george harrison scruff

I have absolutely nothing suitable to say about George in this era

Stevie Nicks and George Harrison in Acapulco in 1977

The Aston Martin DB5 - “George has decided to change his E-type Jaguar [see post from July 11] for a white Aston Martin D.B.5—the same model as James Bond used in the film ‘Goldfinger.’ He’s obviously been won over by Paul who also drives an Aston.” - The Beatles Monthly (March 1965) The Daily Mirror (on January 15, 1965) reported that George’s Aston Martin was white with black leather. The newspaper also noted that George’s E-type Jaguar was up for sale (for £1,595, at the time). “George was fined £6 at London’s South Western Court at the end of June for speeding in Roehampton Lane, Putney, in his black Mini Cooper. When we met him recently in Esher, Pattie had taken over and was acting as chauffeur to George in her bright orange Mini. If they stop to talk, George doesn’t open the door or slide back the window, he just pops his head out through the sunshine roof and talks to you that way.” - Beatle News, The Beatles Monthly (August 1967) The Radford Mini De Ville GT - “Painted metallic black when Harrison bought it in 1965, the Cooper was sprayed red before Dutch art collective The Fool gave it a custom ‘psychedelic’ paint job that included images adopted from the book Tantra Art: Its Philosophy and Physics, in early 1967. This Mini was featured in the Magical Mystery Tour film. Distinctive Radford custom features include a full-length sunroof, horizontally mounted Volkswagen tail-lights, and hood-mounted rally fog lamps.” - Guitar Aficionado, Vol. 4, No. 1 “Mini created a Harrison-inspired 2009 Special Edition to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009. The car was auctioned to benefit the Material World Charitable Foundation, an organization that Harrison founded in 1973. At the time, Harrison’s widow, Olivia, said of the one-off, ‘George was a huge Mini fan and he would have enjoyed this new version.’  […] [The car’s] styling features included a full-length sunroof, horizontally mounted Volkswagen taillights and hood-mounted rally fog lamps. The Mini’s transformation continued when Harrison commissioned Dutch artists Simon Posthuma and Marijke Koger — known collectively as ‘The Fool’ — to paint it bright red and add mystical signs taken from the book, ‘Tantra Art: Its Philosophy and Physics,’ in 1967. […] Shortly after production wrapped for ‘Magical Mystery Tour,’ Harrison gave the head-turning Mini — with reg plates LGF 5960 — to close friend and fellow musician Eric Clapton. Clapton returned it to Harrison in the 1970s, but not before it was completely repainted.” - Hagerty (April 26, 2016) You can also spot George’s Mini in the “Any Road” music video.

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