It was pretty clever of Bond to use a rare and exotic car that no one could
possibly miss as a "spy" car!
Jan
Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org> wrote:
> Hee...Hee..Hee... You got a big laugh out of me on that one. Imagine how an
Orchid Green DB5 would have impacted Bond's image... He definitely wouldn't have
gotten the girl! Although it may have been more effective than all his gadgets
because it would have simply scared all the villains to death.
J Arzt wrote:
> Of course, there are exceptions. A certain Mr.. Bond would argue that
> silver is a perfectly suitable color for a British car, such as an Aston
> Martin.
>
> And for a particularly foul mental image, just imagine the DB6 in Orchid
> Green.(shudder)
>
> Jon
>
> >From: Ian Spencer
> >Reply-To: Ian Spencer
> >To: Victor Hughes
> >CC: Christopher Albers ,
> >bmounce@impop.bellatlantic.net, alpines@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: color
> >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:58:03 -0400
> >
> >Not that there is anything wrong with silver, because I like it a lot. But,
> >silver was the traditional color for the German racing teams. If I had an
> >old
> >Porsche or BMW, I would paint it silver in a heartbeat, but I could never
> >paint
> >a British sports car silver. But, that's just me...and everyone knows that
> >I'm a
> >few cards from a full deck. Heck, I like Orchid Green... remember! :-)
>
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Ian Spencer
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