A 1964 Aston Martin DB5 originally bought and owned by Sir Paul McCartney goes under the hammer at H&H Classic Auctions next month.

The model, the same as the DB5 which starred in James Bond film Goldfinger, was ordered by Macca prior to The Beatles' 1964 world tour and is in Sierra Blue with black leather trim.

And the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust has confirmed that this vehicle - chassis 1653/R - was indeed first registered to McCartney.

According to the factory record, it was built on July 3 and despatched to the musician's accountants, Bryce, Hanmer & Isherwood on September 22.

Factory-fitted extras included Selectaride suspension, Motorola radio, chrome wire wheels and a Phillips Auto-Mignon record player. The purchase price was £3,800 10s 0d plus £793 6s 8d tax.

The Aston had its 500-mile service on October 7, 1964, and is known to have covered 40,513 miles by the time a new clutch was fitted and other remedial work carried out in 1970, when the car changed hands.

In 2006 it was entrusted it to British car specialist Walter Baroni of Milan for a bare metal restoration, the work on which was finally completed earlier this year.

The auction is at the Imperial War Museum in London on September 21 and while it's not known how much the car will fetch, an ex-George Harrison DB5 changed hands at auction in 2007 for 464,736 dollars.