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John Lennon’s mostly forgotten Psychedelic Rolls
Royce Phantom V. (Image source: Calgary.ctv.ca)
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As I'd sure like having that Tommy-mobile' as my
personal chariot! Now if I could just find some change in thou Bloody seat
cushions, Chuh-Ching! Or should that be Tilt? Especially since I Ain't No
Bloody Pinball Wizard...
Suppose it's largely due to having read; Err
listened and then just serenaded Y'all with my epic No Fenders Who I Am tome
regarding The Who's Pete Townshend that I had those somewhat faded Rolls Royces
Customized by British Rockers on thou Noggin', Eh?
Although it turned out to be the Band's
Frontman roger Daltrey instead of Messer Townshend who'd been asked to put his
personal touches upon not one, but two Rolls Royce Wraiths, for which once
again thoust world 'O FauxNetics' initially Fooled Me! Since Lucy' coos Wraiths
like Raifs to Mwah, causing me to get Fooled Once Again; Hya!
As it's the Tommy-mobile' Wraith that most interests
Mwah, for which was Auctioned off for Charity Wayback in 2017, reportedly
fetching some $208,000+ Quid; Err Gory Sterling Pounds for The Teenage Cancer
Trust. For which both of Messer Daltrey's customized Wraiths benefitted this
Charity.
Whilst on a side
note, I find it entertaining to Mwah how refreshing I find The Who's A Man in A
Purple Dress song, which seems virtually new since it Ain't ever played upon Ye
Radio, even if it's now nearly 14 years old, Yikes!
But try finding out any definitive information
on the entire collection of nine One-off' Rolls Royce Wraiths to be completed.
With the only other pair being mentioned in the original Car and Driver
magazine's article on thou initial batch 'O four being by Ray Davies of The
Kinks and Giles Martin, son of Sir George Martin - known by some as Thee Fifth
Beatle...
Since it's Sad
that nearly three years later after having first learned of this project via
said Car and Driver article, that I cannot find out anything substantive
further on who the other five Wraiths were done by? Other than I did spot
something mentioning The Stones Ronnie Woods being involved in this project...
Yet customized Rolls Royces-- aren't exactly
anything new, since I immediately Flashed Back upon Arguably the most famous
customized Rolls, having actually seen it in Thy Flesh in my younger years! 'Ol
John Lennon's Psychedelic Rolls royce Phantom V on Display at Expo '86 Up North
Eh! In Bloody Vancouver, BC.
As I'm not sure which is worse? The fact that somewheres' 34yrs later in
another Shoebox in Thy Bungalow by The Sea languishes that paper Passport Book
given to everybody with blank pages to stamp All the Exhibits you'd visited.
Which naturally Lennon's Rolls Royce made thou Cut. Uhm, Passed Ye Audition,
Eh!
Or having attended on what unbeknownst to
Mwah And Snowbyrd MJ' would be the event's largest single day crowd of 212,000
Gory Spectators; Aye Karumba!
Since somehow, I
Don't think those Days are coming back Anytime Soon, Eh?