Bonhams is offering a rare opportunity to build your own astonmartin DB5. This disassembled beauty, with its iconic James Bond history, is heading to auction. Are you up for the challenge?
. The gorgeous grand tourer has appeared in eight of the spy movies, because of which it is the car most associated with the debonair Agent 007. Add that to the fact that a little over 1,000 examples were built during the three years the model was in production and its little wonder that the car regularly sells for seven-figure sums on the rare occasion one hits the open market.Of course, if you’re the kind of collector uninterested getting your hands greasy, this auction might not for you.
You may be wondering how this DB5 came to be in such a state. The car, which was originally retained by the Aston Martin sales department, first passed through the hands of two Scottish enthusiasts before being sold to a collector residing in Germany during 1970s. They wanted to have the car fully restored, but unfortunately the shop they entrusted with the project went out of business with the job half done.
If none of that is enough to scare you off, the disassembled DB5 is set to go up for auction on July 14. Bonham’s expects the car to sell for between $282,000 and $385,000 when it goes up for bidding. That’s certainly a lot for a project car, but it’s also a lot less than you’d pay for an example at auction—or directly from
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