A Beatles fanatic .................... his Fab Four dream a reality by splashing out on his very own yellow submarine.

Doug Poole, 73, found a second hand three seater racing sub online while .............. the 1968 Beatles classic at home in Pembroke, West Wales.

The retired mechanic had originally............. a different Canadian-made sub worth $58,000 which he couldn't afford.

But after contacting the UK dealer for the second hand model, he made the purchase and immediately .............it yellow in honour of his pop heroes.

Father-of-three Mr Poole said: 'Like everyone back then in the Sixties, I was a big Beatles ........... when I was younger.

'It's not everyone's favourite Beatles one but you can't sing 'We all live in a yellow submarine' without a smile ............... onto your face.

'One day I ...........in yellow submarine into my computer and I saw one for sale. I just knew then that I had to get one.'

Mr Poole ............two years renovating the sub after it was originally painted black and used for Royal Navy underwater filming in Portsmouth.

He's taken the submarine out for test runs in the Pembroke docks near where he lives and is now preparing for his first ............submersion.

'While you're in the submarine you sit in an air bubble which means your feet are underwater but the rest .........you stays dry.

So you can have a sandwich and a coffee ............... you're going along - and singing the Beatles.'