The Story Behind John Lennon's Psychedelic RollsRoyce Phantom V


The Story Behind John Lennon's Psychedelic RollsRoyce Phantom V

By John Goodman. John Lennon's iconic, psychedelic 1965 Phantom V Rolls-Royce is on display in the main lobby of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria through the month of February. The Beatle ordered the car through R.S. Mead Ltd. in Maidenhead in December 1964, without having a driver's licence. He got his L before the vehicle arrived in June.


John Lennon’s Rolls Royce back on display at the Royal BC Museum

John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce is an art car created in 1967 and later displayed in many museums. After previously owning a used Rolls-Royce, John Lennon of the Beatles ordered a new bespoke Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine in December 1964. Originally painted matte black, the car was delivered six months later in June 1965.


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Rolls-Royce, in celebration of the 50th anniversary year of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is releasing images of John Lennon's so-called "Psychedelic Rolls," a tricked-out Rolls-Royce.


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John Lennon John Lennon's Phantom V Beatle John Lennon bought a 1964 Mulliner Park Ward Phantom V, finished in Valentines black. Everything was black except for the radiator, even the wheels. Lennon asked for the radiator to be black as well, but Rolls-Royce refused. [5]


John Lennon’s Psychedelic 1964 RollsRoyce Phantom V Joins “Eight Great

John's newly painted psychedelic car drew some public outrage when a old woman, in London's downtown, attacked the car using her umbrella and yelling: "You swine, you swine! How dare you do this to a Rolls-Royce." Obviously, the Rolls-Royce is passionately regarded in England as one of the many symbols of British dignity!


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The Story Behind John Lennon's Psychedelic Rolls-Royce Phantom V Only 517 Rolls-Royce Phantom Vs were manufactured. It was an ultra-exclusive car, weighing 2.5 tonnes with a 3.6-metre wheelbase and the same 6.2L V8 engine as the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. The British Crown owned two of them, ridden by Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother.


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John Lennon's Rolls Royce Limousine is a Psychedelic, Souped-Up Work of Art Do you remember where you were on February 9, 1964? I do. I was 16 years old and living in West Vancouver. That evening, as my sister and I lay on the living room floor watching The Ed Sullivan Show, history was made.


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John Lennon's Phantom V: The Story of the Psychedelic Beatle-Mobile As the late icon's famed Rolls-Royce returns to public view, we look back at how it served both as a safe haven and a.


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John Lennon Rolls-Royce now on display at Royal BC Museum NOW PLAYING Lennon ordered the Rolls-Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine in December 1964 and it was delivered to him in June 1965..


John Lennon's historic RollsRoyce now on display at Royal BC Museum

During the height of The Beatles' fame, co-lead singer and songwriter John Lennon went out and bought himself a fabulous car to match his new, fabulous image. This was the mid-60s, and his Rolls-Royce Phantom V would become the stuff of legends, cementing the legacy of a man as one of the leaders of the counterculture movement.. In 1965, when the opulent Rolls-Royce was first delivered to.


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Currently owned by the Royal British Columbia Museum in Canada, 'The John Lennon Phantom V' will travel from Canada to London to join 'The Great Eight Phanto.


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John Lennon bought the 1965 Phantom V limousine before he even owned a driver's license. Paint it black, he ordered, with black leather upholstery. It was manufactured at a factory built atop potato fields in the Cheshire railway town of Crewe.


John Lennon's psychedelic RollsRoyce Phantom V returns to London Torque

John Lennon's famed Rolls Royce adorned in a kaleidescope of colours is back on display at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria. This was the car the Beatles rode to Buckingham Palace in 1965.


John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce Phantom V

The John Lennon Phantom V Touring Limousine Rolls-Royce was purchased by John Lennon in December, 1964 and delivered in June, 1965. When Lennon ordered the car, he did not yet have his driver's licence. It was originally painted "valentine black" and was the largest model made by Rolls-Royce with all options and many custom orders.


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John Lennon's iconic 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine (RBCM 992.66.2) is on display in the Royal BC Museum's glass lobby now until April 30, 2020. Lennon purchased the car in December, 1964; it was delivered to him in June, 1965. When Lennon ordered the car, he did not yet have his driver's license. It was originally painted "valentine black" and was the largest model.

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