.htm

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:13 PM, David Booker <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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Cheers!!
Jim
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