On the cover of the Beatles Abbey Road album there's a white VW Beetle pictured on the left with a license plate of LMW 281F? Who owned this bug and what happened to it. Did it go the way of the Beatles or the Beetles? Eric Fritnat, Oxford, UK The car's owner was a resident of Abbey Road, and it was pure coincidence the car was parked there. This according to the photographer who I interviewed a couple of years ago. I once heard the original Beetle is now in the official Volkswagen museum in Germany. Johan van Slooten, Urk Netherlands Well according to Wikipedia, the car was sold at auction in 1986 for $23,000 and is currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. Max Wurr, Stanmore, United Kingdom I remember in early 80s (83 or 84) my local newspaper the 'St. Albans Review' (I delivered it as a paperboy) had an article about a man who bought this cheap second hand white beetle for about £400 - After buying it his friend noticed the number plate got out his Abbey Road album cover - and saw same number plate LMW 281F - article said he then insured it to thousands. Contact the 'St Albans Review' newspaper - I'd guess they have the article in their archive. Mike Mikadze, St. Albans, UK My relative bought a VW Beatle convertible registered to the late John Lennon. It's parked in his garage. He bought it at Christie's NY a long time ago. It came with an original registration with John's signature and it's only got 2000 miles on it. Armando La'O, Sacramento California, US The 28if was also rumour of Paul's death as he would have been 28 when A.R. Came out, IF he were alive Doug Williams, Vancouver Washington USA http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lglp0597+abbey-road-album-cover-the-beatles-poster.jpg lifted this lot to save typing it all
Awesome Album Plus you can watch people live nearly being run over as they try to re-create the album cover http://www.abbeyroad.com/crossing
Yep looks like it was 1986 The vehicle details for LMW 281F are: Date of Liability 30 09 1986 Date of First Registration 10 04 1968 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1493cc CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type PETROL Export Marker N Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour WHITE Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
is that camera facing the same direction of the beatles album? i'm finding it hard to visualise the scene.
This crossing in St johns wood now has a grade II listed status as the council were trying to move it. it does get annoying on that road when people just stand there for 5 mins looking at images on there ruddy iphones and blocking the road in the rush hour. there is also an abbey road station in east london. that get a load of tourists going there by mistake. > >
But its not the real crossing as that got removed and this one added many years back now so all those sad people aren't getting what they think and could do the same on any crossing.
It's only a few metres Ricky, its because the web cam isent at the same angle as the picture was taken , it's loads higher , click TWC,s link and you can see its very similar.
