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Old 29th January 2016, 03:01 PM
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Hi I was just checking the service booklet on the Audi and low and behold Robert Plant owned it from led zeppelin reg no,0002 YEA and he kept to 2009 when he bought the s8 interesting finding


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Old 29th January 2016, 03:14 PM
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Hi I was just checking the service booklet on the Audi and low and behold Robert Plant owned it from led zeppelin reg no,0002 YEA and he kept to 2009 when he bought the s8 interesting finding


cheers trev
Oooh yea! thats a find. Mind you, I hate to think might have been going on on those seats.....
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Old 29th January 2016, 03:23 PM
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Oooh yea! thats a find. Mind you, I hate to think might have been going on on those seats.....
Ha that was my thinking also I wonder lol
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Old 29th January 2016, 03:43 PM
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Get your forensic blacklight out...
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Old 29th January 2016, 03:59 PM
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For a moment I thought you had his crash repaired D3 S8. Nice bit of history to the car
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Old 29th January 2016, 04:55 PM
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For a moment I thought you had his crash repaired D3 S8. Nice bit of history to the car
Hi i thought a bought a lemon until I had a look on the net and it was a D3 S8 that he crashed
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Old 29th January 2016, 05:11 PM
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Hi i thought a bought a lemon until I had a look on the net and it was a D3 S8 that he crashed
That's correct. Crash was back in 2009 and that D3 was recently for sale on ebay but the car was in Poland.
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first owner of mine was Jimmy Nail, not really in the Robert Plant league, though it did get a mention in Brian Johnson's book as well

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Old 30th January 2016, 08:28 AM
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first owner of mine was Jimmy Nail, not really in the Robert Plant league, though it did get a mention in Brian Johnson's book as well

http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/rockers-rollers
Ha very good I've had mine for 2 years and I've only caught on now.
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first owner of mine was Jimmy Nail, not really in the Robert Plant league, though it did get a mention in Brian Johnson's book as well

http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/rockers-rollers
Good job the car was a lot better than Brian Johnson's book by the sound of the review lol
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