David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/14/18 1:10 p.m.
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story and photos by David S. Wallens unless otherwise credited

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 seemingly had it all: bulletproof windscreen, revolving number plates (naturally), smokescreen, oil slick, ejection seat, and left and right front wing machine guns.

And then there was something that Q called a homer. For 1964, this was the stuff of sci-fi: a “nice, little transmitting …

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APEowner
APEowner GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/14/18 2:48 p.m.

That's a great looking unit.  I fear that the display is too small to be useful with my aging eyes but I'd still put one in a 911 if I had one just because it's so cool and I wouldn't want to ugly up that classic interior with a larger solution.

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
12/17/18 7:55 a.m.

Does anyone know who actually makes the unit?

And if they make one that is mostly the same, but it says whoever made it instead of Porsche?   German electronics in my Alfa are period correct, and I'd love to have that unit in my car.

Heck, based on the way it looks, it would even look great in my Miata.

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