"The First Bond Car Was Actually This Monster Bentley" Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Dec 2014 12:04 p.m. PST |
"James Bond is almost synonymous with Aston Martin, and his newest ride, the Aston Martin DB10, is a gorgeous one-off created specifically for the forthcoming movie Spectre. It calls to mind the glorious DB5 from Goldfinger, a car that is almost as iconic as 007 himself. But before James Bond was the dashing and debonair secret agent on the silver screen, he was the tormented and brooding assassin of Ian Fleming's novels. And in those books, he drove a Bentley. In Fleming's first 007 novel, Casino Royale, published in 1953, Bond tooled around in a 1931 4.5 Litre Blower Bentley. It wasn't so sleek or sexy as the Astons that Bond would come to be known for, but it was among the finest cars of its day and just the thing for getting around in all due haste with style. Bond was, in Casino Royale, something of a car nut and his beloved Bentley was "his only personal hobby." He bought it in 1933 and kept it in storage while serving in World War II. "Bond drove it hard and well and with an almost sensual pleasure."…"
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 20thmaine  | 08 Dec 2014 12:29 p.m. PST |
Nothing wrong with that car as far as I can see. |
| legatushedlius | 08 Dec 2014 3:10 p.m. PST |
I've driven one. They are not easy. Changing gear is a nightmare as is steering the thing especially in country lanes where I tried it. |
| 20thmaine | 08 Dec 2014 4:54 p.m. PST |
Not easy to drive ?
(from The Devil Rides Out – which features a lot of chases on country lanes…  ) |
| Maddaz111 | 08 Dec 2014 6:03 p.m. PST |
in the young bond series it explains how he gets to learn to drive. The stories are very pulp – hero, and are almost spot on for the later books. They even explain him getting expelled for hanky panky with the young matron, and his amazing resistance to ill effects. |
| Scafcom1 | 08 Dec 2014 8:14 p.m. PST |
I Think they used one, or a similar car in the 1967 Casino Royale with David Niven. |
The G Dog  | 08 Dec 2014 9:26 p.m. PST |
What did John Steed drive? |
| 20thmaine | 10 Dec 2014 7:45 a.m. PST |
Green Bentley – they're a short hand for "stylish"
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