A few bits of observation

[stevem]

Hi all,

I'm a bit of an independent researcher but not usually on this type of topic.
Had to stick my oar in due to a few things I noticed after stumbling on all of this a few days ago and it's grabbed my attention.

I'd like to start with the beetle that's parked almost completely on the pavement in the Abbey road cover image. I don't think the number itself, LMW 281F, has any hidden code
(private plate) but it may provide information that links in a way that nobody has thought of. I have a sneaky suspicion that it might once have belonged to one of the Beatles..
Couple of reasons for that..
1. it's parked in a manner that says "sod it, that'll do" (wasn't enough traffic back then to warrant the need to park in such a way)
2. It's just over a year old. The car was first registered in Swindon (the MW part of the plate is the code for Swindon) in 1968. so why is it in North London on that particular day?

Date of first registration 10 April 1968
Cylinder capacity (cc) 1493cc
Tax due: 30 September 1986

vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
We need to do a search for the previous owners which can be done via DVLA upon request and maybe some other sites. I've tried to find a freebie but most want money.
Was hoping to get a quick result.

I also don't think the police vans presence has any mystery behind it either. Coppers have a built-in curiosity, more so when they have nothing to do and they just like to
observe new or strange events to shorten a long day.

With regards to the image of the body hanging from the crashed car. That does not look like an Aston Martin. If it was,then the persons hands would be making very
close contact with the road. Also the car appears to be white. Pauls Aston was green..
invanddis.proboards.com/thread/3838

Mention was made of the Mini and Aston logo's in the above thread as to how they both have wings. Faul created the band wings..

Angels have wings.. Is this an "he's up there with the angels" message?

Oddly, George's Aston was white..


Did Paul take George's car?
Can we get the reg number for this car and do a check to see if it was written off around the time of the supposed crash?
Was Paul out of his mind on drugs when he drove off?
Is that what's meant by it all being in his head? (paranoia)
Was he an addict and a bit of a loose cannon in the group?
Is this the reason why Faul made the claim of taking LSD? In order to hint towards an earlier time where miss-use was rife?

I saw a thread here the other day that contained a long list of images (I think they are stills from a video) and you were all discussing their meanings.
One of those images was of two hands shaking and one hands thumb was a snake.
Someone suggested a masonic link.. But there's also this...

You don't bite the hand that feeds you..

Was Paul off the rails and taking advantage of his fame and fortune with drug use and girls? Had he upset too many of the wrong people? Was he silenced?
There were a few more images there that I had thoughts on so if someone can provide a link to that set, I'd greatly appreciate it..

The killer for me though is in this bit of video.
at 1.39 Letterman mentions about a guy that looked like Paul taking his place. Faul then says "this is him" and points at himself. That alone is enough to warrant investigation.
It's an admission that he is the guy who took Paul's place. Watch his eyes dart to the floor after he makes that comment..


Edit to add;
The white beetle from the album cover LMW 281F.. Doesn't appear to have been scrapped from what I can currently tell as the last road tax was due in '86.
Therefore, someone still owns it and has it in storage which means they know what they have got and its potential value.
So who has it?

[beacon]

Hi stevem, interesting post.

According to this site the VW was sold at Sotheby's in 1986. Not sure I agree about LMW 281F being a private plate though.

Harrison's Aston seems to have had the registration KMT 499C but most records claim it was silver.

[stevem]

Oct 11, 2016 5:27:32 GMT -5 beacon said:

the VW was sold at Sotheby's in 1986. Not sure I agree about LMW 281F being a private plate though.

Harrison's Aston  KMT 499C 

Then we know for sure that the VW has been put into storage.. most definitely so according to this

currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.

www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-196009,00.html

It was also supposedly owned by a resident of abbey road, but for that we really need to do a previous owner check. The '86 sale ties in with the date of the tax expiring.

I do not think LMW was a private plate either, even though there are some that suggest the 281F was supposed to mean that it would have been Paul's 28th birthday.. ??

There is no record for KMT 499C on the gov.uk vehicle enquiry site. So it is either an incorrect plate number and never existed on an Aston or the records for such a vehicle have been destroyed.. which would be a bugger if anyone ever found a pic of George's Aston with that number on it..

