OO7 Aston Martin DB5 pics... and something really rare

[CNIdog]

Farewell to Sean Connery. Here is a pic of the 007 movie car and a very rare special version. Only 12 made, custom hand-built. Called a "Shooting-brake"
Aston Martin’s owner Sir David Brown, an avid sportsman who liked hunting and polo, he grew frustrated when he realized that his DB5 company car could not fit his polo gear or his dogs in the luggage compartment. Legend has it that he entered a board meeting attended by some of his engineers, put his hunting dog on the table and said: “Build me something for him to sit in.” The result was the shooting brake built on the DB5 chassis that was so good-looking other people wanted one too.

A total of 12 were built, only four of which are in left-hand drive configuration.

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[dukegrad98]

I love a shooting brake!

I own one of these, but lately find myself considering selling it because I just never use it:

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I've long had a strange desire for one of these -- just wish they'd made them with a proper transmission:

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I hear Connery was a particularly lousy neighbor, but there's no question that he was a great James Bond.

Cheers, John

EDIT: Just saw this. Note that there's a pretty similar modern interpretation of the Aston Martin available right now, for a pretty penny...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2019-Aston-Martin-Vanquish-Zagato-Shooting-Brake/224217838783

Will try to attach one image since listing will eventually disappear.
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[CNIdog]

I have a '97 Z3 Roadster Convertible Just a 1.9 - 5 speed but lots of fun to drive. Left it down in Florida so we have something to buzz around in for the season. I'd love a hard-top Z3 though. I'm working on a friend's '87 325i convertible that they will probably sell to me next year. It has a trunk you can put golf clubs in and a back seat for the dog. :-) Just spent a week of evenings replacing the shifter linkage. The *****-clip is well named. :-)

[AC Bill]

How about this one for hauling..:p

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[CNIdog]

Cat Hearse? :-)

I believe one of the Aston Martin DB5 used in the early OO7 movies was a display in some bar in Vancouver BC for a time?

[narkosys]

The Jag hearse is from the movie "Harold and Maude"

[AC Bill]

Cat Hearse? :-)

I believe one of the Aston Martin DB5 used in the early OO7 movies was a display in some bar in Vancouver BC for a time?

You are correct, Frank Baker owned one of the Bond DB5's, and had it on display in a glass room at his restaurant in West Vancouver. "The Attic" as it was known.

Frank also had a Barris Custom's Olds Tornado 67X on display, just outside the lobby. This was a prize car from the EXPO 67 event in Quebec given away by Imperial Oil, as part of it's Esso gas brand promotion. That car still remains in BC. Here's a Haggerty article about that Olds.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/esso-67-x/

.https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/import/2016/12/04231847_Frank-Baker.jpg;w=960