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Written by Tom Harrison
There were only ever four proper Bond DB5s. Two were used in the making of Goldfinger, and one the original effects" car fitted with all the gadgets was stolen from a hangar in Florida in the late Nineties and never recovered. This Bond DB5, which is being auctioned by RM in Monterey in August, is one of the remaining three. One of two press" cars bought by EON Productions to promote Thunderball in the States. Never used in an actual Bond film, but nonetheless equipped with some 13 different gadgets from new, RM expects DB5/2008/R" to fetch between $4million and $6million. EON offered the two promotional DB5s for sale in 1969. Lord Bamford from the family behind JCB bought both. The next owner of 2008 was a chap called B.H. Atchley, who put it on display in his museum in Tennessee. It would remain there, the museum"s centrepiece, for 35 years.
Date written: 13 Jun 2019
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There were only ever four proper Bond DB5s. Two were used in the making of Goldfinger, and one the original effects" car fitted with all the gadgets was stolen from a hangar in Florida in the late Nineties and never recovered. This Bond DB5, which is being auctioned by RM in Monterey in August, is one of the remaining three. One of two press" cars bought by EON Productions to promote Thunderball in the States. Never used in an actual Bond film, but nonetheless equipped with some 13 different gadgets from new, RM expects DB5/2008/R" to fetch between $4million and $6million. EON offered the two promotional DB5s for sale in 1969. Lord Bamford from the family behind JCB bought both. The next owner of 2008 was a chap called B.H. Atchley, who put it on display in his museum in Tennessee. It would remain there, the museum"s centrepiece, for 35 years.
Date written: 13 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16015
