A white 1961 Rolls-Royce owned by Pensacola real-estate attorney Jim Reeves looks almost identical to the 1965 Rolls-Royce that the legendary John Lennon used to promote the Beatles’ self-named album, commonly referred to as the White Album. The cars are so similar that Reeves’ model is often mistaken for Lennon’s. It’s been part of Pensacola folklore of more than four decades.
In fact, the Pensacola News Journal reported throughout the 1980s that former Mariner Mall owner Wallace Yost owned a “John Lennon Rolls-Royce.” Others claimed the same. “Lennon’s Rolls-Royce” was touted by a sales and promotion agent as one of the showstoppers for the first trade show at the the Pensacola Civic Center (now known as the Pensacola Bay Center) in 1985.
That same Rolls-Royce now belongs to Reeves, but it’s not Lennon’s, according to Jalopnik, a site dedicated to cars, the automotive industry, racing, and transportation culture…