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Title: John Lennon's Bentley
Post by: peregrine9 on September 26, 2011, 06:26:03 AM

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John Lennon's Bentley
September 22, 2011

Continuing our coverage of Assouline’s amazing new book The Impossible Collection of Cars, we bring you one of the unique Bentleys featured in its pages.This 1958 Bentley S1 with the psychedelic paintj ob belonged to none other than John Lennon.He acquired in in the Swinging Sixties and ordered up the custom coloring, and it was often seen parked in front of the Beatles’ Apple Tailoring boutique on Kings Road in London.The Beatle gave the Bentley a psychedelic paintj ob in the Swinging Sixties

http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/09/22/john-lennons-bentley/ (http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/09/22/john-lennons-bentley/)

Title: Re: John Lennon's Bentley
Post by: Badgirl66 on September 26, 2011, 03:02:12 PM

This was Lennons Second Bentley



(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3295/bentleylast60s.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/90/bentleylast60s.jpg/)

Title: Re: John Lennon's Bentley
Post by: Hello Goodbye on September 26, 2011, 04:52:39 PM

Yes, that was his 1958 Bentley S1.  We're more familiar with his 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V...


(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vxmKIjyAcUM/SorkDvUE2OI/AAAAAAAACQk/ZlzEizwrGAU/john-lennon.jpg)

(http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_740/car_photo_370360_25.jpg)