“The name is Bond, James Bond .”

The only aspect of the 007 film franchise more iconic than that line may be the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger , the most famous stolen car in the world—and one that may soon be found thanks to a new revelation.

Two Aston Martins were used in the 1964 film, one for road scenes and another for shots with gadgets, which included hidden Browning machine guns, retractable tire shredders, oil sprayers, and an ejection seat taken from a fighter jet. Today the original road car resides in a private museum in Cincinnati.

The gadgets vehicle, however, is another story.

The car, chassis number DP/2161/1, was in fact a DB5 prototype—a modified DB4 designed for Aston Martin by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. In 1968, after filming

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