Bob Marley’s Vary Rover heads to public sale this month
Experiences are {that a} Vary Rover believed to have belonged to Jamaica’s reggae icon Bob Marley is heading to public sale in March.
Initially in Masai Crimson, it’s stated that the automotive was painted a mix of black, inexperienced, and blue by a few of Bob’s eleven youngsters, and could possibly be bought for as a lot as £150,000 as soon as restored.
In response to experiences, the unique registration doc bore the identify “Robert Nesta Marley” when it was discovered and the 1980 Vary Rover was made only one yr earlier than his dying in 1981.
It is usually stated to be one in all two Land Rovers owned by Marley and is believed to have been acquired via an agent who dealt immediately with the Marley household.
Experiences are that it was shipped from Solihull to Germany, then to Jamaica, and was commonly shipped between the U.Ok. and Jamaica.
Simon Langsdale of Traditional Automobile Auctions, who sourced the automotive revealed that the ex-Bob Marley Vary Rover might be supplied at a public public sale.
The Vary Rover is one in all many automobiles coming to public sale as CCA’s first sale of 2023 on the Sensible Classics Traditional Automobile and Restoration Present.
“This distinctive alternative to buy not solely an early suffix instance however one with historical past linked to the legendary reggae star – I’m positive it’ll appeal to large curiosity. Absolutely restored examples have bought for as a lot as £130,000 lately; however with a celeb hyperlink that may add as much as 20 per cent in worth so this can be a nice funding choice. However for a real Bob Marley fan who can also be a petrolhead, proudly owning this Vary Rover might be one thing past value and is a once-in-a-lifetime alternative,” Langsdale stated.