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Offline surfguitar58

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George Best... who ever that is...
« on: Wednesday,January 16, 2019, 05:49:14 AM »
Pinterest is always throwing random stuff at me and this morning pictures of footballer George Best and his Europa came up. (No pictures of him wearing a helmet, he must play for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL, which is why I've never heard of him  ;) )

Anyway, his UK registration number NNB730H is clearly visible, and I gather from this forum that in the UK reg numbers travel with the car for life. Just wondering if anyone on this forum ended up with this apparently famous car.

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Re: George Best... who ever that is...
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday,January 16, 2019, 08:41:44 AM »
I've not heard of anyone claiming to have George Best's old car, and given how big a celebrity he was in his day I think it might have been mentioned.

According to our DVLA (licensing thing) the car hasn't been taxed since 1984. That could mean it's been exported, used as a racer or is simply lying in a barn somewhere ripe for restoration. I don't know if this link will work or if you have to re-submit the reg. number, but this is what they have on record;

https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ViewVehicle

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Re: George Best... who ever that is...
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday,January 16, 2019, 02:04:49 PM »
Another yellow one.

I don't know how must George Best's ownership of the car would increase the value, but his passenger would put the price up for me considerably.
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Re: George Best... who ever that is...
« Reply #3 on: Thursday,January 17, 2019, 09:06:05 AM »
Quote from: 4129R on Wednesday,January 16, 2019, 02:04:49 PM
Another yellow one.

I don't know how must George Best's ownership of the car would increase the value, but his passenger would put the price up for me considerably.
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Re: George Best... who ever that is...
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday,March 27, 2019, 01:49:48 PM »
I stumbled into an article about George Best and this car. I don’t remember much about the article, but it provided one of my favorite quotes. He was credited with saying (and I might be paraphrasing) “I’ve spent most of my money on women, booze and cars.... everything else was just wasted!”
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Re: George Best... who ever that is...
« Reply #5 on: Thursday,March 28, 2019, 01:23:57 AM »
George Best was a genius footballer and the epitome of a 1960's playboy.

Another of his quotes was:

"If you'd given me the choice of going out and and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both"
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