Wow real diamonds crushed into the paint!! Thanks for sharing this story. I am a Elvis fan for life. Too bad not out in the light. It would shine and look so beautiful.
Lot of people claim to be kind & generous , Elvis was not a damn British Beatle ... he really would give anyone the shirt off his back ! Man had a heart as big as a house .....
1966 was the ONLY year for the Wildcat GS. They made so very few of them. I would suspect only a handful were convertibles. I have only seen ONE in person in my life, that being a hardtop. I would take that car above all others in this collection.
I live about 4 miles from Jimmy Defew's body shop, the guy that built that motorcycle. I've lived here all my life, and I remember that was the big story back then, that Defew was painting a motorcycle for Elvis. Next time I run into Defew I'm going ask him if that story was true. good video.
Holy smokes! Talk about a barn find👏. This was cool. I thought the vehicles at the museum were the only ones. This was incredible to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Lots interesting things learn about Elvis Presley cars and Jerry Lewis and Linda Thompson car. Thank you for share this video clip. Lots great Fans keep cars in good shape.
I read in a book...don’t remember which book...that Elvis had the gold and diamond flake car built and only drove it once because people mobbed around it so bad that he never drove it again. Wish I could remember which book. If i come across it again, I’ll let you know.
I remembered the story there was a waitress that served Elvis Presley and ask him has anybody ever say that you look like Elvis Presley and Elvis Presley played along and said no and laugh. Because Elvis had a great sence of humor. He joked around with everyone.
Wish I could have seen That 1964 Chevrolet Impala that was half covered up. I had 2 of them and had to sell them both due to being so young and having hard times. That’s what i immediately saw.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video.full of exciting cars.motor bike.with thanks to Richard.Scott .so much history here.maybe have them on a loan to a specialised museum .but either way fantastic history of our beloved Elvis.how amazing.im so excited new subscriber.hooray. From England 🇬🇧.
Great video as always I've watched it several times along with your others.. i love cars an anything to do with elvis.. ive became a fan because of you're work an the great music history you come across an share with us... it's so important we preserve it ...big thanks to you an your team
Fabulous video!!! I am very impressed with all your videos!!! The history you are documenting is quickly disappearing which means the work you are doing is very important. Looking forward to new videos!!!
I had one of Elvis's Honda dreams from blue Hawaii..I bartered for the bike from a grandson of a drummer that played with Elvis in the film .. the grandson brought the bike here from Georgia.. after the grandson tried several bike shops to get it running ..he brought it to me in exchange it for some repairs on his other motorcycle . Neither one of us knew at that point the history of the bike ..well the bike was black ..with very unusual pin striping old school pro free handed pin striping ..white .. any way I played with the bike found it had sunk floats ..replaced them and it ran like a dream ..well the pin striping is identical to the bike he had on display at Graceland ..,the title was also on display in a glass case .. so I had my friend in Memphis write down the VIN on the title , it was one digit different from mine ..so I asked the grand son if his grandpa knew Elvis then he said yes that he had been his drummer in blue Hawaii..that's as far as the investigation led ..his grandma and grandpa we're both gone at that point .I later sold the bike to a guy who owned a Cushman museum in Jacksonville Arkansas ..
As a JLL fan I hoped to see more of his cars but anyway great doc,I immediately subscribed.Next to that red Buick I noticed a Camino was parked,one of the cars I had in the past,wish I still had it.
I worked on Elvis's stutz bearcat. The shop foreman went to Graceland and pulled wheels and tires off one of his cars and replace the tires with new ones. While there he talked with Elvis briefly. The Stuz was built on a pontiac chassis and had gold valve stem caps, fur on the ceiling with a placard on the dash that read ( ESPECIALLY BUILT FOR ELIVIS PRESLEY BY STUTZ BEARCAT OF CALIFORNIA
Elvis was such a generous person. I've always been fascinated with all the cars he had or bought people. I always dreamed of having the chance of owning one. I have a 70 mark 3 that reminds me of him but not connected with him. Great video and very informative, thanks.
Great Elvis trivia there. George Barris built a lot of cars for the big stars of the day. It could be he presented the idea to Elvis and had him pay for it but then put it on tour with car shows and Elvis didn't get much chance to drive it. Be worth checking the history of that.The bike may be the same type of deal although with it the lack of pictures of him riding it could be a record or movie contract that wouldn't allow such dangerous activity?
When I was 16 yrs old I traded an 1982 Yamaha 650 DOHC motorcycle for a 1974 Ford Grand Torino black interior and red exterior with the white stripe on it. It looked exactly like the Starsky and Hutch car. Being young and dumb I ended up getting rid of it and I’ve kicked myself in the rear every day since then.