Kerouac
05-17-2010, 02:10 PM
Friday after we went to the race track with my grandfather we stopped at a car museum we had passed on the way. They had some incredible pieces, especially an MGB prototype roadster that was super fucking hot. However, my favourite item in the entire collection was this:
http://andymclain.com/pics/lennon%20car%20front.jpg
http://andymclain.com/pics/lennon%20car%20rear.jpg
John Lennon's '58 Bentley with very custom paint scheme! :eek:
The curator came over and talked to me about it and he opened it up for me to take a look at more closely. I wasn't able to get any decent pics of the interior, but the front seats are in the original black leather, while the rear seats were redone in lavender velvet. The car is almost all original, but somewhere along the way the carriage lamps disappeared. Either way, that was super cool. They also had Paul McCartney's green Mini Cooper and John Lennon's '65 blue Mercedes and the very last Mercedes he drove.
If you're ever in Sarasota, this is the place: http://www.sarasotacarmuseum.org/
http://andymclain.com/pics/lennon%20car%20front.jpg
http://andymclain.com/pics/lennon%20car%20rear.jpg
John Lennon's '58 Bentley with very custom paint scheme! :eek:
The curator came over and talked to me about it and he opened it up for me to take a look at more closely. I wasn't able to get any decent pics of the interior, but the front seats are in the original black leather, while the rear seats were redone in lavender velvet. The car is almost all original, but somewhere along the way the carriage lamps disappeared. Either way, that was super cool. They also had Paul McCartney's green Mini Cooper and John Lennon's '65 blue Mercedes and the very last Mercedes he drove.
If you're ever in Sarasota, this is the place: http://www.sarasotacarmuseum.org/