Aston Martin DB6 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/31/2010
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This was placed as part of the Central Maine Power Run by the Power Rangers.
This is a camoed film can that contains only a log and a collectable pathtag for the FTF

Aston Martin DB6

How could I do a series of caches without using agent 007, James Bond’s car the Aston Martin DB6 seen in Thunderball, Goldfinger and most recently in Casino Royale.
The Aston Martin DB6 was a British sports car introduced by Aston Martin in September 1965. The car had improved aerodynamics and specification over its predecessor, the DB5. The final DB6 was produced during the first week of January 1971, giving the model the longest production run to date of any Aston Martin model
History and design
After Aston Martin had rejected proposals for a replacement for the DB5 from Touring of Milan, the decision was made to focus on their own development car, registered, 4 YMC. Wind tunnel testing, begun in February 1965, showed work was needed to counteract the car’s tendency to lose rear-wheel traction at high speed. So the final development phases saw a DB5 chassis, suitably lengthened and titled MP 219, with a rear spoiler and abbreviated Kammback tail that Aston Martin had previously incorporated in sports racers. The decision was made to produce MP 219 as the Aston Martin DB6 although its de Dion rear axle was replaced with a live axle to reduce cost.
Introduced at the 1965 Motor Show, the Aston Martin DB6 was notable as the first model to be engineered following a factory move from Feltham to Newport Pagnell. From the front, the DB6 looked almost identical to the DB5; the greatest difference is in the rear panels which incorporate the Kammback. The tail, combined with the relocated rear axle and the 3.75-inch (95 mm) lengthened wheelbase, provide more stability at high speed. Though the rear-end Kamm-styled design was similar to the Ferrari 250, it did not prove popular with buyers when the DB6 was introduced
Other recognition points include the return of front-door quarter windows, an oil-cooler air scoop low on the front end, quarter-bumpers at each corner and an overall length of the DB6 was increased by approximately two inches.
Other notable changes:

Roof line raised by two inches
More leg room for rear passengers
More steeply raked windscreen
Split front and rear bumpers
Standard chrome wire wheels
Optional power steering
Optional air conditioning
Standard ZF five speed manual unit and a Borg Warner or optional three speed automatic gearbox available at no extra cost
Another major change from the DB5 to the DB6 was the abandonment of the full superleggera construction technique by stylist Touring of Milan. For most of the DB6's construction, the more common body-on-frame technique was used; this was primarily due to the extended rear requiring a stronger and more rigid design using folding sheet metal frames..

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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