With regards to number plates and any "message" in them, you gotta love Lennons..
It says BILL

[B]

So who has it?

[stevem]

Well I'll be blowed.. KMT 499C Seems there may be something wrong with the Gov.uk site, but what a vehicle not to have on its database. I can only wonder as to how it is not on there.

Vehicle details could not be found as it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled. If you want to check the vehicle record held by DVLA...

Definitely not silver..

[stevem]

Oct 11, 2016 10:48:49 GMT -5 B said:

Way to go 
Nice pic.. wonder if that is at the museum or private ownership..?

[B]

In the interest of honesty and disclosure and all that....

The picture I posted isn't really it.

But I couldn't resist.

That said, the car shown in the picture was owned by a person who became famous, and who also died.

[stevem]

Oct 11, 2016 11:31:20 GMT -5 B said:

The picture I posted isn't really it.

But I couldn't resist.

That said, the car shown in the picture was owned by a person who became famous, and who also died.

Amazing how the world turns..

...and here is the real one on display in 2001 ...



Source contains some nice little facts and info about the abbey road shoot..

It would seem that the beetle was deliberately placed considering the black and white image shows another car parked in the same place earlier in the day. Info in the source states
the beetle was owned by someone living in one of the flats nearby. If this is true, then serendipity would have played a great part in making that number plate mean anything.

Trying to look at it from an artistic point of view, you've got the beatles and  happen to have a white beetle nearby.. You'd move heaven and hell to get the two together..
The photographer may have demanded that beetle being put there and the other car moved.

Judging the length of the shadows on the ground, I'd estimate the time to be approx 11am.

The cigarette Faul is holding does not appear to be lit. It's an odd way to hold one too.. Plus there is that saying that every cig you have is "another nail in the coffin"

[stevem]

Sorry if any of the things I've touched on have already been mentioned.. There's a lot to read in many places.
I'm amazed as to how often particular items crop up rather than there being a balanced mix of things.

That said, I'm going back to the "white" Aston Martin and to a couple of things from the Sgt. Peppers album cover.

Like I said earlier, Paul's Aston was green, George's Aston was white. So who's car was he driving? Did Paul take George's car?
I did a search with regards to the number plate on George's Aston..

No longer exists!!

This can be due to one of two things.

It's been scrapped (after crash damage?) or it's had a private number plate added to it at some point.

A search brought this up..

A 1965 Aston Martin DB5 once owned by Beatles guitarist George Harrison fetched some 350,000 GBP ($549,045) at a recent Coys of London Auction. The car sold for some 150,000 GBP ($235,305) over pre-auction estimates, thanks to a bidding war between several interested collectors.

source

But there's a problem.
The car now appears to be a completely different colour with a new registration number. If this is a private number plate, then why on earth would they end it with the year of first registration? Why, oh why, would it be in need of a full respray?
If you'd bought a car belonging to someone so famous you would most surely want to keep it in its original spec as possible.
A full respray and plate change has either been done by a nutter wanting the car to have 'their mark' on it, or to cover up that the car has been completely rebuilt after a major crash (Or it's a cut-and-shut, one car created out of the parts of two, a very common practice back in the day. Any skilled mechanic could easily cut out a VIN number and weld it into a donor car)

So the new reg number KPP 4C (Pepper Pot?)



So onwards to the pepper cover..

It would seem many are thinking that the yellow flowers represent a bass guitar, but what about the flowers to the left of it and the 'flower' further to the left again?

The flowers next to the guitar look like a shovel. A grave diggers shovel...

The purple flower further to the left may either be an orchid or a lily. either way, the colour is significant.

I've spent some time trying to find a 5 petaled flower that resembles what's on the cover as well as trying to assign it with a funeral. Lilies and orchids are the only things close to this, but the amount of petals seems to vary slightly, this may not be important.

Purple orchid;
"I will always love you"
A purple orchid symbolizes royalty, admiration, and respect. You can gift one to someone you look up to.


