Scott Fisher writes >
> Likewise, there was an article in Autoweek several years ago that
> detailed some of the history of the various Aston Martins used in
> Goldfinger. There were, I think, three different whole cars used for
> different scenes in the picture. At least one had all the gadgets --
> the extendable knock-off spinners, the machine guns, the bulletproof
> rear window, and of course the ejection seat. ("You're *joking*, Q."
> "I never joke.") As is to be expected in the motion picture biz, they
> used different cars depending on what the scene required. This makes
> any claims about being the "real" James Bond Aston Martin suspect, as
> there were several documented cars.
The extendible knock-off spinners were the only items in the car that did
not really work. There is no way to fit them in. The Vickers machine
guns had to be disabled before the USA customs would let the car in the
country. The rotating number plates might come in handy...
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