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When I saw the Bond films back in the sixties and seventies, I was totally enthralled with the gadgetry and particularly the vehicles. I never imagined that they would have kept one for posterity, but here`s the most famous of them all...
James Bond’s actual Aston Martin DB5 as driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball is to be auctioned by world’s largest collector car auction house on 27th October in London. RM Auctions announces the consignment of one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century – the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond movie car – to its annual ‘Automobiles of London’ event at the Well-known around the world by its original UK registration number, FMP 7B, this Aston Martin is one of only two, and the sole remaining, of the original ‘007’ DB5s as featured on screen with Sean Connery behind the wheel in the enormously popular Goldfinger and Thunderball movies. With its 'rather interesting modifications' originally conceived by Oscar-award-winning special effects expert, John Stears, this authentic Bond movie car is factory-fitted with the full complement of operational ‘Q-Branch’ gadgets, including machine guns, bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, , tracking device, removable roof panel, oil slick sprayer, nail spreader and smoke screen, all controlled from factory installed toggles and switches hidden in the center arm-rest.
Event visitors will be able to see the 007 DB5 up close with its amazing ‘Q Branch’ gadgets, conceived by Oscar-award-winning special effects expert, John Stears, all of which are in demonstrable working order.
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Battersea Evolution in London on 27th October, where it is available for sale for the first time in history and expected to achieve in excess of $5 million. The car is being offered by RM in association with Sotheby’s, with whom RM has worked in the past.
More than forty years after the ‘world’s most famous car’ retired gracefully from its starring roles in two of the most iconic Bond films of all time, the silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5 ‘FMP 7B’ will be returning to its UK homeland following more than four decades of residence in America with its current and only ex-factory owner.
This authentic and sole-remaining car, one of the two original Bond Aston Martin DB5 movie cars, which is to be sold by RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, on 27th October at RM’s annual ‘Automobiles of London’ event, will be the star attraction at the forthcoming ‘Midsummer Classic’ concours event at Stoke Park Club on the 26th June. 
Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Europe, says: “This DB5 is more than a car; it’s a film star, and it’s an absolute privilege to be able to present it to the British public again, having been away in America for so many years. Over forty-five years ago, cinema goers fell in love with its stunning looks and amazing gadgets, and now a whole new generation can marvel at it once again.”
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