Purple lily;

Purple lilies are royal flowers. First in color, second in shape. Their trumpet shaped blooms announce a ceremonial event. A majestic crowning, the presence of a prince and princess, of a king and a queen. Are a symbol of royalty. The lily alone represents innocence, purity and beauty and combined with the regal color, purple can only lead to a chic representation of royalty. Purple lilies are special flowers that are used on special occasions. They are a symbol of majesty and honor.


This particular purple lily is the closest in colour and design that I could find that compares to the album flower.

[beacon]

stevem - there are certainly some interesting anomolies in the history of the Beatles' cars. I checked the DVLC site for George's Aston KPP 4C and it says that it was manufactured in 1964, but that it was first registered in 2004 - and that it is now green! Clearly it has been resprayed and re-registered. Presumably it was off the road for some time and whoever has it now either does not know of its past, or simply doesn't care.

Of course you are basing your assumptions on there having been a fatal car crash in the first place, which, I would suggest, is a moot point.

For example, this site, which contains some details on Beatles' motors, suggests that Paul popped his clogs in an Austin Healey - which is a new one on me and I have read a lot of theories!

With regard to Pepper and its meanings and symbolism I suggest you read my excellent tome 'The Sgt. Pepper Code'.

[delysid]

Oct 13, 2016 4:52:44 GMT -5 beacon said:

stevem - there are certainly some interesting anomolies in the history of the Beatles' cars. I checked the DVLC site for George's Aston KPP 4C and it says that it was manufactured in 1964, but that it was first registered in 2004 - and that it is now green! Clearly it has been resprayed and re-registered. Presumably it was off the road for some time and whoever has it now either does not know of its past, or simply doesn't care.

Of course you are basing your assumptions on there having been a fatal car crash in the first place, which, I would suggest, is a moot point.

For example, this site, which contains some details on Beatles' motors, suggests that Paul popped his clogs in an Austin Healey - which is a new one on me and I have read a lot of theories!

With regard to Pepper and its meanings and symbolism I suggest you read my excellent tome 'The Sgt. Pepper Code'.

Yes on the 'assuming there was a fatal car crash'. I think a lot of us here would agree that several stories have been conflated to form the 'died in car crash' before you even get near any clues or Tavistock Institutes.
The argument where Paul stormed off DID occur, when he was told to f*ck off by Lennon while attempting to take control of the latter's song 'She Said She Said', the only 'performed as band' song they put on record which didn't have Paul playing bass, as George finished the track on bass after his departure from the session. But that didn't happen at any date near when the rumours of car crashes specify a death occurred.
Once you add an actual car crash (Browne) and a Beatle reference to it ('A Day in the Life') you DO genuinely get to an understandable worried-fans kick-off of the 'Paul Is Dead' vibe that finally exploded after Fred LaBour's genial prank collation and additions to all existing rumours in '69.
The actual decision by the fab four to cash in their beatle suits and dress like actors who are between movies by observing and extending a long tradition of growing beards and looking very different than the hit part they've just played, AND their dedication to mastering studio technology and taking their songs well away from 'Thank You Girl for please pleasing me sending all your loving yeah yeah yeah' territory and it's not really a surprise that confusions ruled.

Of course, judging by the general level of Beatle scholarship among PID-enthusiasts, particularly in this century (Tina Foster, I'm looking you in your third eye), it doesn't seem like many of the actual Beatle fans with first-hand knowledge of the period pursued PID once zealots who I say are actually, a lot of them, part of the 'Make America Great Again (Like It Was Before Those Beatles Ended Segregated Gigs' took control of what should be fun, not politics. But that's just my 'left-wing pinko-liberal' opinion from watching too much Hilary TV (as you know, Beacon, she has a dedicated channel in the UK

I think the 'Austin Healy' story comes from the 'Paul McCartney Really is Dead' mockumentary (which I refer to as 'Mocks Well') which *may* be intended as disinformation to put off informed Beatle fans discovering PID but is definitely intended to aggravate PID-enthusiasts by getting everything annoyingly wrong in a way that parodies how annoyingly wrong they often get it anyway, from the perspective of a person who's actually read a Beatle biography or seventeen.

Oh how we laughed

And thank you Mister Beacon for your 2016 revision freebie of The Sgt Pepper Code. I bought the original and enjoyed it and enjoyed the new update all the more.
Keep on keepin on!