Buddy Holly at the Austin car factory

[xayraa33]

Nearing the sad event of the 58th anniversary of his death this video shows found photos of Buddy Holly and his band members visiting the Austin car factory in the UK in March 1958.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VDZSLZ1vg

 

[MikeMGB]

As a Buddy Holly fan, and the owner of two MGs, this is awesome!

 

[andybrown]

So, even in the Fifties you needed a special car to regain the pleasure of driving; and that car was an Austin Healey !
As a complete irrelevance ; the first cars shown in the factory tour are Austin A40 Farina models, one of which I learned to drive in..the hour long lessons were a very expensive 17/6d each!