This 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V delivered the Beatles to Buckingham Palace in 1965 sporting its original finish: basic black.
Prior to the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band John Lennon commissioned artist Steve Weaver to customize the Rolls. This is the result.
Lennon and bride Yoko Ono brought it to the U.S. and later donated it to the Cooper-Hewett Museum of Design because of tax problems. In 1985 it was purchased at Sotheby’s by entrepreneur Jim Pattison for US $2,299,000 and called “the most expensive car in the world.”
It was taken to Vancouver B.C. for the 1986 Expo and subsequently donated to the province of British Columbia. It is now a treasure of the Royal B.C. Museum where we found it on display in the lobby last weekend.
What a special car!
Is beautifully drawn and also has a beautiful history! Love it!
Love your post title! And the car!
I went to the 1986 Expo in Vancouver! I remember that the theme was “transportation” so everything was related to the ways people move about. There were boats, trains, airplanes and rockets and yes, cars too. This one is a true beauty. The paint job is a work of art.
As 60s as you’d expect.