(Words by Scott Liggett) We have been seeing that Christie’s Auctions is having a sale of 10 items from various the James Bond movie franchise in the near future. The one item getting the most attention is one of the 10 Aston Martin DB5’s that were built specifically for the latest Bond flick “No Time To Die” This particular car is complete with the twin Gatling style machine guns that pop out from behind the headlights.
Some details on these DB5’s built for the movie. First of all, none of these cars were real DB5’s at all. They were all hand made using carbon fiber bodies, custom chassis, and 300 HP inline six engines. Some were stunt vehicles that were lightened even more, roll cages installed, hand brakes for drifting in stunt scenes, and race seats. The lighter ones weighing just 2200 lbs. On the outside, they were all built to look like the real ones, even painted in the Silver Birch paint color.
Why not just have the production company go out and buy 10 real DB5’s for the movie to use? Well, they were built from 1963-1965 with just 1059 being built in that time. Thanks to the Bond films, and the car being an iconic British sports car in its own right, current values for one is in the $1,000,000 range.
The particular car being sold by Christies is the stunt car that is gutted inside, with a roll bar, Kirkey-esque looking race seats, and some of the real James Bond gadgets like the machine guns that pop out from the headlights. The paint job has made made scrapes all over it to appear like it was damaged racing through the streets of a scenic Italian town.
Here’s the bad news: From what we understand from Christie’s Auction website description of the lot for sale. This car was built for movie use only and never got a VIN number or a title. That means buying this car and driving on the street is not currently legal. With Christie’s estimates for hammer price being in the $2,000,000 range, that would be expensive garage queen.
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