CORGI restoration: 389 Bond Bug 700 E.S.

Restoring a Corgi No. 389 Bond Bug 700 E.S., in the range from 1971 until 1974.
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Ben from Diecastworkshop on Instagram sent me this Corgi Bond Bug that was in a bad way. A lot of its orange paint had been scratched away and it had a yellowed windscreen. My challenge was to turn back the Clock and get to Work on this Orange wedge.
The real Bond Bug was produced following Reliant's takeover of Bond Cars in 1969. Reliant had tasked Ogle Design to come up with a sportier three wheeler that would attract younger buyers back in 1964 but they were concerned the Rogue that they came up with was too extreme and may damage their brand identity. Instead, after buying Bond, they chose to release it under a Bond name following a redesign by Tom Karen in 1961. The Bond Bug was born and went into production in 1970.
2,270 Bond Bugs were built before it was killed off along with the rest of the Reliant range in late 1973 to accommodate more production space for their then-new Robin. The Bond Bug was the last car to feature the Bond name but its legacy lives on with a cult following for the tangerine dream.
Corgi's recreation is of a 700 E.S. model, the high-end Bug. This was capable of a whopping 31bhp though it was capable of breaking the UK speed limit, hitting 76mph! Corgi produced the casting from April 1971 through to 1974.
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[@jamesoldaker2434]

I absolutely love watching TV and movie car builds, I love all Bond movies and cars

[@bennie12kaby]

Brilliant job Jason. Looks amazing. Thanks for the shout out too. 👍

[@ghostbustersquickresponseu5159]

I love little off the wall designs like that. Nice work on the restoration.

[@johnkelley9877]

The Bug looks great! I cannot believe how nice the wclear parts turned out but look like new. Thanks for sharing this.

[@justinbray2773]

Looks great! I never heard of that car before at first I thought it was fantasy model car

[@TimeRider]

I use Black Square all of the time! Nice work!

[@wickedsmallgarage]

You always have the most unusual and coolest castings, I love them. Great job with this one. Keep'em coming 👍

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice restoration, details and paint job 👌 👍

[@R1chardB1ngham]

Another vote for Black Square, their decals are superb. If you think a Corgi is complex, wait until you try something like a Dinky Zodiac - that'll give you a new level of respect for the people that put them together originally!

[@joesgarageandotherstuff]

I've purchased from Black Square myself. Excellent decals! Interesting casting, I've never seen one of these before. Love the paint color!

[@raymonde4272]

What a transformation. Fantastic work as always Jason. These are rather strange and unique cars, not content with the three wheels and very 70s wedge shape they also made them in the loudest colour possible.

[@puntomk1uk64]

Every time I see a Bond Bug they remind me of some cheese on wheels!! but what a transformation this Corgi is looking like brand new.

[@purplemoonproductions9269]

fantastic job looks great and nice you are doing some corgi ones lovely colour too spot on mate

[@jchayes7325]

Another great build their Jason I've never seen that before but that's you you always show the cars I've never seen before that's why I like watching your show keep up the good work have a good one and God bless

[@amitmitra6487]

Nice restoration. Loved the video!

[@markrobinson8865]

Great job 👍🏻

[@jg24diecast41]

Very cool and thanks for sharing!

[@lotharrenz4621]

CorgNology? they can be complicated indeed. :) especially if there are functions, like Batmobile or Bond-car... great orange, shines properly. :) and nice excursion into the history of this car and the companies involved. the only literal shooting brake! :D

[@DZeus83]

Great work. I have one here but never liked the stickers. Will have to look for it & get the decals.

[@petergaston8232]

Nice one Jason. Just think if you put a double exhaust (one on each rear quarter) you could have a wheel barrow especially with the front wheel. Hahaha 😂. Turned out really well all the same. Keep er lit ya boy ye

[@cutrockr-diecastracing2773]

Beaut job! Cheers

[@a11csc]

i would have gone with a non original black interior as in the real car ,but jason its yours and a little beauty

[@grahampickering1560]

Ive got the airfix model kit of this. Great restoration. By the way, what happened to Rob?

[@kennybacchus1488]

Corgi. Restoration. 389bond. Big. 700. ES

[@Armani-2005]

its the ibishu pigeon

[@nwlondontimemachine9484]

I'm guessing the other casting you had was done in lime?

[@DieCastRestos]

I may do in time, but it is in pretty good nick so until I find another it is staring back at me on my windowsill!

[@grahammummery5732]

Great resto & video as always Jason, I'm unable to open the link for blacksquaredecals, my PC is blocking it as unsafe, I've tried all different ways to get to their website, but to no avail? Just thought I'd let you know.

[@DieCastRestos]

How unusual. Try giving them a search on Google and see if that works instead

[@kevinbaker4241]

I have a book on some of the world's worst cars that was published in 2005. This car just so happens to be in it, and it's easy to see why. The Bond Bug was one bonkers car. I wouldn't mind owning a diecast version, but they probably weren't made for the USA market.

[@Sithhy]

BeamNG players be hyperventilating right now