Thank you to the U.S., U.K., and Australia international AskMen.com websites for their mention of RocknRollCars and listing Rod Pitman’s stolen Austin Princess Limo as Number 3 on their “Top 10: Beatles’ Cars” List:

http://www.askmen.com/top_10/cars/top-10-beatles-rides_1p.html

http://uk.askmen.com/top_10/cars/top-10-beatles-rides_3.html

http://au.askmen.com/top_10/cars/top-10-beatles-rides_3.html

According to Rod Pitman, of Portland OR:

“A person of interest in the theft of my Beatles Car is thought to be living in the U.K. or in Australia. He helped run Paradise Valley Motors [they were better thieves then businessmen ... went bankrupt right after the car was stolen] in Phoenix, AZ 23 years ago. Anyone that might have any information on the vehicle or wants more info on the The Austin Princess can contact @rocknrollcars or @7thscreen on Twitter. There is justice in the world.”

“Thanks for your help.”

-Rod Pitman, Executive Producer
-Hempsters - Plant The Seed www.hempstersthemovie.com
-Portland, Oregon

The latest rumor is that the car is in the Pittsburgh Penn area in a rare car collection.

Pitman is also looking for an attorney with criminal and litigation experience, who would be willing to take the car on [at least initially] as a pro bono client. Contact Pitman directly via Twitter @7thscreen or email us: car@rocknrollcars.com if you can help, or if you think you have a lead in the case of the missing Beatles car.

Thanks for any help that you can provide.

Regards,
Eva Abreu, Editor
RocknRollCars.com

A recent comment was posted on my Flickr page in response to the missing Beatles car photo, currently owned by Rod Pitman:

“Not really sure this paticular car was owned by the beatles the beatles tour limo had a registration number beginingn with BOY the same car was used on the set of their film Hard Days Night not sure where this particular car came from but Ian Coombes of the princess club might know more” –posted by Flickr user: Andy4475

Looking for more leads on this case. Rod Pitman (@7thscreen on Twitter) is using the art of transmedia storytelling to locate the car which he believes to still be in someone’s collection in The United States after it was stolen back in the 80’s. And there is a reward!

Contact us if you have any information that Rod can follow up with: email: car {at} rocknrollcars {dot} com

Here’s a photocopy of the original UK Registration Book, provided by Rod Pitman, Portland Oregon, including the signature of Brian Epstein, showing that the Beatles LTD, London, were the new owners of the car on Sept. 15, 1966:

~Eva Abreu, Editor, Follow us on Twitter: @RocknRollCars

No need leads in the case of the missing Beatles car, a black 1965 Austin Princess limo, currently owned by Rod Pitman of Portland, Oregon (UK Registration Mark FGO 586C,Serial# VDM4 16087). We need your help to be on the look out for this automobile; there’s a reward offered if the car is recovered.

There’s a long history to Pitman’s Beatles car, which we’ll go into more detail in future posts. In reviewing certified copies of original documentation provided by Pitman, the first owner of the Austin Princess limo was apparently a mortuary in the U.K. which purchased the new automobile in September of 1965. After a year, the car was then sold to the Beatles Ltd of London on September 15, 1966. Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed the original U.K. vehicle registration book on behalf of the Beatles for the purchase of the car (see Pitman’s documentation here).

If cars could talk, I wonder what back seat stories this one could tell, with it’s original owners being a mortuary and The Beatles?

Contact us via email at: car {at} rocknrollcars {dot} com if you think you might have a lead in this case. Pitman seems to think his former Beatles car is still within the United States, but we’ll open up the search to anywhere in the world.

If you have any information or sources of photos for this particular vehicle, especially from it’s early days in the U.K., we’d like to hear from you as well.

Thank you for your help.
Eva Abreu, Editor
@RocknRollCars on Twitter
If you have your own rock n roll car story that you’d like to share, we’d love to hear about it.