 James Bond's First Aston Martin - PICS, Bamford & Martin from 'SilverFin' |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras  |
8 March 2005 - 01:37
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
8 March 2005 - 02:12
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When I first read Higson's description of his car, I thought he had put young Bond into the same make and model car that later became Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. LOL.
Actually, I thought that would have been kind of clever. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
8 March 2005 - 02:15
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Interesting read. Nice to hear a bit about it then, as well as some cool pics.
Can't wait to read about it in the book.   ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 June 2002 From: London |
8 March 2005 - 08:30
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Cheers mate- great work.
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
8 March 2005 - 17:28
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Actually, Dave Worall (who we all know is THE man to talk to about all things Aston Martin) doesn't feel this car can be considered "James Bond's first Aston Martin" because it still carries the name Bamford & Martin (although it's the same company, and even Higson refers to it as an "Aston Martin" at one point in the book). Technically, he's right, I guess. But then that takes away all the fun.
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 2 March 2003 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
8 March 2005 - 20:36
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This is great, zencat!
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 13 September 2003 From: Up on the Downside |
8 March 2005 - 20:50
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perhaps i'm just being thick, but i didn't recognise some of those stories in italics. clue me in zen. (there's going to be an answer to this that will make me look like a thickie isn't there).
h  "Nice war we had. Of course every war has its cute things. World War II had nice songs. The War of the Roses had nice flowers. We've got booms, they had blooms. Actually, every war has its 'ooms. You've got doom, gloom, everybody ends in a tomb, the planes go zoom, and they bomb your room." B F Pierce 4077th |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
9 March 2005 - 00:03
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QUOTE(Hawkeye @ 8 March 2005 - 12:50) perhaps i'm just being thick, but i didn't recognise some of those stories in italics. clue me in zen. (there's going to be an answer to this that will make me look like a thickie isn't there). h  You mean like Permission To Die, Light of My Death, and A Silent Armageddon? Those were all graphic novels (and don't feel "thick," I expect even those familar with the graphic novels haven't heard of Light of My Death). Permission To Die should really be credited with returning the DB5 to the Bond world – it did so well before GoldenEye. |
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 4 February 2004 |
9 March 2005 - 23:48
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The site featured wasn't the Aston Martin official site either, but a New Zealand Aston Martin site. The official Aston Martin site is based in the UK (naturallY) and you can also read the history of Aston Martin on the AMOC site.
Oh, and there never was a Bamford and Martin, despite the fact that Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin were the founders. They were all called Aston-Martin or Aston Martin. The name comes from the Aston Clinton hill climb, where Lionel Martin enjoyed success with his modified Singer and it was decided to append Martin's name to Aston in order that the car company's name might appear at the top of an alphabetical list of car manufacturers. This post has been edited by AMWebby: 9 March 2005 - 23:49 'Just taking the Aston Martin out for a spin Q.'
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 16 April 2004 From: Canada |
10 March 2005 - 00:01
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You are all going to twist off my head, [censored] down my neck, and skull[censored] me for saying this, but I think that's an ugly-looking old car. I mean, I know it's old and everything, but... blech. Now let me hide in a breadbox before all the car-nuts decide destroy my perfect set of teeth.
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 13 September 2003 From: Up on the Downside |
10 March 2005 - 00:16
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Thanks for clueing me in Zen. I just surfed over to mi6 and would you believe it, they've been reviewing 'permission to die'. I really should open my eye a bit more.
"Nice war we had. Of course every war has its cute things. World War II had nice songs. The War of the Roses had nice flowers. We've got booms, they had blooms. Actually, every war has its 'ooms. You've got doom, gloom, everybody ends in a tomb, the planes go zoom, and they bomb your room." B F Pierce 4077th |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
10 March 2005 - 00:38
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QUOTE(AMWebby @ 9 March 2005 - 15:48) The site featured wasn't the Aston Martin official site either, but a New Zealand Aston Martin site. The official Aston Martin site is based in the UK (naturallY) and you can also read the history of Aston Martin on the AMOC site. Oh, and there never was a Bamford and Martin, despite the fact that Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin were the founders. They were all called Aston-Martin or Aston Martin. The name comes from the Aston Clinton hill climb, where Lionel Martin enjoyed success with his modified Singer and it was decided to append Martin's name to Aston in order that the car company's name might appear at the top of an alphabetical list of car manufacturers. Thanks for the clarification, AMWebby. 
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 4 February 2004 |
10 March 2005 - 10:07
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That's OK Zencat. Had my Astonista pedant's hat on last night!
On a 007 pedantic note, why would the young Bond drive an Aston Martin? The DB III (no such car BTW, Fleming probably meant a DB2 MkIII) was given to Bond by Q branch. Bond's personal transport was always a Bentley. Surely a background story about the family Bentley that Bond crashes in Casino Royale would be more apt? 'Just taking the Aston Martin out for a spin Q.'
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
10 March 2005 - 16:37
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QUOTE(AMWebby @ 10 March 2005 - 02:07) That's OK Zencat. Had my Astonista pedant's hat on last night! On a 007 pedantic note, why would the young Bond drive an Aston Martin? The DB III (no such car BTW, Fleming probably meant a DB2 MkIII) was given to Bond by Q branch. Bond's personal transport was always a Bentley. Surely a background story about the family Bentley that Bond crashes in Casino Royale would be more apt? Oh, there's that too. LOL. Aunt Charmain drives the Bently Bond will later own in Casino Royale. His Uncle Max keeps the extra Aston in the garage. He's what Higson had to say about the cars from our interview. Q: Is the Bentley Aunt Charmian drives the same car Bond drives in the Fleming books? CH: It certainly is. I put an early Aston Martin in the book as well, for film fans, but I knew there had to be some mention of the Bentley for people who know Bond from the books (it also appears in From Russia With Love at the start of the movie when Connery is indulging in a spot of ‘lunch’ with Sylvia Trench). It says in Casino Royale that Bond bought himself a Bentley in the early thirties, but exactly how old he was when this happened is not definite (Fleming famously altered his timescale as he went along to keep Bond young.) But we will be covering this purchase in a later book. Seeing as Book 2 is set in Sardina, maybe young Bond will next drive an early Lotus.
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