John Lennon's Rolls Royce - Phantom V 

Gary A How old were you then ?

13 or 14 . my old Dad was not happy with what Lennon had done to the Roller, I thought it was great

Charlie X Exactly.. "Imagine" !! He's just asking us to imaging and is in no ways preaching. Also, in one of his songs he had said, "I'm the Eggman, I'm the Walrus." Now does that literally makes him a walrus? No. He was an artist. Not necessary he has to follow every word that he writes.

I Saw it Sitting There, too!

@Jim McCracken I can't remember why, it's over 2 years ago. But I didn't mean to come across as obnoxious, just the RU-vidr must have repeated certain bits of information quite a few time I guess.

@Jim McCracken Glad we cleared that one up. Take care and stay safe.

So true. He sang of "imagine no possessions" and lived in mansions chauffeured in the world's most expensive limousine.

He even had a Mercedes 600.

@@westelaudio943 True, although I loved his music.

He drove a Rolls Royce because its good for his voice.

I believe that they were a bit peeved

DOUGLAS HOTCHKISS Do tell us more!

I was @ 14, and the folks went to something in syracuse ny, lennon was doing an art show there, anyway , didnt even know about it, but just was wansering around, Ihad to meet the folks

Wanderin around cutting through the underground parking, came round the corner and there it sat..ran my hands round it,and had to hurry along, nobody believes me usually.

I partied with abbie hoffman on wellsley island too

DOUGLAS HOTCHKISS HEY Thanks for the remembrance! Im sure the Abbie story deserves its own video! Peace!

Tudval Stone Agreed. I don't understand why they take things so literal. He also wrote that he was the eggman and a walrus. Do they believe that as well?

The Shape lmaooo

@Tudval Stone: Simply having "earned one's money", doesn't mean they're not materialistic. LOTS of materialistic people have earned their money. Doesn't make him a hypocrite, either: The same guy sang "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Money (That's What I Want)". He wasn't required to be one-dimensional.

He preached peace and love but physically abused his first wife Cynthia, and had very little to do with his first son Julian. He actually left £200,000,000 to Sean who was his son with Yoko but only £50,000 to Julian. He also Physically attacked Stu Sutcliffe possibly contributing to his death so yeah, he was a hypocrite.

@@ColinFlowers You;re wrong in that he left the same amount to Sean and Julian, they split a L100k trust. The rest went to the current wife. Where I live and probably in the UK also, without a will, the surviving spouse gets everything and the children nothing. Cynthia got L100k at divorce , when he probably had a lot less money. It's easy to understand that it was Yoko who had to approve of the will, I don't know what your experience is with women, but as a rule they are not very generous with their hubbies exes and children from previous marriages. As for him attacking Stu, I don't know where you got that from. Wikipedia says this: "The cause of Sutcliffe's aneurysm is unknown, although it may have been started by an earlier head injury, as he was either kicked in the head, or thrown, head first, against a brick wall during an attack outside Lathom Hall, after a performance in January 1961.[68] According to former manager Allan Williams, Lennon and Best went to Sutcliffe's aid, fighting off his attackers before dragging him to safety. Sutcliffe sustained a fractured skull in the fight and Lennon's little finger was broken"

The CAR is not disgusting - but the PAINT JOB IS though.

Hillary's Lost Email LOL...as if John Lennon would've had a problem selling anything let alone his iconic Roller.

@@tacoma5543 That guy is truly lost, eh? Seems clueless. Far from not being able to be sold, the car sold for 10 times what it was estimated to sell for decades ago, as it says in this video. But the Hillary guy isn't interested in facts, just expressing his weirdly inaccurate opinions.

A clown car it certainly is. This car would have the L-series naturally aspirated 6.25 lite engine inspired by the Cadilac V8 with only 172 BHP output. As the whole car weighed nearly 3 tonnes, it would be a gutless wonder - like a normal car of the time having only 57 BHP - it could not keep up with American traffic. And the new owner would have to spend big repainting it and converting everything back to Mulliner standard. Handling was not very good and it won't fit standard parking bays. That's why Lennon found it difficult to sell. These cars were designed for chauffers to drive royalty around at stately (i.e.) low speeds so that the peasants can gawk as they go past. They are no good for daily commuting to work, which even the most filthy rich Americans have to do. Or perhaps for overnight rich pop stars who want to thumb their nose at the Establishment.