"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
02/26/2015 at 18:00 • Filed to: Aston Martin
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I was out in this area driving up the coast yesterday and I saw a poster showing this car from the film. So I looked it up.
I'm often asked about the Aston Martin that was driven by Tippi Hedren in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, 'The Birds' . Well, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! tells us that it was a DB2/4 Drophead coupe, chassis number LML/944 that was loaned to Universal Studios in 1963 especially for the film. This famous car still exists and lives in a private collection in the USA.
It is believed that 102 DB2/4 Drophead Coupes were built over two years with more than half in right hand drive for the British market. The left hand drive examples are highly desirable partly due to their rarity and the fact that most countries in the world drive on the right.
The DB2/4 Drophead was replaced by the updated !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in 1955, the first open Aston Martin with coachwork by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in Newport Pagnell.
DrScientist
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
02/26/2015 at 18:43 |
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that was an AM?
i dont remember any good identifying shots. or maybe i just dont know my 50's astons that well.
isnt there a scene where rod taylor gets tipi and her mother(? i forget who another lady) into the backseat? i had thought it was an MGA, and then was thinking, how the hell did they get a back seat into that car?!?!
thanks for the trivia nugget!
desertdog5051
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
02/26/2015 at 18:51 |
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I remember reading somewhere that the car was totaled by one of the owners and rebuilt. Do you know anything about that?
NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
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02/26/2015 at 19:45 |
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Bodega Bay? I just went through there recently...beautiful areas near there.
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> NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
02/26/2015 at 21:24 |
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I live in Larkspur, we hiked to the end of Pt Reyes to check out the Elk. I got a bigger lense for my camera and I wanted to test it out before I go on a trip in May.