Aston Martin DB5 Restoration - The Cannonball Run Build Off 

Oh man, I have been watching resto vids for a couple of years now, and this is the FIRST time I have seen a vid on a toy that I actually had as a kid! I was a fan of Bond, and you cannot imagine the happy hours of my childhood spent with that car and the working parts... it was easily one of my favorite cars as a child. Thanks for a happy walk down memory lane!

A truly classic Corgi. It literally sold millions. The original gold one came out in 1965, and was featured in the 1964 movie 'Goldfinger'. About 18 months later, a revised version, in silver, was released, with two more cool features added: retractable tyre slashers in the centre of each rear wheel, and rotating number plates. Interestingly, in the novel of 'Goldfinger', Bond drives an Aston Martin DB-III, which, at the time, was a revolutionary looking car. Sadly, it features no gadgets other than the 'Homer', which is a tracking device, which Bond uses to track Goldfinger and Oddjob through Europe, and a secret compartment for Bond's guns. Ian Fleming obviously loved the DB-III (probably had a couple, himself), as a chapter is entitled: 'Thoughts In A DB-III'. Your restoration looks superb. I took one to bits many years ago - never again! You've done a lovely job indeed. Nice one.

The version I was given by my older cousin had the flip roof, front overriders/guns, rear screen shield, plus red "blades" on the rear wheels and rotating number plates front/back. Sadly when I came to restore it, the screen was cracked and one of the cabin pillars was so badly kinked, it would easily have snapped had I attempted to "right" it. I've seen a gold one of this in an antique shop but even back then in the late 1990s, he wanted £40 for it (wasn't mint and no box). Wonderful restoration of such an icon. The fact it's approx 1/43 or "O" scale is a bonus

Always a fan of the Aston Martin DB5.

Well done, with all of those intricate parts to be dealt with! Good memories of a fun movie. We've lost so many of the stars - Burt, Roger, Dean, Sammy, etc. Thumbs up from Switzerland - Andrew 🍁

Hi Rob,I own a newish corgi db5 Aston Martin James Bond model.with all the features.awssome restoration on this one,looks brand new.

Cannonball run, Great film, and you certainly did a great restore, thanks for uploading. Mick Thailand

Amazing you were to find one of these with all the parts in good order. The plastic gets brittle after a while. Very nice Rob. Take care and stay safe. Bravo.

Sir Roger was my favourite too I loved the comic elements he added and he also had the very best hench man in his films also... gotta have some love for Jaws, I had the greatest pleasure of meeting, he was a fantastic gent and very polite...

Brave man taking it apart,I wouldn't do it.well done

Always wanted this car as a toy. Never did get one. Nice build

Really cool build Rob. I love this car and all the little doodads on it. I have a smaller (I think hot wheels) version that I think I'm going to restore pretty soon. I've never seen cannonball run before. I'll have to put it on some day.

Pretty cool....takes you down two memory lanes

Looks great! A lot of pieces to that puzzle.......

Although it is sold as a DB5, it has the Cathedral lights of the DB4 at the rear showing how the DB4 casting was adapted to house the gadgets

Awesome job my friend

Now that's a little gem brilliant restoration 👌

You have improved your painting skills immensely in a short amount of time!

Amazing restoration looks very real

you did an amazing job bring this back to life. would have had a few choice words trying to put this back together. again great job

Fantastic job Rob, this was one of the models I would have loved to have had as a kid, I would have been nearly 7 when it came our. But these were way too expensive for my family at the time and I never did get one as a present :-( Might have to find one to restore.

Dang, this came out soooo good!! It's got such classic lines, and you certainly did it justice!!

What a nice job! Very interesting toy car, I've never seen one before. Great resto 👍🌟

Nice restoration and paint job 👍

Great job

We missed you but I had assumed you were either working more hours or conversely taking a break to spent time with your family. I read how the virus situation is quite bad at this moment in the UK. Take care. So many parts! This must have cost a lot for Corgi to produce. This is a beautiful design. Nice job Rob!! 😎

Great job Rob...I believe Bob did one as well...you could always refer to his videos...I know I do as I have a hard time trying to remember my name...lol..let alone put things together..thank god for RU-vid..stay safe mate...🇨🇦

I was at a pop machine yesterday, an old guy is pondering why there should be Diet Coke in it. I told him the artificial sweeteners in it cause cancer in California, he paused and laughed. Asked me if I’ve ever been there. Nope. I won’t repeat what he said about California lol. I’ve never really wanted to drive across the country, but I do enjoy watching these videos. I hope you get to. Great job as always Rob.

Roger Moore was Bond when I was growing up so he is my favourite Bond too! Obviously the refurbishment is excellent also. Sorry, got distracted 😀

Movies like Cannonball Run, Blazing Saddles, etc could never be made today. Things have gotten way too PC, which is a shame.

Very impressive and beautiful job!👌😎👍

Awesome resto/movie build came out great Rob!

