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Posted by:wildflower66 Wild flower 484 days ago 
A Ferrari is a heck of a first car to start off with. But then John Lennon was a heck of a guy. The famous singer-songwriter and Beatles frontman didn't get his driver's license until 1965. By then he was 25 and one of the most famous – and famously wealthy – figures in the world. So when news broke, car dealers didn't wait for him to come to their showrooms; they brought their showrooms to him. The dealers lined up outside his residence at Kenwood with Maseratis, Aston Martins, Jaguars and this '65 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2. Lennon ultimately picked out the blue Ferrari for £2,000, and though he soon bought a Rolls-Royce Phantom V and a Mini to go with it, the 330 GT will always have been his first car.
The French racing blue GT is now heading to the auction block in Paris under consignment to Bonhams for February 5 with pre-sale estimates placing its value around €120,000 – 170,000 ($155-220k). Details can be found in the press release after the jump.
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Posted by:wildflower66 Wild flower 555 days ago
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469 - 1539)
- April 15, 1469 (Samvat 1526)
Birth Place : Rai Bhoin's Talwandi (Shaikhupur)
(Now in Pakistan)
Father : Mehta Kalu (Mehta Kalyan Dass)
Mother : Mata Tripta Ji
Sister : Nanki Ji
Spouse : Sulakhni Ji
Samvat 1544
: Pakhoke Randhawa (Gurdaspur)
Father-in-law : Mool Chand Ji
Sons : Sri Chand (Samvat 1551 - 1494 AD)
Lakhmi Dass (Samvat 1553 - 1497 AD)
Udasis (Travels) : Four
First Udasi (Travel) : East
Second Udasi (Travel) :
Third Udasi (Travel) :
Fourth Udasi (Travel) :
Duration of Udasis : 22 Years
Udesh :
Bani :
Main Karaj :
Death : September 22, 1539
Death Place : Kartarpur (Punjab) India
Travels (Udassies) of Guru Nanak Dev
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Posted by:wildflower66 Wild flower 1332 days ago
The weeklong meet-up in Richmond, Ford says, was the largest gathering of Model Ts since the company began cranking them out. By 1921, according to the automaker, the Model T accounted for almost 57 percent of worldwide automobile production. It was also the best-selling vehicle of all time until 1972, when the Volkswagen Beetle overtook it, according to Ford.
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Posted by:wildflower66 Wild flower 1332 days ago
Whatever catches your fancy amid today's evolving automotive technology--the Chevy Volt, the Roadster or the sedan from Tesla, perhaps a hydrogen-equipped BMW, or something in the X Prize realm--you'd do well to pause and reflect on the legacy of the Model T. It was 100 years ago--on October 1, 1908, to be exact--that Ford Motor built the very first of the iconic gasoline-powered automobiles to be sold. By the time formal production halted in May 1927, more than 15 million had been built, and American lives and landscapes had been set on a very new road. (Read more)
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Posted by:wildflower66 Wild flower 1443 days ago
Elizabeth Blackwell - (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was the first female doctor in the United States and the first on the UK Medical Register. She was the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in educating women in medicine in the United States, and was prominent in the emerging women's rights movement.
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Posted by:wildflower66 Wild flower 1549 days ago
National Geographic's Photographer Steve Mccurry captured one of the most famous portraits the world had ever seen. the Afghan Girl with the haunting green eyes captivated everyone. That captivation proved, once again, the power of photography to open the Eyes_and Hearts & Minds_with a single Image.
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