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Original Bond Aston Martin DB5 Going on the Block in January

Bond Car Actually Has Full Assortment of "Working" Spy Gadgets

Depending on your age, either old enough to have seen British government agent James Bond dueling it out with nefarious villains in "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger" in the theaters, or young enough to be turned on to the original 007, Sean Connery, via your dad or uncles DVD box set, a certain 1964 Aston Martin DB5 - Chassis no. DB5/2008/R may be your ultimate dream car.

If this is the case, you had better act quickly because for the first time in 35 years this particular iconic supercar is going on the block in RM Auctions "Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona" sale to be held January

Is James Bonds 1964 Aston Martin DB5 your ultimate dream car? (Photo: Columbia Pictures and MGM)

20th at the historic Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, and youd better bring along your Platinum card as it should fetch between $1,500,000 and $2,500,000.

While an original, as is the case with most movies more than one circa-1964 Bond-equipped DB5 exists. Actually, four were built and three remain. Chassis no. DB5/2008/R was used mainly for promotion during the movies release, but for decades an

If you must have it you had better act quickly, because for the first time in 35 years this particular iconic supercar is going on the block. (Photo: Columbia Pictures and MGM)

original example that was actually featured in the movie sat under glass next to The Man From U.N.C.L.E.s heavily modified dark green Olds Toronado -- or at least I had always thought it was from that 1964 through 68 series and driven by secret agents Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum); while not as stunning as Joe Mannix Toronado roadster or for that matter The Man From U.N.C.L.E.s AMT Piranha it was still pretty impressive to a young child -- at

Famed Chicago gangster Al Capones car is a 1928 Cadillac, complete with some weapons and defense mechanisms of its own. (Photo: RM Auctions)

Frank Bakers "Attic" restaurant in posh West Vancouver, BC, before being restored at Alistair Blacks Cloverdale, BC shop - whereabouts currently unknown.
The original Bond DB5 going up for auction in two months has been the property of Sir Anthony Bamford and since the late 70s has been on display at the Pigeon Forge, Tennessee museum. The DB5 will join a variety of celebrity cars in the auction, including cars made for the notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone and country music star Hank Williams, Jr.

Capones car is a 1928 Cadillac, complete with some weapons and defense mechanisms of its own. First of

Hank Williams Jr.s 1964 Pontiac Bonneville is adorned with eighteen pistols, 547 silver dollars, twelve silver horseshoes and seventeen sterling silver horse heads. (Photo: RM Auctions)

all it is bullet-proof, featuring steel-plating reinforcements in the body shell and windows that are more than one inch thick. The rear window folds out of the way so that firearms could be used, no doubt against ensuing police or rival gangs. Interestingly, the Cadillac was painted in the exact same color scheme as the Chicago police cars of the day, and combined with its siren and flashing police lights the car would have allowed for convenient getaways. It was seized by the U.S. Treasury Department when Capone was jailed for tax evasion, of all things, and reportedly was used by President Franklin Roosevelt after that. RM estimates its value at $250,000 to $500,000.

Less interesting, unless youre a country music fan, is Hank Williams

Unlike many other movie cars, the four DB5s include operational spy gadgets, such as wheel mounted tire slashers. (Photo: Columbia Pictures and MGM)

Jr.s 1964 Pontiac Bonneville, which RM states made use of guns in a different sort of way. Gifted to Williams on his 15th birthday, it is adorned with eighteen pistols, including twelve large ones and six small ones, plus 547 silver dollars, twelve silver horseshoes and seventeen sterling silver horse heads. Replacing the center console is a saddle, no less. Its  value is estimated at $100,000 to $200,000.

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