My Day with the GOLDFINGER DB5 | EXCLUSIVE Tour of Aston Martin Works 

It's crazy the amount of details they were able to achieve!

DB5 will forever be the sexiest car ever made in my books. I don't care if most other sports cars can beat it in a race, it's meant for wafting and looking classy.

As a former aircraft mechanic I can really appreciate the craftsmanship of the body guys. I was fortunate enough to have made 27 inner parts of a wing. It was for a 1950's Convair. Talk about a fun experience. My skill is absolutely lacking compared to these Craftsmen. What stunningly beautiful work they do!

In 1967, I actually sat in one of the Aston Martin's DB5's ,used in the film "Goldfinger"( I believe there were two!) It was on display at the A&S department store, in Manhasset, NY! My friend, an employee, let me sit in it after the store closed & the car's guard went home! It was a thrilling experience for a 21 year old "Bond" fan, but the inside looked somewhat less elaborate than the duplicate car, depicted here! Great memories!

Sweet. The still of Sean Connery standing beside the Aston Martin is classic.

Mr Spires is the perfect salesman as he clearly knows EVERYTHING about his beautiful Aston Martin cars. He is a fantastic guide through the build process.

This is just the coolest! Thank you for taking us along, David! Letting us experience it vicariously! Incredible!

I loved this David, what a great place to visit! You'll never beat the DB5, the ultimate car that never fails to put a smile on your face.

OMG what a video to wake up to! And WHAT a dream it must have been, David! The most iconic car of all time! Also, dude, dressing the part. You looked SHARP.

What a great experience!! Thank you for letting us be apart of it!!!

I grew up in Miami. I had never seen snow. Mom used to take me to the only ice skating rink at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. One day the card playing scene in Goldfinger was being shot at the pool. I didn't know James Bond from a bag of elbows but Mom had me go over and meet Sean Connery. It made an impression because this will be my 51st year working behind the camera. I always lusted over having a DB5. I never found one that didn't need resto far beyond my penurious values. In 2013 I started building a 1965 Mustang Fastback with the goal of restoring it to a level close to the Aston in terms of interior and workmanship. It took three years. I redesigned the interior and every panel was covered in leather or high quality cloth. The seats were custom designed to my specifications with rivets like the GT40. It would have looked great against the DB5 in that car chase with Tilly Soames except she would have blown the doors off the Aston. No slight here. The DB5 is my favorite car of all time.

The lines and styling on the DB5 are timeless, never excelled by any other since.

David welcome to Newport Pagnell what a place I fell in love with the place. When the Manager took me around the work shop after the second lockdown amazing experience. DB5 Forever 🎉👌👍👌👍☝️

WOW! Just WOW! Now I know what I'm doing on my next trip to the UK. What a spectacular experience not just for Bond fans but for car enthusiasts too. Thanks David this was special!

Absolutely loved this video. Anything to do with the db5 and I'm like a big kid. I recently went to the aston workshop near me but was nothing like this, although everyone in there were fantastic.

I'm not a car guy at all but the DB5 is something spectacular, It's just stunning!

Hello from the West Midlands. To get to see the Aston Martin factory is AMAZING. And to see such an ICONIC brand and see area like the trim shop The saying "you get what you pay for" comes to mind. Top quality and style. From 1964 to present day David -you look suave and sophisticated as always - 😃😃😃😃😃🙂🙂

Amazing! So happy Paul Spires took the time to show you around in my car! 😄😁

Wow, probably the best Bond related video I've ever seen on RU-vid. Thank you David. I'd like to have seen a bit about how the Sat Nav works as that's always been my favourite feature. I also saw a Toyota IQ hiding in the background. My second car is currently an IQ 😉

love the bond and Q vibes of these two.

What an interesting and unique experience and what a fantastic and knowledgable guide that chap is. Thanks for sharing.

I lived in Elstow village for a while and my girlfriend at the time took me by the workshop. It wasn’t at all what I expected, it was very small and unassuming. I fully expected a massive factory with a beehive of activity. I feel blessed just to have been by there. Thanks for making this video, it’s a real treat.

