Folks Of Interest Elvis Hot Rod 1957

anymore pics of this car from Movie loving you 1957 ? happy birthday Elvis, flathead sounded good in movie.

 

John Athans built the car in 38-39?
its in quite a few books

 

Look here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/ONTHEMOVE/collection/object_263.html
Saw it there a couple of years ago.

 

This is the best I've found;


http://auto.howstuffworks.com/the-elvis-car-hot-rod.htm

Rest of the site is kool too,plus the customs.Happy birthday to the Hillbilly Cat.
Paul

 

Street Rodder did a feature on it , sometime in the 70's or 80's i believe? maybe someone could find it

 

Great info. Thanks for adding the links.

 

that is some interesting info and Thank-You..Would Really love to see some old original pics of the car. Looked through all my old little pages etc found nothing.

My Mom swears that Elvis swapped places with his twinn brother Arron in late 60's. the fat version that died in 70's was not really Elvis but indeed his twin brother. His twin brother was given to a cousin to raise shortly after birth for poverty reasons.

off topic I know but interesting ....maybee my mom needs her meds adjusted ? ?

 

check www.ahrf.com look for john athans
theres some old pics without the windsheild i think

 

cant believe no documentation [ pics] of this car from 1939 when Athans first built it.
This may be one of the first traditional hot rods ever built ? ?

 

So did American Rodder in the nineties, And i saw it at the NHRA-museum in 1999
Lars

 

It wasnt traditionel in 39
And it was built at the same time as Isky built his roadster
Lars

 

Here's a pic I found somewhere. pigpen

 

Here is article about this car, you'll find it from Sheep Rodd... er... Street Rodder magazine, june 2002
Could not scan it, hence only photos, sorry...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v368/OttoGambler/Misc/?start=20

 

traditional today "ONE OF" the first "HOT RODS" built in 1939
sorry for the typo.....Dad made me quit school in 8th grade to work on farm

 

heres documentation
http://www.ahrf.com/pioneer.php?id=10064

 

Here's the article. A little hard to read. pigpen

 

THANK YOU SUHRsc that is some cool pics

 

Thanks for the cool pics of a great hot rod.
Today is Elvis' birthday! The ol boy would be 74.
He's rockin' somewheres?!

 

His twin brother Jesse Garon Presley was stillborn at birth.

 

The Elvis car was in the Smithsonian a few years ago, not sure if it's still there.

 

You are correct His Bro never made it. Here is a pic of his Mom, Dad young Elvis in 1939. He was only 4-years old when the Athans Car was built in 39.

 

Few more images here:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7167

 

cool pic SUHRsc found . click pic and Check the 1942 plates

 

spring in front of the beam? 36 front end?

 

That windshield is uglier than a dogs behind.

 

Hats off to a cool car that is well deserved of any honors one can give it. You have to really appreciate a car like this just for surviving so many years with out being turned into something else.

 

IT WAS AT THE PETERSEN A WHILE BACK.
not sure if its still there, but definitely a sweet old rod. I dig the windshield too. definitely different!

 

How cool is that? "Uh yeah, Elvis drove my hot rod".....
And for those younger than me.... Elvis was the coolest cat in the known universe until he got called up by Uncle Sam.