John Lennon's C-Body Station Wagon sells for $5k in 2011

[Land Shark]

Stumbled across this article completely by accident.



Link to the article
http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/03/a-wagon-that-rocks-n-rolls/

 

[patrick66]

Five grand seems right for the car with or without the provenance. Lennon's butt (or anyone else's butt) in that car would have zero impact as to if I would be a buyer. But for those where that kind of silliness matters...

 

[67Monaco]

But for those where that kind of silliness matters...

It detracts from the price because everyone knows Yoko was in it at some point.

 

[patrick66]

That alone would justify a complete fumigation, regardless of the time elapsed since she last parked her ugly, no-talent, screetchy *** in the car!

 

[Samplingman]

I'm a huge Beatles fan and even I think this is a bit of a stretch. I could think of a lot of other music memorabilia that I'd rather spend my spare 5k on.

 

[polara71]

If it came from the factory with a Beatles logo on the side you'd be all over it

 

[Samplingman]

Beatles Abbey Road edition! but then again it would have to be an Austin Taxi.

 

[Samplingman]

her ugly, no-talent, screetchy *** in the car!

You got that right.

 

[polara71]

Beatles Abbey Road edition!.

Great idea....

 

[Samplingman]

 

[patrick66]

Yoko and her no-talent back-up band were slated to play in OKC for New Year's Eve 2013 celebrations downtown. Certain venues were open to all, and some were a pay-to-see event. Her pay-to-see event sold 22 tickets. She cancelled out the night prior.

 

[1978 NYB]

Cool car....col provenance!

I'll take it!!!!

 

[Wildaugust]

I'm actually kind of surprised that it didn't get a bit more. I would have thought that the fact that he had owned at one time would've raised the price.

 

[cm23uoc]

I wouldn't pay a Cent more for prevenance, just for the Overall condition, but I was surprised about the realistic Price myself. Maybe it was peddled in the wrong place, I bet it would bring more at some of the well known auctioneers today.

Just think of what that mid 80s Rabbit of the former Pope fetched already on a private Ebay-selling. Think it was about 60k Dollars .

 

[70FuryWagon]

Same color as my 70 Plymouth Custom Suburban wagon came with from the factory, unfortunately the previous owner thought the repaint he got it with was not close enough to factory specs, so he painted it "fleet" white (in his garage with paint from the hardware store). It is also 1 of less than 10,000, has factory AC but with a 318 (after market in-dash 8-track player too). The interior also got the "hardware store" treatment with taxi cab industrial vinyl for the seats and green painted plywood underlayment for the headliner. At least it runs good, and for about half the price of the Lennon wagon, I'm going to just throw some 70's vintage Rocket Turbine wheels on it with white letter tires and drive it.

 

[1978 NYB]

Very nice wagon!

 

[70FuryWagon]

Very nice wagon!

Thanks! It looks better in photos than in person. My dad bought a new one in 1970 (I was 13) and it was the car I grew up with for the 17 years that he owned it (learned to drive in it/passed my parallel parking test in it, first date in it, off to college in it, packed for family trips to WI, etc.). I found the car on CraigsList and had it shipped from Glen Burnie, MD in October. Here is a photo of our family wagon at our WI cabin property (that's the garage not the cabin) in 1987 (same motor, but with a 3rd seat, and no AC).

 

[Land Shark]

The car would of brought more at auction if they were able to prove that Yoko Ono never sat in the car.

 

[1978 NYB]

Thanks! It looks better in photos than in person. My dad bought a new one in 1970 (I was 13) and it was the car I grew up with for the 17 years that he owned it (learned to drive in it/passed my parallel parking test in it, first date in it, off to college in it, packed for family trips to WI, etc.). I found the car on CraigsList and had it shipped from Glen Burnie, MD in October. Here is a photo of our family wagon at our WI cabin property (that's the garage not the cabin) in 1987 (same motor, but with a 3rd seat, and no AC).

I was born and raised in Milwaukee and retired from the Army here in Aberdeen, Md in 1996. Glen Burnie is just on the other side of Baltimore. Very close to me. Where in Wisconsin is the cabin?

 

[cm23uoc]

Right next to Ed Gein's old shack