DB5. Without doubt in a class of its own. Unquestionable and revered by all other brands. (They won’t admit it but it is looked up to by all others)

Paul's story about seeing the DB5 in cinema reminded me.. I watched Skyfall in Leicester Square Odeon, Screen Number 1. Opening day. It was a sell out, 800 people. As you see the garage door opening, there was a cheer which could only be matched by the "James Bond Will Return".

Impressive ! Thank you for making and sharing this , extremely well done.

This is fantastic. I definitely enjoyed this inside look.

Excellent video. One minor correction, Newport Pagnell is a location for Diamonds are Forever not OHMSS where it used for Q’s lab where missiles are fitted in the engine bay of a DBS.

What an incredible tour of such a beautiful combination of British craftsmanship and engineering! Thank you!

One of the best Aston videos I've ever seen, absolutely amazing, was it Hammond who said... In every grown man there's a ten year old little kid... 👍

Thank you David for an extremely informative video.

Daved, looking like a child in a sweet shop. thank's for shairing you're one of the best you tube media, As soon as I finish and get home, this is the place I come to as soon as I have free time.🤩

Brilliant, thank you David for an amazing video. However, I believe James Bond looks even more impressive in an Aston Martin that is painted in “British Racing Green” colors. Carry on!

Undoubtedly the most iconic car in the world, and possibly the most beautiful. Who would not want one, if you had the money.

Lucky you ✌🏻😎

Wow, just wow. Who knew this level of detail when into these. Great Video David.

One word - incredible

It is incredible to see tour like this.

the best video I have ever seen and david was dressed very elegant

A wonderful treat, thanks David!

My father was fortunate to drive the Bond DB5 when it was being looked after at Merchiston Motors, home of Ecurie Ecosse, while the car was being used at the Ending Military Tattoo. It was crashed during its display drive by the Aston Marty driver and quickly repaired with the combined efforts of K & I Ltd in Edinburgh and Merchiston Motors. Why would anyone want to spend a fortune on a replica of such an iconic car and have it built in LHD? Nice tour of the facility and details of the car builds, but you would have thought that Paul Spires would have known that it was Corgi not Dinky that built the best known toy model version.

Iconic video ! Aston Martin knows a thing or two about making vehicles !

It sure would be beyond amazing standing next to the glorious GOLDFINGER DB5 !

that's it!! Im playing the powerball tonight!

What an incredible gesture to invite you to the works. Congratulations on this particular mission, a unique situation to be in. Loved it.

Fantastic! I was not aware that Aston built these specialized cars. BTW, David, the suit looks great.

I love how this video starts out with "I've got something special to show you. This is the oil ejection system..." Very Bond.

Wow if only I could afford this!

Awesome video, one word Passion, Passion for Bond Passion for Aston Martin. My Bond 60th Anniversary Celebration took me to near Glencoe a month ago to get the Skyfall Valley photo, unfortunately my budget couldn't stretch to a DB5 so a Sir Ian Callum designed (He did the Vanquish or Vanish) Jag took its place. I did drive past a broken down DB5 or DB6 about 8 miles from the location on my way back to Oban, hope the owner got the old girl started and got his photo

I am just amazed at how all but the ejector seat works! Beautiful car, but you would really feel like Bond in this car. I would never turn the radio on, would listen to the beep everywhere I went!

brilliant.....I enjoyed that David........looks like I will be watching Goldfinger again tonight......what a great experience that must have been for you.

I noticed you have a similar suit to the one worn by Connery when Q introduced Bond to the DB5 in his workshop. 😎

Great tour - you should do more factory tours - of the clothing - sets etc

This was great thank you for posting it!

Iconic car in history

Wonderful video! The level of dedication is amazing, thanks!

I've got to say, that was excellent. I'm only a mild Bond fan... mostly Mr Connery's time and of course I love AM's cars. Thoroughly enjoyed thank you and thanks to the gent from AM.

amazing everything hand made , wonderful quality , the husband of my nice had a aston martin such as bond had , this was around 1971 , unbelievable car

Wow David! Best video ever! Thanks

Amazing. It's a dream.

