John Lennon’s Rolls-Royce Phantom—ideal for magical mystery-touring, and successfully negotiating the occasional flashback—is heading back to England. The iconic ride, which has evolved into a symbol of the liberated sensibilities of the era, which championed the individual over all, is being displayed as an entry in the Rolls exhibit ‘The Great Eight Phantoms’; the exhibit will run at Bonham’s in London toward the end of this month.

The 1965 Phantom V was originally finished in Valentine Black, and remained Valentine Black for the first two years of Lennon’s ownership. He did, however, have the rear of the car converted into a mobile living room, with a double bed and a stereo.

In 1967, after a harrowing amount of time spent on the road, the car was in need of refinishing. It is sometimes assumed that Lennon had the car painted by The Fool, the Dutch collective who painted Eric Clapton’s Cream-era Gibson SG guitar, and Janis Joplin’s Porsche Cabriolet. But, in fact, only the gypsy caravan theme was suggested by The Fool. The paint job itself was the work of J.P. Fallon, coachbuilder, and a local artist named Steve Weaver.

In 1970, the car was shipped to the U.S., where it served as a psychedelic conveyance for many prominent musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. It was purchased in the 1970’s by billionaire James Pattison, who eventually donated the car to the Royal British Columbia Museum in Vancouver, B.C., its current home.