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前回のブログで、”その有名な歌手として、ポール・マッカートニーや、ジョージ・ハリスンが乗ったミニ”を紹介すると書いたが、今日はそのお話。
中流階級以上、ハイソサエティー、ブルジョア階層に飛び火したミニは、ザ・ビートルズ活躍中のポール・マッカートニーや、ジョージ・ハリスン、ジョン・レノン、リンゴ・スターもミニを購入した。
写真を交えて、英文で紹介してみよう。
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This 1965 Mini Cooper "S" modified by Harold Radford's Workshop once belonged to Beatle Paul McCartney. McCartney's Mini was outfitted
with full Connelly leather upholstery, a sunroof, dash and door walnut
trim and plush carpeting.
The car is currently being displayed at the Sarasota Classic Car Museum
in Florid
(出典Thanks:http://beatles.ncf.ca/archived_news_p4.html) |
George Harrison (1943-2001) owned the Mini that featured in ‘Magical Mystery Tour’. The Mini, an Austin Cooper ‘S’, LGF 695D, was built for George Harrison
by Harold Radford (Coachbuilder) Ltd in late 1965 and painted in Metallic Black. In early
1967, the car was repainted and the psychedelic pictures were added using
a book, Tantrum Art, for inspiration. At the same time Harrison also had
the wall of his house painted in the same style, which did not go down
very well with his neighbours…The Mini was used in the film ‘Magical Mystery
Tour’, which was screened by the BBC on the 26th December 1967 in black
and white, then again in colour in January 1968. Shortly after the film
the Mini was given to Eric Clapton from whom Harrison got it back in the
1970′s. Mike Weaver of Radford/Mini de Ville Register sent a letter to
George Harrison about his Minis and he got a reply saying he could not
provide him with any information though a few months later, in June 1998,
the Mini appeared at the ‘Goodwood Festival of Speed’ and was still owned
by George Harrison. Recently, the Mini turned up at the 2008 Chelsea Flower
Show as an exhibit (part of a ‘George Harrison Garden’). In 2009, it also
featured shortly in a BMW-ad with Olivia Harrison.
(出典Thanks：http://britishcars.wordpress.com/celebrity-cars/) |
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(2012/10/05 20:49)
（出典）：ミニ・フリークの日々（田村一七男著） ：MINI THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATIONS（尾崎豪著）
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