WOW….this was an unbelievable episode. Thank you, David. This was absolutely great to see. I really appreciate how passionate they are about building this beautiful vehicle.

That was a great video. Thanks for sharing that experience.

Just an amazing tour. I enjoyed the enthusiasm and all the details.

It's so great to see someone like Paul, who is so enthusiastic about their job!!!!!! A fantastic video. Thank you.

What a dream to watch this. It must have been amazing to see it in person. Thank you for bringing us along. I kept waiting for you to take delivery of your own.

One of your best videos David. Really shows the craft involved. Great videographer too!

Mr God! This is a dream come true. What i would give just to drive one of these for an hour

This is brilliant, well done

NICE! Keep calm and carry on.

Paul Spires is a terrific brand ambassador for Aston Martin. Hold onto him!

Fantastic video, thank you.

Your best video yet. As someone who was lucky enough to take a DB5 around a race track in July, this is a fascinating video into the production of this wonderful car. Driving it amazing David !! Have you not driven one yet ?

What a wholesome video, thank you for sharing!

What an awesome experience and thank you for the factory tour. Fantastic video. 😎

Awesome

This is insane...such an amazing video! Thanks David

Great video. And what wonderful lunacy the whole project is.

Great video. Well done!

Gold..........pure gold........Thank you David🙂

Love this video. What an amazing experience

Your channel is pure QUALITY!

Amazing tour video and presentation.

I worked for Aston Martin for 11 years and at one stage my office was in the same building as Works Service. A petrol head's dream.

Just when I thought this channel couldn’t get any better…

Brilliant vid David 😊👍😎

Awesome video!

excellent video David well done

this is very interesting David i love it

Great tour around the Aston Martin Works 👍👍👍👍

great video David

Mario here, Wauw Wauw Wauw what a nice bond car that astin martin DB 5 i like to own 1 one day just like James Bond. Gr mario

One word WOW!

I really like the extra attention they are devoting to standardizing the fit of the body panels, and that's more than Aston Martin did back in the day. The originals were basically hand-built cars, and as such, no two were _exactly_ alike in that fitment aspect. And the level of build quality that was acceptable in the 1960s would put an auto maker out of business today. I'll never own an Aston Martin (sadly), but as someone who has restored a 1963 Studebaker Avanti, I have experienced similar problems with 1960s, hand-built fitment. As a fairly low-volume car, Studebaker made the body in fiberglass (which they had never done before) and the bodies were basically built by hand by a team at the Studebaker factory. Sixty years later, I have encountered the same problem with the fit being slightly off in places. I had to put a shim on one of the driver's door hinges because after the car was repainted, the door skin didn't quite line up with the fender, and the panel gap was too narrow, with the result that opening the door chipped some of the new paint off the rear edge of the fender because the fit was off. The passenger side door fit correctly, and there was no similar problem on that side. The shim cured that problem, but it was necessary to slap that band aid on an issue created by less than perfect fit when the car's body was assembled at the factory in 1962. (BTW, two other similarities for Avanti -- James Bond's creator Ian Fleming owned one, and Studebaker also started out as a maker of horse-drawn carriages in the 1850s, and made the switch over to manufacturing automobiles in the early 20th century. I'll have to be content with those similarities because, as I say, I'll never have the money to own and maintain an Aston Martin.)

Great!

love love love love love the DB5🙋

If David is in the market for another Aston, might I suggest a DB7! My reasoning is, they straddle a line of vintage and modern Aston! They have the old school charm and handbuilt qualities. But relatively modern reliability, and serviceablility! Aside from that thr db7 was the car which started modern aston design language from the vanquish and dbs and onwards! You can get one with the old school straight 6 supercharged or a v12 and both came from factory with a manual! Unlike the vanquish which though it is gorgeous the works modified manual swaps leave little room for your feet to drive them with 😅. Anyhow that is my recommendation! But any Aston will be a good time for sure! Excellent video as always!

wow! this video us amazing!🍸

Looks like you had an amazing day man - happy for you!

Amazing❤❤

All I can say, Fantastic video

Work of Art!