Bond’s Aston Martin car may fetch £4m

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The Aston Martin car that James Bond drove in the film Goldfinger is expected to fetch £4 million at an auction. Hitting the open market for the first time, the DB5 sports car Sean Connery drove, comes complete with the full complement of ‘’Q Branch’’ gadgets including machine guns, bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, smoke screen and oil slick.
All of the gadgets are still in full working order, although the machine guns do not fire for safety reasons. The car, which also featured in 1965’s Thunderball, was bought from Aston Martin in 1969 by American radio DJ Jerry Lee for $12,000.
Mr Lee, who used to drive it around in the 1970s, is now selling it at auction in London, with the proceeds going to the Jerry lee Foundation. “After the car was used in Thunderball, Aston Martin sold it to Mr Lee who has owned it ever since.
“He paid $12,000 for it at the time. He had to really persuade Aston Martin to sell it to him and they did on condition they could use it for promotional purposes whenever they wanted.