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Milkyway said:
Not a Radford, it was done by Hooper Motor Services of London, the other three Beatles all had Radfords tough 
Here's a period shot of Ringo's Hooper from '67, taken in the car park at Abbey Road....
Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 23 February 12:40
And fully restored at Goodwood in 2019 - it was never two tone when Ringo owned it, that happened later on when it was restored for the second time in the '90s....
Edited by P5BNij on Wednesday 23 February 12:45
RichB said:
Both cars were supplied by Brian Epstein's company Brydor, it was run for him by a chap called Terry Doran, a friend of the Beatles going way back to their early days in Liverpool and he was 'the man from the motor trade' in 'She's Leaving Home'.George and John's Radford Coopers had consecutive numbers, 'LGF 695D' and 'LGF 696D', both being registered on 8th February 1966.
P5BNij said:
Both cars were supplied by Brian Epstein's company Brydor, it was run for him by a chap called Terry Doran, a friend of the Beatles going way back to their early days in Liverpool and he was 'the man from the motor trade' in 'She's Leaving Home'.
George and John's Radford Coopers had consecutive numbers, 'LGF 695D' and 'LGF 696D', both being registered on 8th February 1966.
Interesting, it's hard to imagine someone as successful as Epstein have a motor car dealership. George and John's Radford Coopers had consecutive numbers, 'LGF 695D' and 'LGF 696D', both being registered on 8th February 1966.
RichB said:
P5BNij said:
Both cars were supplied by Brian Epstein's company Brydor, it was run for him by a chap called Terry Doran, a friend of the Beatles going way back to their early days in Liverpool and he was 'the man from the motor trade' in 'She's Leaving Home'.
George and John's Radford Coopers had consecutive numbers, 'LGF 695D' and 'LGF 696D', both being registered on 8th February 1966.
Interesting, it's hard to imagine someone as successful as Epstein have a motor car dealership. George and John's Radford Coopers had consecutive numbers, 'LGF 695D' and 'LGF 696D', both being registered on 8th February 1966.
Ringo had an 1100 too....
P5BNij said:
He had fingers in several pies, he almost became the manager of the Velvet Underground in '66! He did very well out of Brydor though, supplying hundreds of cars to showbiz folk for a few years. As well as the more well known stuff like the Astons and the Radford Coopers, there were numerous base model Minis and BMC 1100s supplied to all four Beatles by Epstein. He treated himself to a Maserati Sebring amongst others....
Very astute businessman - secret is in the name...bigothunter said:
Milkyway said:
Many years ago, I met Ringo at Worcester Park kart track (STKRC). He arrived in a huge Mercedes 600 Pullman.
Ringo's Facel Vega made €300k at auction
His 600 was indeed the full fat 6 door Pullman
George Harrison's 600 was the swb 4 door
Awesome to see period shots of The Beatles' cars - my father had a friend who was a mechanic in the workshop at Maltins, Henley on Thames, through the early 70s. Most weekends apparently used to see Urracos, Daytonas and Espadas liberated for a run to the pub until closing time, and then an exercising along The Fairmile out of Henley.
The best they managed according to dad was George Harrison's Mercedes Pullman - had a vinyl record player in the rear for occupants, and managed to carry 8 to the local nightclub, though not sure i'd have liked to have borrowed such an expensive car...
The best they managed according to dad was George Harrison's Mercedes Pullman - had a vinyl record player in the rear for occupants, and managed to carry 8 to the local nightclub, though not sure i'd have liked to have borrowed such an expensive car...
Dapster said:
bigothunter said:
Milkyway said:
Many years ago, I met Ringo at Worcester Park kart track (STKRC). He arrived in a huge Mercedes 600 Pullman.
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