Weird reading about his '54 Cadillac going up in flames.Same thing happened to the Cadillac hearse that carried Elvis in his funeral a few years after Elvis was buried.The Cadillac hearse caught fire and burned down on the side of the road
im pretty sure he shouit his Detamaso Pantera inthe dash after it wouldnt start(think it was the king) and yes Pantera's are cool!!
Here's a link to a photo gallery of some of what he owned.The first two(Drag Car and Nascar Ford) were sponsored by the Elvis Estate,the rest were vehicles he personally owned.. http://rides.webshots.com/album/552205789wKYSJY
Edit:It was the Panters,story goes as follows: Classic American Cars and Cadillacs were Elvis' lifelong passion Elvis Presley had a passion for both guns and cars. He shot this yellow Pantera with his personal firearm during a temperamental outburst when he lost patience because the car would not start. The car sustained several bullets - one into the tire, one in the driver-side door and the last bullet went through the steering wheel Elvis bought this Pantera for $2,400 in 1974 for his girlfriend, actress Linda Thompson. Although its mid-engine configuration qualified it as an 'exotic car' for its potent Ford engine. The undaunted, the yellow Pantera, did start up immediately on the second try. It takes more than three bullets to stop a Pantera! When Pantera buyer saw this car in the collection of the owner of Fritts Ford, Riverside, California, it had at least one bullet hole in the door was repaired - only bullet wound in the steering wheel remains. According to many of the Memphis Mafia - Elvis loved carrying guns of all types. He was known to shoot at TV sets if either Robert Goulet or Mel Torme appeared on the screen. Above an image of one such TV which he had his uncle Earl Pritchard remove, who later sold it. At the time of Elvis' death in 1977 he owned 37 guns, rifles and one machine gun.
there's a whole wing of elvis cars at graceland, v-dub trikes, snowmobiles, stutz bearcats, you name it, elvis rolled in it! my new favorite elvis pic...
not far from here at his birthplace museam there is a 39 plymouth there that was suppose to have belonged to his dad vernon and the car they moved to memphis in .. i dought its the original car but you just never know..
He drove a gold painted Caddy to a show in Vancouver in about 1960. When the teenyboppers found it they went all colleywobbly and started kissing the car all over, the lipstick lifted the gold paint! What the heck was in lipstick back then????
He got to drive this for free,.. sort of but not these Just found this (and all this other stuff) on google Do bikes count ?
The 56 Caddy Convert. was originally white, but Elvis wanted to paint it for his girlfriend June. He squashed a handful of grapes on the fender to get this color. The 60 limo was built for Elvis by his good friend....legendary custom builder George Barris.
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