>Folks, the movies perverted the Bond/car thing more than a little. In the
>books (which I'd like to think are authoritative) he drove both a blower
>Bentley (his own car) which figured, for example, in Moonraker, and Aston
>Martin, in, for example, Goldfinger. Both were woven in and out of the
>series. There was some question as to which A M he drove, inasmuch as one
>of the books (Goldfinger I think) describes it as a DB 3. The DB 3 as all
>lbc fans realize is a very limited edition full-up racing model that is
>barely street legal, and this seemed rather inappropriate. In an article
>in the A M newsletter, some chappy provides the solution to the
>mystery. In the original manuscript the A M is described as a DB III,
>which is easily recognized as shorthand for the DB 2/4 Mk III (which
>immediately preceded the DB 4). This would be appropriate in terms of
>time, since the Mk III was produced 1956-59. Apparently the typesetter
>got lazy. In any case, the books never make mention of the DB 5, that is
>an invention of United Artists.
>
>And did you know that in addition to the PPK, one of his "official" guns
>was a Smith & Wesson Model 40? J-frame .38 with a backstrap safety.....
>
>A. B. Bonds
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