Really expensive toy!

[GH85Carrera]

The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger recreation, brand new car.

Evidently Aston made 25 of these, and they are all sold out, so you missed your opportunity.

This a car made by Aston, using all the original tools and drawings. Just a tad under 4 million bucks.

One of the episodes of Top gear they tested an original DB5 on the track with the Stig driving. It was the slowest car they had ever had around the track.

Cool looking car, and imagine the fun of firing the toy machine guns at some fool that just cut you off in traffic.

This is how that made it.

[masraum]

Very cool!

I'd probably rather have Hugh's old DB4

[ckissick]

If I was really rich, that would be my first choice of a car.

[herr_oberst]

How do you license a brand new car that's 57 years old? Where's the federal fuel mandates and crash compliance? Is this street legal or destined to be displayed on a plinth in Ralph Lauren's bunker?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

How do you license a brand new car that's 57 years old? Where's the federal fuel mandates and crash compliance? Is this street legal or destined to be displayed on a plinth in Ralph Lauren's bunker?

That would be an interesting question. You would be the original owner buying it through a dealership, but is it a 1964 car? It is the exact same vehicle, made the same way as it was in 1964. If they had built it back then, stuck it in a corner and just found it, and recommissioned it it would be the same. It is not a clone or tribute car, it is a original 1964 car.

The likely answer is the owners just have their lawyer and tell them to make it so.

With just 25 made it is not going to be a smog or safety concern. It is a problem I will never have to face.

[Joe Bob]

Depends on the location it will be registered. CA will likely register as a kit car under the SB 500 rule. I did a Speedster that way. Biggest PITA I have ever gone thru. No smog though.

Carrol Shelby "found" a bunch of Cobra frames in his factory. Convinced people they were real NOS rides. They had serial numbers that matched ones that were damaged/destroyed in a fire. He built them up sold them as 1965s or whatever.......he then paid cash money for a heart transplant.

[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by masraum

Very cool!

I'd probably rather have Hugh's old DB4

+1, badass. Didn't Hugh have an epic old (like 1920) motorcycle too?

[Joe Bob]

I believe it was an English Rudge. Never saw it running, just a lump of oily metal.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

How do you license a brand new car that's 57 years old? Where's the federal fuel mandates and crash compliance? Is this street legal or destined to be displayed on a plinth in Ralph Lauren's bunker?

I had a Beck Spyder that was registered as a 1991 vehicle, but was smog exempt due to SB 500. It was set up that way when I bought it, so I didn't have to go through any hassle like Joe Bob did. I met other Beck Spyder owners who managed to get their car registered as a 1955 vehicle. I don't know how they did that.

[93nav]

Aston Martin did something similar before with the DB4 Zagato. They had an extra 4 chassis numbers that had never been used, so they built 4 more of them. Perhaps them found some DB5 chassis numbers that were not used. From Wikipedia:

In 1988, four unutilised chassis numbers were put to use. With the approval of Aston Martin, four DB4 chassis were appropriately uprated to GT specifications. These chassis were then sent to Zagato's Milan workshop to be bodied like the originals, with a smaller oval grille, without the stock DB4 GT's rear tail fins, and with a smoothed out rear end. To familiarise the workforce with construction techniques of the 60s, an original DB4 GT Zagato was sent there to be dismantled. These "Works-Approved Replicas" were known as the "Sanction II" cars. They were outwardly identical, but several changes were effected in the interest of better handling. Each of these cars sold for over $1,000,000. Differences from the "originals" include a larger engine capacity, increased from 3.7 to 4.2 litres, and a smaller wheel diameter, reduced from 16 inches to 15. The first of the four GT-specification rolling chassis was delivered to Zagato in January 1989 and the fourth in April of the same year, with all four being completed in July 1991. All four cars were then given their own chassis numbers, fitting for the 1960s.

[sc_rufctr]

Cool car (the machine guns are a bit silly) but yes this is little more than a toy.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Cool car (the machine guns are a bit silly) but yes this is little more than a toy.

The machine guns are the coolest part. The bullet proof shield and the ejection seat panel in the roof or the oil slick are kinda silly. The RADAR screen is totally cool.

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of the episodes of Top gear they tested an original DB5 on the track with the Stig driving. It was the slowest car they had ever had around the track.

But the fastest tractor...

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Cool looking car, and imagine the fun of firing the toy machine guns at some fool that just cut you off in traffic.

Heh, think this is more my speed, price-wise: https://us.corgi.co.uk/products/james-bond-db5-261-goldfinger-60s-version-rt26101

I remember quite a few happy hours playing with the original...

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The machine guns are the coolest part. The bullet proof shield and the ejection seat panel in the roof or the oil slick are kinda silly. The RADAR screen is totally cool.

If I won the Redneck Retirement Plan, I would so buy one of these..
I had a Corgi version and another larger one as a kid, and have another Corgi now as well as a Franklin Mint.

[KNS]

In the Jay Leno video they show close up shots of the switches for the machine guns, etc. The switches look exactly like the electric window switches for a 70-80s 911.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by KNS

In the Jay Leno video they show close up shots of the switches for the machine guns, etc. The switches look exactly like the electric window switches for a 70-80s 911.

Yea, I noticed that. No doubt they are off the shelf Bosch parts. Likely they know if they used a Lucas switch it would only work a few dozen times and then let the smoke out of all the wires. Not that the Bosch window switch is some great design long lasting switch, I have had to replace a few in my 911 over the years and I don't lower my windows very often.

[sc_rufctr]

... The question is what switches did they use in the original Bond car?