Take a Psychadelic Trip in the Beatles’ Bentley
August 2, 2009
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| From FloridaSnapshot.com |
SARASOTA - For Beatles fans of and those amused by London’s Swinging Sixties, there is one item that you need to see, namely the Beatles’ 1959 Bentley. It was owned by Apple Records, and ferried all sorts around London.
It lives at the Sarasota Classic Car Museum, where other Beatles’ cars live, including John Lennon’s 300TD station wagon and Paul McCartney’s Morris Mini.
The museum, just across the street from the Ringling Museum complex, has all manner of historic cars. Perhaps the most interesting? Katharine Hepburn’s Crown Victoria.
Visit them at sarasotaclassiccarmuseum.org.
This automobile was not exactly a “Beatles” Bentley. The car was purchased by Apple Corp. Ltd. for a certain John Crittle. Mr. Crittle was a fashion designer/tailor (Dandy Fashions). Apple Corp. sponsored his work and created Apple Tailoring for him in London’s Kings Road. Crittle drove the car along the Kings Roads and other fashionable areas of Swingin’ London. The car has often been mistaken for John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls Royce in which he was chauffeured about London. The ‘John’ seen driving this 1956 Bentley S1 was actually John Crittle of Apple Tailoring.
Thanks for making that distinction clear…