Interesting celebrity cars

Interesting celebrity cars

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21st Century Man

40,659 posts

247 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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Le Controleur Horizontal said:
AX 1.0E ?

moneymakestheworldgoaround

4,079 posts

174 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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joshcowin said:
Eto (footy player) has a one-77
Had, he has sold most of/all the collection now.

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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I remember (it was before the days of phones with cameras) driving into the village in North Norfolk where my parents lived at the time and seeing an elderly chocolate brown Rolls Royce parked near the village shop.

One of the first things the old man asked me after I crossed the threshold was "Do you know a band called Oasis?". Turned out they'd decided to spend Christmas with Noel Gallagher's in laws, who lived in the next village over.

williamp

19,213 posts

272 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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I cant find any pictures worthy, but when I went round the aston factory in the early 90s Roger Stowers told us that Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, as well as being boxing rivals also started a very expensive game on one-upmanship with their Astons. The cost of work help them keep afloat in the early 90s recesion when- i think they made 17 cars one year before the DB7, so the profit from works service was essential.

joshcowin

6,775 posts

175 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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moneymakestheworldgoaround said:
Had, he has sold most of/all the collection now.
Oh really! Any reason?

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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joshcowin said:
moneymakestheworldgoaround said:
Had, he has sold most of/all the collection now.
Oh really! Any reason?
Since leaving Chelsea ,he's played for 5 more clubs ,so perhaps moving his car collection is a bit of a bind.

No idea how big the collection is.

Everton
Sampdoria....Genoa
2 clubs in Turkey
and Qatar

moneymakestheworldgoaround

4,079 posts

174 months

Saturday 27th July 2019
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Pericoloso said:
Since leaving Chelsea ,he's played for 5 more clubs ,so perhaps moving his car collection is a bit of a bind.
They were all stored in Paris after he left the UK, until they finally got sold off.

Amirhussain

11,486 posts

162 months

Sunday 28th July 2019
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moneymakestheworldgoaround said:
Pericoloso said:
Since leaving Chelsea ,he's played for 5 more clubs ,so perhaps moving his car collection is a bit of a bind.
They were all stored in Paris after he left the UK, until they finally got sold off.
His had some serious motors including a Veyron which was apparently gifted to him.

P5BNij

15,764 posts

105 months

Sunday 28th July 2019
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Old Engelbert enjoys the fruits of his labours...



John Barry takes Jane Birkin for a wizz in his E-Type...





George Best again with the Europa...



Enzo Ferrari had three Mini Coopers including this one...



Mick Jagger loads up his RR Silver Cloud III Mulliner Park Ward in 1970, behind is Keith Richard's second Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur...



Back to 1967, he gets into his Wood & Pickett Cooper S while Brian Jones lurks in his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud (painted metallic gold)...



Keith's first Bentley 'The Blue Lena' which he bought new in 1966, if only it could talk...



Jagger had a DB6 which he pranged not long after buying it in 1966...







One of Pete Townsend's MB 600s, he had two I think...



Sir Reg of Pinner with some of his playthings...





Ursula Andress bought a Mk1 Austin Cooper S from John Sprinzel's garage when she was in England filming 'Only When I Larf' with Dickie Attenborough and David Hemmings...



Not long after Tony Curtis arrived in England to start work on 'The Pursuaders' in 1970 he test drove a Mk2 Jensen Interceptor and promptly ordered one and had it delivered to Elstree Studios...





Ginger Baker owned three Jensen FFs...







(The list of famous Jensen owners is endless).

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Sunday 28th July 2019
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P5BNij said:
One of Pete Townsend's MB 600s, he had two I think...

The car of choice for every self-respecting 1970's dictator!

https://timeline.com/mercedes-600-grossier-dictato...

codenamecueball

529 posts

88 months

Sunday 28th July 2019
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Sunday Times do a good section on this called me and my motor - good light reading! https://www.driving.co.uk/news/interview/

MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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David Bowie's old Volvo 262C was sold recently. Cool and classic, like the man himself.


P5BNij

15,764 posts

105 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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The Bee Gees drummer Colin Peterson liked his cars, the Mini is a Broadspeed GT...








67Dino

Original Poster:

3,581 posts

104 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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MikeT66 said:
David Bowie's old Volvo 262C was sold recently. Cool and classic, like the man himself.

I’d never have guessed this one, but as you say, kind of makes sense. I’d like to think that it had one headlight brighter than the other too...

QuartzDad

2,230 posts

121 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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P5BNij said:
Old Engelbert enjoys the fruits of his labours...

You'd very occasionally see him pottering around the village in a blue Corniche with this plate, it only did 200 miles in the last five years. Not had an MOT for two years now though.

QuartzDad

2,230 posts

121 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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Mid 90's I watched Chris Eubank do a 3 point turn, not that remarkable apart from two things:

1) It was in Kensington High Street in the middle of rush hour

2) It was in this....


Greshamst

2,028 posts

119 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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Shane Lynch from Boyzone fame has a converted Rolls Royce drift car...



Edited by Greshamst on Monday 29th July 14:22

KP328

1,806 posts

194 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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Liam Howlett from the Prodigy posted here a while back talking about his Mclaren F1 and he might have had a Ferrari F40 as well but my memory is bad.

Muzzer79

9,806 posts

186 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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KP328 said:
Liam Howlett from the Prodigy posted here a while back talking about his Mclaren F1 and he might have had a Ferrari F40 as well but my memory is bad.
IIRC, he discussed (sadly briefly) his:

Mclaren F1
Pagani Zonda
F40 (which he sold to Keith Flint, who crashed it into a tree)
AC Cobra

He had a thing for American Muscle cars and was going through the purchase of a Dodge Charger I think.

cool

Muzzer79

9,806 posts

186 months

Monday 29th July 2019
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Aphex said:
Maxi Jazz of Faithless fame in his RS 2000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRIpZ4uy5X4

I actually seem to remember a video with him and an Escort RS Cosworth but can't see to find that one
He used to race a Marcos too