{"id":690,"date":"2010-06-02T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=690"},"modified":"2010-06-02T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T09:42:25","slug":"james-bond-aston-martin-to-be-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/02\/james-bond-aston-martin-to-be-auctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond Aston Martin To Be Auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>It\u2019s the ultimate Q car, and now  one lucky fan will get the chance to own a piece of cinema history. The  sole remaining Aston Martin DB5 which starred alongside Sean Connery in  Thunderball and Goldfinger is set to go under the hammer at an  exclusive auction to be held in London on 27th October.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring  the famous numberplate FMP 7B, the Aston is one of two built for James  Bond\u2019s on-screen appearances, and features the full suite of  modifications fit for an international secret agent. The DB5 has machine  guns, a bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, an oil slick  sprayer and, of course, a passenger ejector seat.<\/p>\n<p>The Aston was  bought from the factory in 1969 by American radio broadcaster Jerry Lee.  He paid 12,000USD (\u00a38,275) for the car, which he has kept in his  collection ever since. It is due to be sold by RM Auctions at its Automobiles of London sale, and is  expected to sell for at least \u00a33.5million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the ultimate Q car, and now one lucky fan will get the chance to own a piece of cinema history. The sole remaining Aston Martin DB5 which starred alongside Sean Connery in Thunderball and Goldfinger is set to go<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/02\/james-bond-aston-martin-to-be-auctioned\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-celebrity-number-plates","category-ultimate-cherished-numbers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}