Great job Rob! This was work for a specialist. That Corgi brought back good memories. My friend had one. When I was there it was fun to play with that little car. I played mostly with the cheaper Matchbox toys. Loved to see this video. 👌👍

As a kid I thought this was the funniest bit of Cannonball Run. It probably still is. Great work, Rob!

glad you did the Bond Car that is also in the Cannonball Run movie. great car in general

looks great again, and all the parts are working, too. :) I'd have gone kaboom trying to put it all back together... :) well done!

Excellent Restoration 007 Aston Martin Very very Nice 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Nice pice of British history saved there 👍🏼🇬🇬

Looking good Rob - congrats

Looks amazing Rob.

Nice job on a tricky car Rob.👍👌😁 I've seen a few guys struggle with these.

Maybe not a 100% paint removal this time but... you got it 100% working again, which is far more important ;)

I've been wondering if you'd ever try doing one of these. Nice job Rob, good to see a new video from you.

Wonderful build Rob! Not only the beauty of the result but the patience to get all the fiddly bits together and working is mind boggling. 👍🏻

Nice restoration!

My favorite Brit sports car (though I do like the XK 140). I race one regularly..........a 1/24 scale slot car. Very, very nice Rob. Near had to be silver didn't it. Again sir, a fine job .

Top job, well done.

That is a beauty awesome work mate ................. Thumbs Up

Brilliant mate, well done !

Great job Rob 👍👍👍👍

You definitely worked a miracle on it with how rough it started out looking! Fantastic! :)

Another brilliant job Rob 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Brilliant job!

It came out amazing

Great job Rob. I had a smaller version of this car when I was younger.

Hi rob nice resto ive restored 2 of the goldfinger db5 and 2 of the later silver db5s once youve done it a couple of times they are easy to restore

awesome job rob

SOOO KOOOOOLLLL. Great work as always. Gold baby ........

Magnificent, better than original

I remember buying one of those at a hotel gift shop when I was a kid. I think I still had it but gave it away when I moved a year an a half ago.

Nice work

Great job Rob. I love that you made the mechanisms work again. I was wondering where you were and if you were OK, now I know. 👍

Great job with your work on the Aston MartinDB5 it looks like it took a lot of time but in the end must definitely worth it looks brand new.

Nice work rob.👍

Yeah I liked Roger Moore and also Sean Connery too. Car looks awesome. It’s a good build contest series theme for you all now

Aces, Rob!!

The car was gold because in the cannonball run Roger Moore's name was Seymour Goldfinger

I believe the movie ye are referring tae is Thunderball

Aw , Rob, you have got the knack, mate. Lovely work this!

An iconic car from one of my favorite movies of my childhood.

Fantástico restoration 👏

Really cool! Lots of detail and gadgets! Probably my favorite Aston of all time! Great job!

Love it as always.

great job. im in the middle of doing one from the mid 70's. It's corgi but has a few more features on it, the wheels on mine spoil the casting as they are plastic. looking for spoked to replace them.

Love the mechanism, came out great.

Beautiful resto on the DB5.

Good job rob 👍

Very good job... I was expecting for you to fix those casting lines at side air exits an that huge at rear trunk cover. And it seems like there is one missing arm of front suspension...

I can see why the baddie was lost. Holy cow!

looks like James Bond left his car parked outside near a beach..... I always wondered why Corgi painted the original gold instead of silver.....

So very. Cool 😎. Have. To. Love 😘. It. Just. So. Cool 😎. Very nice 👍. Work. Brother 😁

Nice restoration. Wasn't Roger Moore kind of boring? Sean Connery was the best 007.

GHreat job mate it looks mint

This is truly beautiful you did a great job Rob!!!

Amazing restoration turned out well 👍

Loveing those old wheels.

THAT'S PROPER

OMG, I had one of these as a kid, not sure why, but mine was originally silver and had the added tyre slashers, but still metal wire wheels. Maybe it was a special edition, oh, it also had revolving number plates.

Love the Silver DB5 , now James Bond is ready to chase bad guys with his fresh paint DB5

Austin Martin B5. The movie 🍿 like

I had one of these when I were a lad! As I remember, after about 250 hojillion uses, the little catch to hold the roof shut would no longer do so on mine, leaving Mr Bond to drive around in a perpetually open-topped Aston Martin. Thanks for the fun video, Rob!

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I missed watching your videos.

I still have a lot of these.

Rob, ignore y remark regarding subti. I found that I could turn them off afterwards. My apologies, mate cheers.

This was the first Aston Martin that was produced

Wow cool nice job:)

You should have made the bad guy look like Mr. Foyt. LOL

When i die i'd like to be cremated as that's the only chance i'll ever have of having a smoking hot body, great restoration aswell!

Corgi must have made a bazillion of these models, yours is a lovely early one - they changed the rear bullet shield mechanism later so it's released by the rear bumper over-riders. Have you tried using several coats of primer and sanding it with 600 grit to fill pits? Works quite well