SAVILE ROW SUPERSTAR
His voice is unmistakeable. Older and a little reedier than we remember from all those famous film and TV clips, but still underpinned by that characteristic Scouse twang. Yes, it is definitely him. Sir Paul McCartney, former Beatle, founder of Wings and so much more, has called to talk about the Lamborghini 400GT that he reputedly owned in the late 1960s.
Reputedly, because it has never conclusively been proven that Paul – he has no time for titles – actually owned or even drove this car. The internet is awash with claims that he did, the rumours based on a few fleeting glimpses of a red 400GT parked outside the Apple Corps office on Savile Row during the Beatles’ famous rooftop gig in January 1969. But he’s never spoken publicly about it. Until now.
‘I’m not a very technical guy, as any of my roadies will tell you,’ he apologises at the start of our conversation. ‘I’d originally had Aston Martins, a DB5 and 6, and I loved them. After that, I decided I’d get a Lamborghini. I’m not exactly sure when, but it was towards the end of the ’60s. January ’68 [the date our feature car was registered] sounds about right. It was red, I liked it, a flash motor. I went everywhere in it.
‘My main recollection is of breaking down
