Can Hammond's DIY Bond Car Survive .50 Caliber Bullets? | Top Gear at the Movies - Part 1 - YouTube

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and I shall now guide you through phase
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one of our bond on a budget handy hint
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so let's get straight down to business
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with armor protection and for just a few
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hundred pounds I've come up with this
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for a start
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I've armed the body here with steel
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plate designed to withstand all small
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arms fire on the market and that
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includes protection to the wheels down
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there just be careful on full lock then
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to disguise the armor plating from
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prying eyes I've broken up the profile
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change the shape using these discreet
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sandbags then we move on to glass
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protection now there are a lot of very
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expensive polycarbonate on the market
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but for a lot less you can do what I've
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done here basically side windows bought
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from a scrapyard are glued together with
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bathroom sealant and I'll vouch there's
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nothing in a terrorist Arsenal that can
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get through that lot now one last
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important point on budget I have managed
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to save money in all sorts of places
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here and that's good but I really could
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only afford to armor one side so in a
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terrorist attack situation it's very
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important you remember always try and
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get them to attack this side a Bond car
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will be tested by live weapons fire at
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this armored car testing facility deep
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in the heart of the Welsh countryside
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okay so the performance has suffered a
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bit hammer handling and the visibility
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isn't brilliant if I'm brutally honest
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but at least you'll get where you're
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going in one piece as long as they
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always shoot at this side here with the
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Bond car in place I decided to go for an
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extra tough Armour test now normally
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here at this firing range when they test
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armored cars they use 7.62 millimeter
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bullets like this one but I'm not gonna
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bother with these I'm so confident in my
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armor plating but I'm going to up the
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stakes and ask the shooting guys to use
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these 50 Cal these things are the
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Manchester United in bullets they can
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travel at around 3,000 feet per second
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and stop anything in their path but
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let's see if there any kind of a match
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for the Top Gear James Bond range db5
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Rover
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cars holding it quite well the wall not
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so dumb but a spoiled their range a bit
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my scrap yard glass system hadn't fared
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too well either but on the plus side the
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steel plate had held up nicely now let's
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see if it starts obviously it's very
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important you carry a face mask with you
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because following a terrorist attack the
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VIN on a glass dust around in the car
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and that's nasty stuff and too big
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gloves as well right let's see oh yeah
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and the windscreen wipers this is this
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is very James Bond indeed I don't know
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what that beep is Oh got bowled failure
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then my let's go
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you