A family’s wrecked James Bond-style Aston Martin DB5 sports car bought for less than £1,000 in the 1970s has been valued at £1 million following a major restoration.

Welshman John Williams, a welder and garage owner by trade, saved hard to buy his dream car for £900 in 1973 aged just 19, the manufacturer said.

After using it regularly for four years, he mothballed it on his driveway in 1977 when he got a job in the Middle East.

The DB5 is arguably the most well-known model from Aston Martin’s history, largely because it has starred in numerous James Bond films.

Mr Williams’ car was painted in Silver Birch, which is the same colour as those used by 007.

But it became so dilapidated that local children played on it, with one standing on the exhaust pipe and snapping it.

Mr Williams sai

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