A car from one of the most recognised album covers in the world has been found and is now being sold.
The iconic Abbey Road album by The Beatles features the
Liverpool-born band walking the famous crossing, with cars in the
background lining the street.
The 1967 Triumph Herald quietly sits behind John, Paul, George and Ringo as they walk from right to left across the road.
Vintage car dealer David Golding, 49, purchased this very car earlier
this year after hearing rumours it was the same one as seen on the
Abbey Road album cover.
He told JMU Journalism: “What caught my eye initially was that it was
believed to be the car in the album cover. I thought I’m going to take a
chance on this.”
Now the fifth owner of the car, the car dealer himself started a long
and challenging pursuit to find the original owner to confirm that it
is the one pictured on the iconic album cover.
He said: “It was a big chance to take but I actually went to his
house on the off chance he’d be there. Unfortunately he wasn’t but a
neighbour actually came out of the house and told me he’d sadly died. I
managed to find a contact number for his widow and I rang, but she put
the phone down on me!”
After writing her a letter explaining who he was, David eventually
succeeded in talking to the widow and the children of the car’s original
owner. She told him they had owned the car for a number of years.
The light blue Triumph Herald is now up for auction on eBay and has already received a huge amount of interest.
Speaking on where he’d like the car to go, Mr Golding said: “I’d love
it to go to a museum so more and more people can enjoy it.”
The auction, which ends on Saturday, coincides with the first-ever
festival commemorating ‘Beatle-mania’, due to take place in Dublin this
weekend.
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