During filming in the seventies this was still a rural area – nowadays Rangsit is filled with McDonald’s, arcade game centers and highways. Both finally race out of town at Route 1 Bridge and Khlong 3 Bridge in Rangsit north of Bangkok.The scene was filmed at Siri Phong Road close to Rommaniat Park. Scaramanga then hides his car in an alley – before Bond finds him again and turns his car in 180 degree slide.The Bangkok car chase runs along both, the high swing barely visible in the fast edit. Some meters south is Wat Suthat and the Giant Swing, another landmark.As the race goes on, both pass the Democracy Monument, a well-known Bangkok landmark at a roundabout close to the infamous Khaosan Road.The building was demolished in recent years, so you won’t actually find there anything left. The location is close to the metro station Phrom Phong – but gone. Bond “gets” his AMC Hornet at a rental booth in the Chokchai Building at Sukhumvit Road.Parts of the Bangkok car chase had been filmed along Sukhumvit Road in the eastern part of the town, other scenes took place in the city center called Phra Nakhon. The AMC Hornet rushing along the Democracy Monument
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