Submarine car Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me
August 15, 2019What: Submarine car Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me
Where: Road House Power Park, Jorma Lillbackantie 21, Kauhava, Finland
007 Travelers visited Kauhava and its shopping mall Road House Power Park where is one remaining Lotus Esprit submarine car aka Wet Nellie from “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977).
Wet Nellie is a custom-built submarine, created for the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me” in the shape of a Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. The Esprit was chosen to give James Bond a glamorous car to drive. “Wet Nellie” is named in reference to Little Nellie, an autogyro featured in the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice“. Little Nellie was named after Nellie Wallace. Read more here (Wikipedia)
Here are some pics of this beautiful car:
signed by Sir Roger Moore
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The car is still there in 2024, looking a bit worse for wear with one of the paddles hanging down half broken. When you look at the car close up you can see the real DIY nature of the construction with panels roughly cut and parts hand riveted. But in the movie you would never notice such things.