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What are the three numbers that rotate on James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 license plate in "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball"?

Question #2175. Asked by Clueless.
Last updated Aug 04 2014.

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Aston Martin DB-5 Customized gadget-ladden sports car first issued to British Secret Service agent James Bond (007), in the espionage thrillers Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). The car featured revolving license plates numbers, bulletproof front-and-rear wind screen, dashboard equipped with a radarscope, homing devices (magnetically attached), armrest with left and right front-wing machine guns (acetylene gas was sparked to created the look of gunfire), smoke screen, oil slick, electronic tire shredders (a la the chariot race in the 1959 film Ben Hur), and a passenger ejection seat activated by a red button hidden atop the gear shift. License plate reads: BMT 216A. All of the car's gadgets were created by weapons officer Major Boothroyd, a.k.a. 'Q' (Desmond Llewlyn) who worked for British Secret Service.

link http://www.tvacres.com/autos_spy.htm

What were the two license plate numbers of the Goldfinger Aston Martin and the GoldenEye Aston Martin? (
BMT 216A and BMT 214A

link http://www.007forever.com/bcw's_bond_events_002/bond_weekend_iv/bond_weekend_2001_-_chicago_-_a_success!.htm

Apr 30 2002, 7:57 AM
Nosnevets
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The Aston came complete with revolving number plates, which Q mentioned were valid in all countries. However, what he actually meant was all the countries Bond would travel through on his trip to Switzerland, to stake out Auric Goldfinger's headquarters. The countries were as follows:

United Kingdom - BMT216A
France - 4711-EA-62
Switzerland - LU6789

Bond started his trip in London, driving South-East to Dover, crossing the channel to Calais in France. He then drove, following Goldfinger, through Rouen, Orléans, by Bourge, and finally to Geneva in Switzerland. Having a local number plate at each point would attract less attention.

link http://www.007james.com/gadgets/aston_martin_db5.php

Aug 04 2014, 12:07 PM
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