“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (1956)

Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by linksnapzz on Sunday April 19, 2020 @01:56AM (#22913875)

IIRC, in the later (non-Fleming) books, MI6 forces Bond to trade his PPK for an HK VP70 after a critical misfire.

Also, in the same book, it is revealed that Bond keeps a Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver(!) in the glove box of his modified Saab 900(!!)

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Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by namdnay on Sunday April 19, 2020 @04:00AM (#22914307)

I had a Saab 900 turbo, I loved it! Now I can say I drove a Bond Car

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Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by semi-extrinsic on Sunday April 19, 2020 @04:38AM (#22914433)

The 900 turbo was a genuine cool car back then. Among famous owners you find tennis legend and fashion icon Bjorn Borg (left in this picture):

https://images.svd.se/v2/images/272d7d06-9b1e-4825-a13e-1f26...

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Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by mongol on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:52AM (#22914688)

As well as Ingemar Stenmark...

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Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by sgt on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:27AM (#22915433)

Speaking of Saab 900 Turbo. I saw one the other day when re-watching the movie Heat (1995), visible during the infamous street battle. Well worth a watch, if not just for the Saab.

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