The Italian Job and the Persuaders at the Concorso in the Villa d'Este
05/27/2013
Film and television series fans will immediately nod their heads when the names Charlie Croker and Brett Sinclair are mentioned. For many visitors to the Concorso d'Eleganze Villa d'Este, however, the backgrounds of two of the Aston Martins on display had to be explained first.
There was the Aston Martin DB 4 Convertible from 1962, elegant and naturally sought after as a classic. However, the example on display had once served Sir Michael Caine as Charlie Croker in the movie" The Italian Job" . Incidentally, Charlie Croker was the leader of a gang in the film who seized a gold delivery intended for Fiat in Turin and fled with three Mini Coopers and the gold bars by staging a traffic collapse using computer manipulation (in 1969!).
And there was an orange-colored - the color is actually called "Bahama Yellow", to be exact - 1970 Aston Martin DBS, which was used in the TV series" The Persuaders" (in the German dubbing the series was called "Die Zwei") as the vehicle of Brett Sinclair alias Roger Moore.
Because they wanted to advertise the new V8 but didn't have one in stock, they simply changed the model names and the wheels on the car. The "BS 1" license plate used in the series was also refurbished by the Aston Martin factory during the restoration.
A detailed report on the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este will follow soon.
