PSYCHIC cutlery-twister Uri Geller has a cherished Caddy which comes with its own spoon - several thousand in fact.

The renowned mystic who lives near Reading has loaned his 1976 Cadillac to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in the New Forest - complete with its unique personalisation of 5,000 contorted pieces of cutlery riveted to the bodywork.

Uri's car, christened The Geller Effect, has been on show in Jerusalem and Baltimore in America, but will spend the summer and autumn in the foyer of the UK's top shrine to motoring.

To capture The Geller Effect for an extended season is seen as quite a coup for Beaulieu, and organisers hope that Uri himself will pay a visit in the next few weeks.

Museum spokesman Margaret Rowles said: "It is one of the most extraordinary cars we have ever had on display.

"Each piece of cutlery is from Uri's collection and was once owned by someone famous. There are spoons and forks which belonged to five American presidents, three prime ministers, actors like Rock Hudson and James Dean, and notorious figures like Rasputin. Even Elvis Presley's spoon is here somewhere."

And Uri has not finished adding to the metalwork on his car.

"We are expecting Uri to send us some more spoons soon which are estimated to be over 3,000 years old. It seems a shame he's going to bend them!" said Margaret.

"But the bronze age spoons won't be riveted on. As they are so old and precious they'll be fastened to the car with wire."

The Caddy is also designed to carry an anti-war message.

The word "peace" in several different languages is worked into the pattern of cutlery on the offside panels of the car. And according to Uri Geller's website, he has plans to drive The Geller Effect through Jorden, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Iraq in support of peace in the Middle East.

The Geller Effect is on display in the foyer of the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, until November 9.