I have to admit I am 50 / 50 on the whole thing the part
of me that thinks the car is still alive some where in the
world is probably the part that just loves the original Bond
car so much, and want it to still be out there,

there is lots of reasons for and against it still existing,

ok if it was dropped from a plane into the sea surely some
bits of it would have surfaced by now or washed up on the
shores, also there would have been an atempt to go down
and see it out in the ocean if there was solid fact that it was
out there in a general area, maybe if there is enough history
and cult following for the search and the conspiricy  it will be
like the raising of the titanic at some point

I honestly dont think it was dropped at sea, why would some
one go to the trouble of getting it up into the air in a plane ok,
after having a failed atempt to steal it the ( week before as
number 11 stated ) were talking proffesional auto theft here
not some young guys looking for something to joy ride,
we need to remember what this car was and is the history
of it what its worth, it was a spacific target car for what ever reason,

now if you were wanting to steal a DB5 or vintage car for selling off
the spear parts I could point you in the location of about 4 DB5's
around my general location where i live that are not that well hidden
or locked up etc, NOW THAT I WOULD NOT DO! but i am trying to make
the point of it being less risk for the same spare parts so it was THE
BOND car that was wanted and not A DB5 FOR BREAKING !

NOW if you had the kind of money lying around that could pay Nicolas
Cage and his crew from ''Gone in 60 SECONDS'' to steal wouldnt you be
better just offering the owner of the car a lump sum of money for it and
own it legaly ?

if the car was still in pristine condition etc I would bet it was in
some oil sheik's privite underground marble personal car collection,
museum, under his gold plated palace. ok if you had the kind of
money to pay a team of experts to steal the car for you surely
paying off some coast guard authorities and border air contol
people to look the other way, while the cargo plane was flying
overhead carrying the Bond DB5, wouldnt be too difficult?

its a debate that can and will go on until somthing of the car is found,

Heres another theory of mines,

What if the car, the ORIGINAL car had the chasis number renewed and
replaced new documents etc / old doccuments taken from another DB5
of the same era of manufacture, the plain other DB5 was then destroyed,
and the ORIGINAL with new ID now registered as a standard road DB5 was
then SUPOSEDLY converted to feature replica Bond gadgets etc and passed
off as a replica although it was actualy the original ?

that way it could be in the public eye and as long as it was on display as
a replica no authorities would question it if it had the documentation etc
of the BROKEN UP NEW ID DB5 etc with it that complied with it,

A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS

I love the way it handles, but 60's British engineering means it over heats a lot when I thrash it down country lanes. It was difficult to steal, and even harder to transport back to England, but well worth it. And now it's mine! ALL MINE! HAH! HAH! The revolving numberplates are useful and so are the oil-slikers and machine guns, but the chariot style shredders were irripairably damaged on some flousy's Mustang...

Nonsense! I've got it! Problem is, my hooves can't reach the pedals.

Why hasnt the car been found ?

why hasnt anyone spoke out or broke there silence ?

why hasnt parts of the car been found or sold on ?

why hasnt any scuba teams searched the the Forida coast line ?

why has a car of this value just vaniashed..

surely if it was an insurance job ,, the owner would have made more money selling it on at auction and keeping it as the ORIGINAL car, rather than settling for an insurance payout ?

i think the whole thing would make for a fantastic conspiricy movie

I love the way it handles, but 60's British engineering means it over heats a lot when I thrash it down country lanes. It was difficult to steal, and even harder to transport back to England, but well worth it. And now it's mine! ALL MINE! HAH! HAH! The revolving numberplates are useful and so are the oil-slikers and machine guns, but the chariot style shredders were irripairably damaged on some flousy's Mustang...

damn...that confounds my theory that it was taken by alien collectors, kept alongside a lunar rover and the special version of the bmw x5 built for exploring mars...

human technology at it's best....

nanu nanu....

on the knob (gearstick) i was told by aston martin veterans that it was taken off one of the show cars when aston stripped them on their return, and lived  on the desk of an aston office worker (or two) for decades......

i was staggered by the hammer price (plus commissions, taxes and harrods wrapping paper) but hey, imagine the fun u can have fondling it's cap, flipping it up to reveal the big reg button....one press and you're freed from the incessant requests to slow down from the misses......

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur … N%26um%3D1

in the Cannonball Run i KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL DB5 Prototype gadget car was used for light film work and when Roger moore and the girls are standing beside it and insert shots of the car ,....

and for high speed car chasing and stunts a DB4 GT was used .. it was pretty rough looking and baddly sprayed... and lumpy .. and the air intake on the bonet was done very badly...

so the last know bit of film work for teh original DB5 was indeed the Cannonball Run with Roger Moore.... and the poorly replicated gadget buttons and devices can bee seen .. on film...

I did enjoy the cannonball run film and Roger Moore was a highlight.. funny stuff.... just a bit of fun .. Dont hold it against old ROGER.... and he did look very cool in the DB5 ... so at least we can all say every single Bond has drove and Aston ... WELL EVERYONE HAS DROVE A db5 ... APART FROM timothy dalton.. LAZENBY drove a DB5 with gadgets in the return of the man from uncle.... desparate times for old George..... Roger looked and was cool in the DB5. the return of the man from uncle.. was a waste of a petrol time money .. and film

another thing that puzzles me .. is that I have a newpaper clipping showing / stating that the original gear stick top with the little red button sold at auction for £40,000 or something like that .. how did that come about .. was that from the actual original prototype DB5 or from one of the promotional cars etc ....

I think a follow up book to Dave Worrall's first book is long over due... full of conspricies and speculation.. and opinions... and the continuation of the story....

I am going to make a dedication mimorial to the original DB5 on my website soon... i am hopefully going to have access to an original DB5 at a local classic car garage close to where I live.. for photographing... etc

It pains me that it was not just auctioned off..

someone involved with the theft will talk eventually .. I have a good feeling about that. and then the search will be back on..

If the car was dropped at sea.. surely some shark hunters or marine biolgysts would have said at some point .. thats a bit odd! theres a jelly fish sitting on the Bonnet of that DB5 beside that rock down there...

Even if it was dropped from the cargo plane.. the height ... and the impact hitting the water .. would have seriously damaged the aluminum body work .. and from 1997 until .. present.. the cars interior will be rotted..

but some closure would be nice..

I am going with insurance Job .... and the car was dumped as one piece...

Myabe because I love the car and the DB5 and the whole Bond thing.. is why I refuse to beleive its gone forever... have to have a little faith sometimes... even when the truth is obvious.... just being nieve I know .. I know...

Unless a fishing trawller .. rescued the car from the water .. dragged it back to the shore .. and has it in an old rusty cargo container.... on the Florida coast

right, IMO, the db5 is gone. it ain't in someone's collection, its too hot to move on and why would someone steal a car they can't show, drive, talk about or even mention to anyone?

its in bits, its more than likely sold on as parts and there won't be anything left of it.

i agree with the insurance scam idea, and as much as it pains me to say it, that car is no longer in one piece.

crying shame, but some people will do anything for money.

no-one will find out for sure, or until someone confesses in a will or something lol, but i don't think it'll ever be found.

the thing with stripping for parts is that parts can't be traced. aston parts are always easily shifted due to demand, so who's not to say someone set up a few ebay accounts and shifted the parts that way?

i'm afraid at the end of it, theres no big X marking the spot, and that gorgeous car is gone.