La casa de subastas Bonhams prepara para vender dos de los coches de Bill Wyman. La casa de subastas venderá un Mercedes-Benz S 1966 y Citroen Maserati SM 1971 el 26 de junio.
Wyman recordò del primer Mercedes con ventanas polarizadas , que "todo el mundo estaba haciendo ventanas oscuras" en ese momento. "Mercedes nunca había hecho cristales polarizados aunque, tuve que contribuir a la investigación sobre cómo hacerlo. Me costó alrededor de 350 libras.
"Luego, por supuesto, me detuvo todo el tiempo. La policía quería ver quién estaba en el ".
Wyman dijo que solía conducir su Mercedes alrededor de Londres y a Olympic Studios en Barnes para la grabación de los álbunes Beggars Banquet 1968 y el álbum Let It Bleed, en 1969.
"Cuando no estábamos en el estudio o de gira, lo conduje por Inglaterra con mi cámara, tomando fotos."
Después de el Mercedes llegó el Citroen Maserati. "En el momento en que vi el Maserati", "Pensé eso es todo! Se veía tan hermoso. Me mostraron ese increíble motor y los faros dobles ... y pensé, ¡increíble! Me enamoré de el ".
Wyman vivió en Vence, en el sur de Francia entre 1971 a 1982 y condujo su Maserati para grabar los álbumes Some Girls (1978), Emotional Rescue (1980) y Tattoo You (1981).
También condujo el coche a España, Italia e Inglaterra y dos veces para el festival de jazz de Montreux, donde tocó con Muddy Waters y Buddy Guy.
"Siento tener que decir adiós a estos dos coches", dijo Wyman. "Siento que ahora deben ir a gente que va a amar y cuidar de ellos tanto como yo."
Wyman vendió el Mercedes y lo compró de nuevo en un estado bastante ruinoso en 1991, momento en que las ventanas habían sido cambiadas. Se estima que obtendrá ente £ 20,000- £ 25.000.
El Citroën Maserati, el tipo de coche que habría sido utilizado como coche presidencial frances en la década de 1970, se estima en £ 35.000 £ 40.000.
Bill Wyman , owner of a custom-fitted Mercedes – recalls how he fell in love with his Citroën Maserati (both at auction)
It was 1966 and Mick Jagger and Brian Jones had blacked-out windows in their Minis so, naturally, Rolling Stones bandmate Bill Wyman had to go one better: helping to pay for the research and development for Mercedes-Benz to follow suit.
The story of how Wyman got hold of the first Mercedes with blacked out windows has emerged as Bonhams auction house prepare to sell two of the rock star’s cars. The auction house will sell a 1966 Mercedes-Benz S and a 1971 Citroen Maserati SM at its Festival of Speed sale on 26 June.
Wyman recalled that “everyone was getting blacked-out windows” at the time. “Mercedes had never done blacked-out windows though, so I had to contribute to the research on how to make them. It cost me about £350.
“Then, of course, I got stopped all the time. The police usually wanted to see who was in it.”
Wyman said he used to drive his Mercedes around London and to Olympic Studios in Barnes for the recording of the 1968 album Beggars Banquet and the 1969 album Let It Bleed, featuring Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
“When we weren’t in the studio or touring, I drove it around England with my camera, taking photos.”
After the Mercedes came a Maserati. “The minute I saw the Maserati,” said Wyman. “I thought this is it! It looked so beautiful. They showed me that incredible engine and the double headlights ... and I thought, incredible! I fell in love with it.”
Wyman lived in Vence in the South of France between 1971-82 and drove his Maserati to Paris to record the albums Some Girls (1978), Emotional Rescue (1980) and Tattoo You (1981).
“I’d drive it to Keith Richards’ place in Cap Ferrat, to record Exile on Main Street and I’d drive to Paris and back, an eight-hour journey each way.”
Wyman recalled zipping over in his Maserati to see his new circle of friends on the Cote d’Azur, people such as the artists Marc Chagall and César and the writer James Baldwin. “I’d also drive to Monte Carlo to hang out with Ringo and Spiros and Philip Niarchos of the Greek shipping family.”
He also drove the car to Spain, Italy and England and twice to the Montreux jazz festival where he played with the likes of Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy.
“I am sorry to say goodbye to these two cars,” said Wyman. “I feel they should now go to people who will love and take care of them as much as I have.”
Wyman sold the Mercedes and bought it back in a rather dilapidated condition in 1991, by which time the windows had been changed. It is estimated that it will fetch £20,000-£25,000.
The Citroën Maserati, the kind of car that would have been used as a French presidential car in the 1970s, is estimated at £35,000-£40,000.
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