The most famous Aston Martin of all time is to go under the hammer later this week.
James Bond's 1965 DB5 as used in Thunderball and Goldfinger is to be auctioned off by RM Auctions, a collectible cars specialist based in Chatham, Ontario. The model for sale is one of four cars used in the movies.
"The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is one of the most famous cars in the world," says RM's Canadian co-founder Rob Myers.
"It's just amazing. This is by far and away the most popular car we have seen in our 26 years of hosting collector car auctions."
Some of the special James Bond options include:
- Front and rear hydraulic over-rider rams on bumpers
- Front firing .30 caliber Browning machine guns powered by trunk mounted oxy/propane system
- Wheel mounted tire slasher
- Retractable rear bullet-proof screen
- Radio telephone concealed in secret compartment
- Radar scanner in racing type wing mirror with tracking screen in the cockpit
- Passenger ejector seat - with removable roof panel (seat since replaced with standard seat)
- Oil slick ejector from left side rear light cluster
- Triple spiked nails (caltrops) from the right side rear light cluster
- Smoke screen released through separate rear system - located next to rear exhaust
- Revolving number plates (3) featuring licences YRE 186H, 007JB and JB007
- Armaments drawer under front driver seat
The car was originally bought by Sir Anthony Banford for £1,000 but is now expected to fetch between $1.5 ands $2.5 million!
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