Edited by iBond, 15 May 2011 - 08:19 PM.
What car is he driving while heading to Shrublands?
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, May 15 2011 08:19 PM
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:19 PM
What is the car that Bond drives whole heading to Shrublands in NSNA?
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:24 PM
It's a Bentley. Not sure the model.
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:27 PM
Ah! Nice to see him driving a car from the novels. I guess this would be the first and only time we see him driving one.
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 09:58 PM
Ah! Nice to see him driving a car from the novels. I guess this would be the first and only time we see him driving one.
Technically correct, but we see him answer the car phone in one in FRWL, then mourn its loss in Goldfinger.
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 10:51 PM
That's right! I forgot about that!!! But I do remember the mourning his loss for it in the next film.
Edited by iBond, 15 May 2011 - 10:51 PM.
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Posted 16 May 2011 - 03:33 PM
It's a 1937 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre, chassis no. B129JY, Gurney Nutting 3-Position-Drophead Coupé.
http://www.rrab.com/b425ltr.htm
It also was featured in an episode of Magnum PI! Might be in Hong Kong now.
http://www.rrab.com/b425ltr.htm
It also was featured in an episode of Magnum PI! Might be in Hong Kong now.
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Posted 16 May 2011 - 05:46 PM
Sir James Bond drives a Bentley in the '67 Casino Royale spoof, as well.
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Posted 17 May 2011 - 05:54 AM
What is the car that Bond drives whole heading to Shrublands in NSNA?
That's probably the most Bondian part of the movie.
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Posted 18 May 2011 - 03:18 PM
It's a 1937 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre, chassis no. B129JY, Gurney Nutting 3-Position-Drophead Coupé.
http://www.rrab.com/b425ltr.htm
It also was featured in an episode of Magnum PI! Might be in Hong Kong now.
Thanks for the information!
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Posted 18 May 2011 - 05:20 PM
He also drove an Aston Martin in the novel "Goldfinger" but it was a DB3, not a DB5.Ah! Nice to see him driving a car from the novels. I guess this would be the first and only time we see him driving one.
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Posted 18 May 2011 - 07:48 PM
He also drove an Aston Martin in the novel "Goldfinger" but it was a DB3, not a DB5.
Ah! Nice to see him driving a car from the novels. I guess this would be the first and only time we see him driving one.
To be precise, it was a 'DB MkIII' which isn't a model they ever made!
Fleming meant a DB2 MkIII, which was a pretty nice car.
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Posted 19 May 2011 - 11:08 PM
Maybe he just made it up? But I mean, if that were the case why even call it an Aston Martin in his books.