{"id":21367,"date":"2026-01-15T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilfreyclassics.webmodus-dev.ch\/sonderausstellung\/james-bond-la-suisse-et-lenvie-de-voiture-des-annees-60\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:26:12","slug":"james-bond-switzerland-and-the-car-desire-of-the-60s","status":"publish","type":"sonderausstellung","link":"https:\/\/emilfreyclassics.webmodus-dev.ch\/en\/sonderausstellung\/james-bond-switzerland-and-the-car-desire-of-the-60s\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond, Switzerland and the car desire of the 60s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Of car desire and film fascination<\/span><\/span><\/h1>
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From July to November, the Classic Centre Switzerland took a trip back to the 1960s. With the special exhibition \u2018James Bond, Switzerland and the car lust of the 60s\u2019, film buffs and car fans alike got their money\u2019s worth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 1960s were the car decade par excellence. Enthusiasm for cars among young and old was greater than ever before: excursions, holidays, races, exhibitions and toy cars all testify to the desire to drive.<\/p>\n

The Bond films naturally incorporated this love of cars into their stories. The famous car chase scene on the Furka Pass for GOLDFINGER was shot in the summer of 1964. At the end of the 1960s, filming took place in the Bernese Oberland in THE SECRET SERVICE OF YOUR MAJESTY: without an Aston Martin with slashing tyres, but with a car chase in the middle of an ice race. The James Bond films hit a nerve back then \u2013 and the car was right in the middle of it.<\/p>\n

Collaboration with connoisseurs<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bond part of the exhibition was created in collaboration with Steffen Appel and Peter W\u00e4lty, the two authors of \u2018The Goldfinger Files\u2019 \u2013 a magnificent illustrated book that documents the filming on the Furka Pass in July 1964 with many fascinating shots.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the collaboration, there were not \u2018only\u2019 great archive images and the vehicle models from the two films on display, but also film props. Appel and W\u00e4lty are already working on their second illustrated book, appropriately enough IM GEHEIMDIENST IHRER MAJEST\u00c4T. For their books, the two have spoken to countless contemporaries, collected previously unpublished footage and tracked down a number of film locations around Andermatt and in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.<\/p>\n

Contemporary witnesses and pass trips<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the exhibition itself, there was plenty to learn and experience. Peter W\u00e4lty kicked things off at the Season Opening Brunch on 1 May. He spoke from his 2008 book \u2018James Bond and Switzerland\u2019 and focussed primarily on the relationship that Bond inventor Ian Fleming had with Switzerland. The actual exhibition then started on 8 July and featured a discussion with Blick photographer Josef Ritler and set doctor Heinrich St\u00e4bler, who were both present on Goldfinger in the summer of 1964. At the end of August, a group of 15 participants travelled to these (and other) filming locations around Furka, Grimsel and Susten. Steffen Appel gave an expert talk on the spot about what was filmed where and how. The following day, Appel, curator Simon Bundi and Classics mechanic Thomas W\u00e4lchli drove the Aston Martin DB5\/DB4 Vantage and Toyota 2000GT taxis for a good cause. In the end, we were able to hand over CHF 1000 to the charitable organisation Spiis & Gwand in nearby Oftringen. At the end of the season, the last drive took us to Stechelberg and Piz Gloria, where the blue sky shone above a thin layer of snow.<\/p>\n

And a brilliant finissage at the end<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final bouquet at the end of November had it all. Steffen Appel and Peter W\u00e4lty presented their research work for the second illustrated book mentioned above. The book currently still bears the working title \u2018The Blofeld Files\u2019 and is due to be published in the spring. There will be no shortage of exciting pictures, that much is certain.<\/p>\n

Once again, two contemporary witnesses were present: Blick photographer Felix Aeberli and stunt driver Erich Glavitza. Both were with Bond in the Bernese Oberland in the winter of 1968\/69. Glavitza, who is now 80 years old, drove successfully in car races in the 1960s and helped to stage the racing accidents in Steve McQueen\u2019s LE MANS after IM GEHEIMDIENST IHR MAJEST\u00c4T.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Impressions of the finissage on 27 November 2022<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
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Picture: Thomas P. Hofer<\/span><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Impressions of the vernissage of the 8th of July<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
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Picture: Michael Klauser<\/span><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Review of the vernissage for the special exhibition<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
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