Jon Blistein
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John Bonham performing with Led Zeppelin in 1977. Richard E. Aaron/Redferns Fans of classic cars and classic rock will have the chance to bid on a car once owned (and maybe crashed) by Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham.
The drummer’s 1972 Jensen Interceptor III will hit the block via Iconic Auctioneers this Saturday, July 25, starting at 11 a.m. local time in the U.K. The reef blue car with the red interior is expected to fetch between £40,000 – £50,000 (between $53,000 and $66,000).
The listing for the Interceptor doesn’t say much about Bonham’s relationship with this particular car, other than the fact that his association with it is “well documented.” What exactly that means — beyond there being a solid paper trail confirming Bonham’s ownership — is a somewhat open question.
It’s possible, though, that this is the same Jensen Interceptor that Bonham drove into a ditch in September 1977. Both Bob Spitz’s 2021 Zeppelin biography and Chris Salewicz’s 2018 Jimmy Page biography mention this incident, which involved a Jensen Interceptor.
In Spitz’s slightly more vivid telling, Bonham was driving his Interceptor home from a pub in the Worcestershire village of Cutnall Green. Bonham was “speeding as usual, shitfaced as usual” when his Interceptor spun off the road and landed in a ditch. The crash reportedly flung the drummer sideways, and he broke two of his ribs. He was, however, able to get himself out of the car and stumble the rest of the way home.
