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The factory supplied three cars for the film, but one was mainly used. After shooting was over the two cars that were hardly used were returned to normal spec and eventually sold. The other one used to tour car museums and shows, not sure who now owns it.

Also, a little known fact. The workshop scenes where Bond receives his goodies from Q was filmed in the Service Department at Aston Martin, some of the people working in the background were Aston employees!

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BMT216A (DP216/1) The original car was back at the factory in April 1968 and the work sheet was noted "removing non-standard equipment and rebuilding as standard DB5".
The decision was not well thought of and seriously regretted today.
In August of 68 Gavin Keyzar,who I used to know, bought the car from the factory and the factory retained the original number. It was reregistered 6633 PP which I believe it still has today. The owner lives in Florida I believe.
In 69 Keyzar had the car put back to "original" with all the gadgets refitted. These did not work in the same way but the car was billed as the original James Bond car and in a blaze of publicity was sold to the USA.It has changed hands several times since then.
Curtis
 
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BMT216A (DP216/1) ....but the car was billed as the original James Bond car and in a blaze of publicity was sold to the USA.

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Rather like the "London Bridge" sitting across the river in Lake Havasu!! Not gullible at all, are they???? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif

Thanks for the update on the car.

Going back to what Alec said about the DB4 being the prototype for the DB5... they actually made 170 revisions to the DB4 which is why they decided to give it a separate model designation.

I think one of my favorite Astons is the DB4 GT cars, especially in Zagato clothes.

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Hello RG,
were any two Astons of the era 'identical'?
I agree with you about the GT, Zagato or other wise.

Alec
 
That's the beauty of a real hand made car.To find the chassis numbers on parts all over the car.When you see "matching numbers" mentioned in an advert it's probably,what, engine gearbox and chassis? I recall on my DB5 I found the chassis number chalked on the back of one piece of carpet.
THAT'S MATCHING NUMBERS!!
Curtis
 
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Hello RG,
were any two Astons of the era 'identical'?
I agree with you about the GT, Zagato or other wise.

Alec

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Ha! I don't think any two Astons were EVER identical! Every single bracket had slots rather than holes to allow for variances in build.

We had a saying in the Enginerring Dept that Ford builds to the nearest millimetre, Aston Martin builds to the nearest car!!

I also have a soft spot for the DBR's too, very pretty design.

Dart - the two DB5's used as stand bys in the movies were returned to normal spec and sold as regular cars to regular owners. There was one left in Bond spec, and as Curtis has said, it seems one of the other cars was converted back to a Bond car at a later date. Who knows what's for sale now? If you could somehow check with the Owners Club or the factory and compare the chassis numbers.... The most interesting thing about the car that RM have for sale is that they list a prior owner as Sir Anthony Bamford, that's bait for anyone with any knowledge of early Aston history if I ever saw it.

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In 1969 Sir Anthony Bamford purchased both replicas for ÂŁ1500 !!!DB5 2008/R and DB5 2017/R.
The latter was traded a few months later for a Ferrari GTO (1964)and the other was kept unregistered on his estate for some years.
Curtis
 
Piman
You must have access to an AMOC register to have the details of my DB5!!
If you look under DB2/4 MK1 Chassis LML 605 and under DB MK111 chassis AM300/3/1681 you will also see my other Astons and the racing history.Attached is a pic of the MK111 on a rallye in the Vosges mountains.
Curtis
 

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I sold the last one a few years ago,that was the MK1 racer.When I came to France I lost the close contact with friends that could help with advice,both hands on and otherwise.Having rebuilt and improved the engine three times I didn't fancy another one. So after a couple of events here,it went to auction.Very sad day.Healey 100 is not the same but lots of fun.Just under 30years of Astons was very memorable.Still I'm very involved in Historic Rallyes now,so the competition lives on.Wouldn't fancy throwing a 2/4 around the mountains in the snow! Must be getting old.
Curtis
 
Naahh... just adapting. That "risk/reward" thing is a consideration we gave short shrift in youth. Ageing tends to put a practical spin on 'chance.' We've had experience with the down side more often.

Well that's MY way of justifying any new-found unwillingness to do things I'd jump on in my youth... and it seems to take much longer to heal now as well.

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Having said that my last outing in the Wolseley,earlier in the year, ended up off the road in a snowbank.Not so expensive to put right as an Aston.
Curtis
 
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