08/24/2021 3:18 PM
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Updated 08/24/2021 3:18 PM
James Bond and cars, generally attractive, fast and full of tricks, is a partnership that proved to be infallible.
And among those vehicles that 007 drove, the most representative of all has been the
Aston Martin DB5
.
The model who appeared the most times in the secret agent saga, rose to fame after his intervention in
Goldfinger
, a 1964 film.
But in 1997, one of the Aston Martin DB5s used for that film
was stolen
and for 24 years there was no clue or information that gave at least one guess as to its whereabouts.
Aston Martin released a special series of the DB5 Goldfinger that recreated all the stunts of the vehicle from the movie.
Now a company says it knows where it is and claims it is in the Middle East.
Despite this claim, the
reward of $ 100,000
is maintained
for anyone who can give real information about his whereabouts.
A low figure if one takes into account that the value of this unit could reach 25 million dollars.
Theft in the United States
The last known location of the stolen Aston Martin DB5 was a private aircraft hangar at Boca Raton airport in Florida.
The car belonged to collector and businessman Anthony Pugliese, who bought the model in 1986 for $ 275,000 during an auction in New York.
However, in 1997 it disappeared without a trace.
From there all kinds of theories were woven, from when it was stolen by another collector until Pugliese himself simulated the theft to collect insurance.
It is that at the time the owner received 4.2 million dollars after his disappearance.
The rear smoke launcher to throw off the pursuers is one of the best features of the Aston Martin DB5 at Goldfinger.
The craziest story even indicated that the thieves got scared after the robbery and threw it into the sea from a cargo plane.
This story is in the news again after the publication of a recently released podcast that was dubbed
"The Great Theft of the James Bond Car"
, where the British actress Elizabeth Hurley tries to clarify this enigmatic story and whose investigation began in 2018.
It was from that year that the company
Art Recovery International
, which specializes precisely in locating missing objects of desire, received the information that this car, with chassis type DP / 216/1 and with the same VIN number (which unpublished), it could have been seen in the Middle East.
Christopher Marinello, CEO of the company, was interviewed by the actress on the podcast and then made statements to
The Telegraph
, providing more information about his research, which is focused on Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Craftsmanship and care in the limited edition Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger.
"There are big car collectors in those countries and I have information that the car could be in one of them and may even have traveled between them," explains Marinello.
In addition, he stressed that he does not believe that its current owner knows that it was stolen and that he hopes that "he will present himself voluntarily."
In fact, because it is such a sought-after vehicle, whoever has it in their possession cannot display it publicly: "It cannot travel outside of its current location or be displayed in a museum, so why not come over and figure this out?" Marinello pointed out.
Part of the roof of the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger is removed like the original in the film, which allowed the driver to eject.
That is why Art Recovery International maintains the $ 100,000 reward for anyone who provides information about the car.
According to the company, it is receiving help from
investigators, police and diplomats
from around the world to find the vehicle: "We are getting closer and closer. I am waiting for my phone to ring," Marinello boasted.
The most emblematic
The Aston Martin DB5 appeared in 8 films in the Bond saga, including four of the last five with Daniel Craig in the role of the secret agent.
The stolen Aston Martin DB5 was one of four units used for
Goldfinger's
action scenes
and was also present at the
Thunderball
filming
.
The Aston Martin DB5 is one of the most famous models in the entire history of the automotive industry.
But this was the only example
with all the
secret agent
tricks
that worked, such as the ejection seat, the machine guns, the rear oil and smoke ejection systems, or the retractable wheel blades, among others.
However, when it was sold, modifications were made for legal circulation and those elements were replaced by simulation replicas in the style of those that equip the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation, a limited edition of 25 units that were recently introduced.
It seems that it only remains to wait a short time to see if the missing copy of one of the most famous cars in film history finally appears.
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