i don't have a shot of it,but i do remember seeing him in a 56? ford p.u. with CROWN ELECTRIC on the door. i think???
His modern Stutz Blackhawk was in the driveway at Graceland the year we visited there during the NSRA Street Rod Nationals. No tours because he was home.
I remember that day at the Nats. We sat on the front lawn near the entrance gate and talked with his uncle (or it may have been his dad) for a while. We waited for a long time. Somebody hollered "there he goes' and we saw the Stutz pull away from the house and go out a back entrance. He was probably heading of to the airport to get away or something. It was a fun night for sure!
C.W. Elvis had a natural talent, sing and play guitar ....that is harder to do than most think.....greats like Elvis, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Jimmy Hendrix can't grow old.....wouldn't suit them.
No, really, forget the Caddys, here is further proof he preferred the BMW Isetta. Look at the quality of chick Isettas attract. He was no dummy. LOL
HE'S ALIVE!! ...this thread that is... sorry for reviving this old thread but I don't know where to turn to. I'm searching for pics and info of the truck Elvis drove in '53/'54 for the Crown Electric Company, before recording his first single at SUNrecords. Hollywood wants us to believe it was a Ford F-1. But I came across a pic of a F-100 elvis supposed to have driven: Does anyone have some more info on this subject? pics/history/links I know of a painting that has been made of it by a famous automotive painter... But I'm not able to find it on the web anymore... Thanks!
One thing that seems to get lost is the fact that actors and performers didn't own all the vehicles they were photographed with. Elvis didn't own the 32 Roadster, Hendrix didn't own the chopper he's sitting on, on one of his album covers. I hope this reality doesn't interfere with anyone's perceptions. Larry T
heheh, ofcourse, but aren't these threads all about finding out more about the history of these so-called cars-of-the-stars? Finding out who really DID own them... Or better yet, (in some cases) who built them...
He owned the orange Meyers Manx he drove in the movie "Live a Little, Love a Little" that resides now at Graceland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6m5KM4Zl64
I read that in his last years Elvis would drive that big fiberglass Stutz around Beverly Hills with his Elvis suit on. In his early days Elvis was a Cadilac man for sure.
That's a great clip! Thanks fot sharing. Still searching for pics/clips/info on the Crown Electric Company-truck Elvis drove in 1953/1954...
Elvis and Mary Kathleen Selph on a 1971 Electra Glide with the optional "Sparkling America" factory paint.
Seeing as somebody else has brought this thread back from the dead, I figured that I would add this that I found the other day. It's from 1956, and although I'm pretty sure his enormous fame stopped him from achieving his goal, I think it's pretty killer that the King was a hot Rodder at heart when he was young and the coolest thing on the planet. Paul
There was Stutz Blackhawk in his drive when my wife and I were at the Graceland gate at the Memphis NSRA Nationals in the mid 70s'
If that's a true story, it's a cool one! Thanks for sharing. (Still searching for pics/clips/info on the Crown Electric Company-truck Elvis drove in 1953/1954...)
This perception of Elvis as being grotesquely fat is unfair. Up until just two or three years before his death he was much like he appeared in the 1968 Comeback Special. Yes, he put some weight on (but not as much as popular legend would have us believe). These days celebrities gain and loose weight almost as a form of self promotion. George Clooney is not forever branded as a fat fucker because he had a paunch in Syriana. Aloha from Hawaii in 1974.