There's a similar story about Ronnie Hawkins in Toronto, who went into a British import dealer wearing jeans etc, and asked the dealer what was the price of the Rolls. The dealer told him, " You can't afford that sonny"
Ronnie, so the story goes, came back later that day, with a shopping bag filed with money, dumped it on the dealer's desk and asked "Is that enough. sir?" Oh, BTW, that ws in the mid '60's and Rolls were about $35, 000, within many people's budget :-) herb >In 1968 a few of us were bopping down Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, and >were along Auto Row. One of the group, "a raggedy looking hippy chick," >spied a car that caught her eye, walked into the showroom, and said she >wanted to buy it. The salesman treated her like trash ... his mistake. >The raggedy looking woman was Grace Slick, the lead singer for the very >popular (and quite successful) Jefferson Airplane.