Yes I agree, but in this case the actual evidence on the car ties in perfect with the article which makes it more credible i.e. one is backing up the other and the people that wrote the articles in 1969 don't know the cars detail like we all do. If you wanted to go a step closer you would need to set up a tribunal and record all the evidence and this would be laughable to say the least!
Your kind of getting into the realm of what is black and why is it black and can the person that called it Black in the first place be trusted and had genuine motives. There comes a point if it like a pig and smells like a pig is got a 99% chance of being a pig but you will get some people the will say you can't be sure! and by the way I'm not calling anyone a pig!
Bit like the story of Epstein buying them all a Mini which was printed for years and years, still is, I always questioned where that little pig came from and as it turned out it was complete rubbish. Loads of here say like that, good to keep a healthy level of cynicism. Non of the crash stories I’ve read come from credible sources, with different cars suggested in them but yes very coincidental with the reshell, agreed. But facts? Bit thin on the ground so far.
I think the other thing with the Beatles is that they were so well loved that very few of their associates have written many revealing stories on them over the years, a very tight knit and loyal group of people, especially Terry Doran.
If you want that level of credibility, where do you get it and who is credible, if Neville Smyth or Peter Flanagan writes something on the topic could it be taken as credible? Neville Smyth owns many coachbuilt minis and people could say ‘That ass is only talking up coachbuilt cars to raise the value of his own cars to make money’ or They could say ‘Peter Flanagan has owned and sold up to 100 coopers in his life and is only in it for the money the same as Smyth and self promotion’ . So at the end of the day who is really credible? The same argument can be made about any topic on this forum! Nothing is ever concrete in this world! But this is why it is different when is comes to clear physical evidence in Period photos and the Actual surviving car!
I’m sure people can and will make their own mind up Nev. I’m still not inclined to believe stories I read on the internet with such little provenance. I’m sure people will make their own minds up about any of the things I say or you do. Not that many will be interested anyway or by now aren’t losing the will to live!
I Agree completely I was board of it a few pages ago, you always get that 1% that just won't agree for whatever the motives are. I answer try to answer as short and direct as possible. Looks like will we never agree on much TBH!
Thanks Al & Nippy . I took loads of close ups of George's car in particular, it was probably my only chance to get any given how infrequently it comes out to play.
Really wish I'd been able to do the whole weekend, it's a pity we can't be in two places at once!
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Fantastic, thanks Pete... I'd give my right arm to own any of those Beatles cars
(Off topic, I've made a start on fitting the period tinted glass into WMU which Andrew1967 kindly brought to Stanford Hall for me on Sunday, next job is to get the Elf / Hornet side trim rechromed and fitted on the car )
By the by, this car auctioned at Bonhams last year looks to have been fairly untouched - I thought the close up of the auxillary switch panel was interesting - both for the type of toggle switches (which look like Innocenti perhaps because the car was an Innocenti) but also for the labelling (what is a Trombo Horn I wonder)...
Photo (which you've seen before) of it as it was in 1966 below...
. I suppose through our eyes that will look horrendous but actually we could say that about the whole restoration. I doubt George would have seen it that way. The only relatively untouched Beatles Mini now seems to be the ex George/Peter Harrison 998 Radford Cooper.
and by the way I'm not calling anyone a pig! 
. I took loads of close ups of George's car in particular, it was probably my only chance to get any given how infrequently it comes out to play.