Thread: Just bought an Aston Martin DB5

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Used to have one in 1968 - wrote it off it in a sandpit, circa 1970


CORGI - No 271 JAMES BOND ASTON MARTIN - eBay Cars, Corgi, Diecast Vehicles, Toys Games. (end time 26-Oct-09 02:35:51 AEDST)



Includes bullet proof sheild and ejector seat - unfortunately no rotating number plate.

The revolving number plate always amused me. Even in Europe, DB 5s weren't quite as common as Vauxhalls and Renaults.

Actually followed one through Rosebery (Rothchild Ave) to the Eastern Distributor at 15:30 yesterday. It headed to Neutral Bay as i did the peasant track to the north west

I soooo still want one

o0(might take the nine stage tought dogs and spring out of the D2 and put it in)

its my only silly Lotto indulgence. cheque today DB5 tomorrow

Cool i had one of them and Lady Ps pink RR complete with forward firing missile and 4 rear firing darts.

I was almost exited for a wile Thought it was the real one Finding a good model is a great effort though.

With the likely demise of these things they will be very collectable as soon.

Even in real life a beautiful hand built car but quirky. If things were good here now I'd import the last one made with out a second thought.

I actually had a gold one when I was a kid. (Corgi #261) however they now sell for many hundred dollars. Got a pretty good price on this one as it is a bit knocked around - gotta love that exchange rate!!!

My next door neighbour's son had one for a while about thirty years ago - got it after his Austin Healey Sprite got run over by a truck. He got me to try and help him from time to time with some of his mechanical problems - I was not much help, not having double jointed elbows; one of the most tightly crammed engine bays I have seen, nearly as bad as a Citroen SM.

He finally decided he could not afford to run it and replaced it with some Jap sports car, can't remember what.

John

I've got a couple of the gold ones knocking around (restored from wrecks) and a couple of the first issue of the silver ones (the slightly larger scale than the gold ones; these had the revolving number plates, tyre slashers in the rear wheels as well as the machine guns, bullet proof shield and ejector seat) great fun
I restored these in a lull when I couldn't find any 1:43 Rolls Royces to restore which is my main model collection.

Originally Posted by jason7001

I've got a couple of the gold ones knocking around (restored from wrecks) and a couple of the first issue of the silver ones (the slightly larger scale than the gold ones; these had the revolving number plates, tyre slashers in the rear wheels as well as the machine guns, bullet proof shield and ejector seat) great fun
I restored these in a lull when I couldn't find any 1:43 Rolls Royces to restore which is my main model collection.