FMP7B, this car, was fitted with all it's gadget AFTER the filming of Thunderball and used as a promotion vehicle. This is the famous Goldfinger "road car", BMT216A was the Goldfinger "gadgets car". BMT216A was stolen in the US more than 20 years ago and never seen again. (Probably parked i a garage next to the James Dean Porsche...).
That "crash" came from the film, when the car was run into the wall in Goldfinger, as this was the driving car, at 0:48 ua-cam.com/video/MA65V-oLKa8/v-deo.html it should have been left alone as it just removed the best proof yet that it was in the movie by doing that along with the grill, as it was key distinguishable proof that it WAS the car, now anyone could say its just a replica, which they did make as promo cars for the films after the fact, two I think with gadgets fitted to it just like this. either that or just taken it off and saved, as its only original once.
@betatalk357 One of the promo cars was crashed at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo by an Aston staff member called Peter Robinson I believe. The car was hastily repaired so it could perform the next night. The car was also worked on at Merchiston Motors in Edinburgh and my father got to drive it when it was there.
actually I may have gotten this wrong, this seems to be one of the cars made as a promo for the movie, they made like 2 in addition to the two used in the movies, this is one of those that toured along with the films. while the one used as the camera car in goldfinger is the one that was stolen, and the other, that was used in thunderball as well and retrofitted with the gadgets is the one that sold at auction, as your information videos are about two different DB5's, the promo car, which you have here, and the thunderball car. as i thought you had ruined the damage that had shown that that car was the driving car from goldfinger here.
I don't know exactly which car this is or was. The only fact I know is that the owner bought it on an auction for 2 Million Dollars and then brought it here for a total restoration. For this reason I assumed that it is the real one from the movie.
well its still involved in the bond history though, its just I thought maybe it was the other one, hence why I reacted like that. although I think that one had a sympathetic restoration itself before its auction run at the aston workshop, which makes sense given what it was. but this one still had the same people who made it work in the movies work on it, so its still very much a part of bond history. as I dont wanna take that away from you, I just thought that car had had a second restoration that took the history away from it is all lol and then I double checked the video and was like wait, these are two different cars here lol as I think this is the one from a documentary about this guy who worked promoing the film with one of these, of course I cant find it as I need it, but it had period footage and promo material from back in the day. and I think that's this car, as it would explain the wear on the seats more than anything else. as he would actually drive the car around to the movie premiers even to places like new york and the like, along with having it used in commercials from the period too.
Not the film seen effects car. That one had a DP prefixed chassis #, and the gadgets differed, especially the switches. There was no " Guns On" switch on the instrument binnacle. The effects DB5 was a David Brown gearboxed 4 speed car, with Lucas amber side repeater lamps. Front number plate housing was also smaller, and of a more elegant shape. This one, at best, is a replica made not at Pinewood by Stears and Luxford, but at AM after GF was released. Promo cars get damaged as they are abused in transit and joy driven by dock workers. Front dampers should be blue, not Konis, and are Armstrong Blue. Chassis is too glossy as well. I believe that the inner wells were undercoated, not just painted. Cheers
Awesome car, thanks for sharing!
First I thought this You find in a garbage :) Such a unique beauty ...
that's crazy. thank you for sharing. beautiful car.
FMP7B, this car, was fitted with all it's gadget AFTER the filming of Thunderball and used as a promotion vehicle. This is the famous Goldfinger "road car", BMT216A was the Goldfinger "gadgets car". BMT216A was stolen in the US more than 20 years ago and never seen again. (Probably parked i a garage next to the James Dean Porsche...).
Beautiful 😎👍
Restoration. is the word your looking for
It's not a restaurant, you're right... I fixed it. :-)
Yeah, in German the word is Restauration, which comes from French...
That "crash" came from the film, when the car was run into the wall in Goldfinger, as this was the driving car, at 0:48
ua-cam.com/video/MA65V-oLKa8/v-deo.html
it should have been left alone as it just removed the best proof yet that it was in the movie by doing that along with the grill, as it was key distinguishable proof that it WAS the car, now anyone could say its just a replica, which they did make as promo cars for the films after the fact, two I think with gadgets fitted to it just like this.
either that or just taken it off and saved, as its only original once.
@betatalk357 One of the promo cars was crashed at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo by an Aston staff member called Peter Robinson I believe. The car was hastily repaired so it could perform the next night. The car was also worked on at Merchiston Motors in Edinburgh and my father got to drive it when it was there.
This is an earlier restoration of that car: ua-cam.com/video/Tl9Z_nLwkRk/v-deo.html
You lucky dudes, my neighbor acquired the white little Rolls that the character J B was married in and is was not anywhere as much fun to rehab!
But I'm sure it was a lot cheaper... :-)
An order of magnitude cheaper to restore than his other Rolls that Epstein surprised the Beatles with upon their return from 'Ed Sullivan" tour.
Really nice.:>
wat bout the rear plate that came up
I have not seen that but it was possibly removed for repairs. But I think it was there too :-)
actually I may have gotten this wrong, this seems to be one of the cars made as a promo for the movie, they made like 2 in addition to the two used in the movies, this is one of those that toured along with the films. while the one used as the camera car in goldfinger is the one that was stolen, and the other, that was used in thunderball as well and retrofitted with the gadgets is the one that sold at auction, as your information videos are about two different DB5's, the promo car, which you have here, and the thunderball car. as i thought you had ruined the damage that had shown that that car was the driving car from goldfinger here.
I don't know exactly which car this is or was. The only fact I know is that the owner bought it on an auction for 2 Million Dollars and then brought it here for a total restoration. For this reason I assumed that it is the real one from the movie.
well its still involved in the bond history though, its just I thought maybe it was the other one, hence why I reacted like that.
although I think that one had a sympathetic restoration itself before its auction run at the aston workshop, which makes sense given what it was. but this one still had the same people who made it work in the movies work on it, so its still very much a part of bond history.
as I dont wanna take that away from you, I just thought that car had had a second restoration that took the history away from it is all lol and then I double checked the video and was like wait, these are two different cars here lol
as I think this is the one from a documentary about this guy who worked promoing the film with one of these, of course I cant find it as I need it, but it had period footage and promo material from back in the day. and I think that's this car, as it would explain the wear on the seats more than anything else.
as he would actually drive the car around to the movie premiers even to places like new york and the like, along with having it used in commercials from the period too.
This is not one of the two Goldfinger cars.
FMP7B, this car, is the Goldfinger road car as far as I know.
are you from switzerland?
guessing Alabama..or maybe Mississippi...
Do you expect him to talk ?
Never been this early
I wonder if ex-RAF technicians built the mechanisms...
Not the film seen effects car.
That one had a DP prefixed chassis #, and the gadgets differed, especially the switches. There was no " Guns On" switch on the instrument binnacle. The effects DB5 was a David Brown gearboxed 4 speed car, with Lucas amber side repeater lamps. Front number plate housing was also smaller, and of a more elegant shape. This one, at best, is a replica made not at Pinewood by Stears and Luxford, but at AM after GF was released. Promo cars get damaged as they are abused in transit and joy driven by dock workers. Front dampers should be blue, not Konis, and are Armstrong Blue. Chassis is too glossy as well.
I believe that the inner wells were undercoated, not just painted.
Cheers
Bollocks
The nose cone need not have been replaced good panel beater can straighten any panel damage
The problem was that too many panel beaters have tried to repair this. The metal got cracked and brittle and had to be replaced.
This is not the real deal
Accidentally early.