| By now, you will have no doubt seen the
latest Bond Film, Casino Royale, staring
Daniel Craig. Basically, the film chronicles the very beginning of the 007
James Bond story and includes this particular DB5, chassis number DB5/1399/L.
Instead of having the car presented to him by 'Q', James Bond is very
fortunate to win this car in a game of poker in the Bahamas.
I was able to photograph this car in May 2006 whilst it
was on display in the Heritage Restorations section of Works Service at
Newport Pagnell. I also saw it a few months later at Works Service where it
is undergoing a restoration. To date, six different
DB5's have actually appeared in four different Bond films although I still
believe a DB5 would have appeared in 'The World is Not Enough' had the
footage not ended up on the cutting room floor. |
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