JRO 880C

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Does anyone know of this car?

An old friend of mine has some interesting memories of it in the sixties!

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Not known at the MK1 O.C., the registration didn't come up on the DVLA website either.

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Post by David Baldock »

Hi Marcel

Thank's for looking. I forgot to mention it is (or was) a LC.

My friend's well into his seventies now & his memory isn't brilliant but he does remember that he bought it from an American artist in the sixties who later became very famous & that it had something bolted onto the bonnet (very American).

It seems he swopped it for a friends Lotus Elite without informing the DVLC & the police told them to change back because they were picking up each others speeding tickets & confusing the system.

If it does belong to someone now he could have some very interesting history on it (maybe some you wouldn't want to hear)!

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My friend just called to say that the artist who previously owned his car was Roy Lichtenstein, an american artist who died in 1997. I did a Google search & found that a picture of his sold at auction in 1989 for $5.5 so, although I'd never heard of him, he could be considered to be 'well famous'. This leads me to wonder if anyone owns a LC with a famous previous owner & would it make any difference to the value of the car?
I seem to recall that a Mini Cooper S once owned by Peter Sellers sold for silly money some years ago.

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Post by the83man »

$5.5 isn't very much....but I guess you meant $5.5m

Famous previous owners always have an effect on car prices in my experience.
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Thank you 83man. I do indeed mean $5.5m.

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Post by Scott Simpson »

Hi Dave,
There seem to be quite a few L/C's owned by the rich & famous. Bruce Reynolds is an obvious one, although 'Infamous' migh be a more appropriate term. A couple of early Mk 1's were owned by titled gentry, the Duke of Bedford being one. The drummer from Black Sabath crashed his late Mk 2 L/C into Richmond Park gates, causing a fair bit of damage. I believe someone either in or well linked to Pink Floyd owned a Mk 1. Then there's Sir John Whitmore, Dick Judd the drummer from Edison Lighthouse. I'm sure there are countless others that I've forgotten or don't know about.
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Scott Simpson wrote:Hi Dave,
There seem to be quite a few L/C's owned by the rich & famous. Bruce Reynolds is an obvious one, although 'Infamous' migh be a more appropriate term. A couple of early Mk 1's were owned by titled gentry, the Duke of Bedford being one. The drummer from Black Sabath crashed his late Mk 2 L/C into Richmond Park gates, causing a fair bit of damage. I believe someone either in or well linked to Pink Floyd owned a Mk 1. Then there's Sir John Whitmore, Dick Judd the drummer from Edison Lighthouse. I'm sure there are countless others that I've forgotten or don't know about.
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Post by sutty234 »

brian johnston of ACDC owns a mk1. theres chris rea and also jimmy clitheroe with his pedal extentions! jim davidson had 2 mk2s.
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Post by Neale »

There was a mk2 escort owned by the pope that sold for £340,000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4389652.stm
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