Reg for Sale - James Bond

[williamp]

justinbaker said:

And what is missing from the interior shots... SUNVISORS !!!!

...and of course the interior colour changes from red to blue..

...and its not really a DB5, but the prototype DB5, hence really a DB4...

Anyone else want to join in with Bond Trivia?

[Andrew Noakes]

williamp said:

its not really a DB5, but the prototype DB5, hence really a DB4... Anyone else want to join in with Bond Trivia?

OK... there were two different Astons in Goldfinger. One was a DB4 Vantage which had been the DB5 prototype (and which had the gadgets fitted) while the other was a DB5 production car originally registed FMP7B. You can tell FMP because it has orange reflectors or side repeaters next to the air vents in the front wings, which BMT216A doesn't. BMT has a chrome trim on the rear number plate, which FMP doesn't. If you watch the scene in the Swiss Alps where Bond is tailing Goldfinger's Rolls-Royce, you can see quite clearly that BMT is used in the long shots and FMP in the close-ups.

[OctaneBooster]

Just to add to the confusion, a DB5 or DB4GT appears in a black & white episode of The Saint entitled "The Noble Sportsman" bearing the reg no. BMT 216A. It's a darker colour than silver and has the side indicator repeaters.

[pmanson]

My Dad's old Boss has a black Vanquish with the number plate PDH 007.

Looks very nice apparently!

[strathaird]

Further to the information regarding FMP 7B. This car appeared at the Edinburgh Tatoo in 1967. It did not have the reflectors/repeaters as stated by an earlier correspondant. A photo and a little about its visit to Edinburgh can be found at
www.davidharrison.tv/heritage-article-detail.asp?id=10

I know this comes a year after the topic but I only found the photo last night.

[williamp]

Ofther fact:

Daltons Va Volante was Victor Gauntlet's. The V8 saloon was actually a '78 example, whose reg plate was HLF 35T (or was it 53T? Someone in the club has 35T, or 53T).

Anyhow, the B337 WUF reg plate was old to another Aston owner who put that on his gun metal V8. So if you see a V8 with that plate on the road, its not the Bond aston, but another lookie-likey