UNSEEN Footage: Elvis JET vs. DC-3 

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The DC 3 owner was nice enough to enough to give me a tour at EAA last year. It an amazing motor home.

Amazing build. I think the icing on the cake would be Elvis signed memorabilia hanging somewhere 👌🏽

i drove ELVIS's final tourbus,an M.C.I. It was at the shop at Celebrity Coaches,Tupelo,MS. I worked driving tours rock n roll

I saw that DC-3 driving down I-88 near Naperville last year or the year before. Pretty awesome.

Omg this could be sooo addictive hey. Haha. 😛. These guys are almost as awesome as you Jimmy. Luv it. ❤.

They're both fantastic.......very different but genial conversions. Thankyou 👍✌️🇬🇧

Good First Sergeants are the reason for good re-enlistment numbers. A bad First Sergeant is why THIS soldier left a critically manned career field. (Both my training and clearance lead to a very successful civilian aerospace career.) Thanks for YOUR service.

"It is good to see that you have completed your project Jimmy."

I am glad my buddies from Dothan Alabama had the opportunity to visit with you during your stay.

Very cool repurposing and fabrication!

That is just awesome! Best RV's EVER! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

All very interesting, with the DC 3 comparison. You picked up some very interesting ideas there, too. My hats off to you all and be safe always, from the Philippines.

Once the cockpit is completed and cleaned up it will be a gem and work of art. I am tired of hearing that Elvis never really owned this jet. It is well documented that he did and liked this one better as the interior was just how he wanted it. It was only a brief period but he did and had another owner until it was abandoned.

I love the original seats in the Elvis jet

There was a black and blue DC-3 named Snoopy back in the early 1980s out in California. The owner gave me a little tour at the Point Magu Airshow. Awesome!!

Well, I only got out on Tuesday and missed the Elvisjet, I hope it comes back next year. I've been gawking at the Fabulous Flamingo for a few years now and would've loved to see them both together!

Great work on both!

Everytime I see the finished Elvis Jet, I am SO impressed at how well it turned out in the looks department. Following through the build, I had no idea it would look that great.

Jimmy your project takes first place by far. Definitely the Ferrari of the two😊

Both are very cool

The pilot's long pause on the intercom was on point 😂😂😂

Amazing how well the older interior was built to last.

Definitely came out great!

My brother installed vortex generators at the rear of his motor home and got improved mileage and crosswind stability. The difference on the interstate around big trucks was amazing. They help to lessen the low pressure area at the large flat rear of the vehicle.

00:24 "We're at 36000 feet, and UUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" is so good haha

The front end of that looks like a F-8 Crusader.

Nice from SE Texas Bear - On the road again :) Keep on Trucking! ❤💯🙏

I remember seeing a video of Ellie's jet from years ago when it was still an abandoned plane in the Western desert. They did a walk through and it looks as I recall, just no wing tip tanks now.

This is a Riot !!! : ) .. thanks for the fun !!

G'day, Awesome video Jimmy. 🍺🍺 🥴🥴

I like them both, hopefully that's allowed!

If I recall correctly there was a airplane RV build that was on the TV show "That's Incredible" during the 1980s. It may have also made an appearance on "CHiPs" or a movie during the same period.

The DC looks like a shed inside, the Jet nice and original

such an American thing to do ! - wonderful !! :)

I’ve seen the dc3 in person in traffic that thing is huge

Jimmy built the luxury version and it looks so good And the first sergeant built what the rest of us would The very budget version and it is so good 👍👍🇦🇺

Pretty cool on both...i cant imagine the budget that went into either one

very cool guys.

I saw the Fabulous Flamingo at a rest stop in Texas. And made a video of it.

25:28 Jimmy, I like the 7700 code on the transponder. On the return trip, go with 7500. 👍

I think Elvis jet working pretty damn good on a RV frame small engine.

Poor grizzly is traumatized from how busy he has been on the project the past 2 months

GREEN APU is a quality unit lots of independent truckers use.

Both of these Airplane conversions remind me of what it's like when people do not think things through ahead of time.

It was at the farm show it was pretty cool looking

Fabulous flamingo needs peaterbuilt lights.

So the Elvis jet gets 11.5 mpg vs 7-10 mpg on the DC-3. Maybe they should race…? 😎 Thoughts?

There was a DC-3 motor home tool around NY City 40 years ago.

WOW ❤ IT!!! Pretty Sweet!!! I've always loved the DC-3... *PLANE SAVORS* 🤪👍 Oh, I miss watching that... Shout out to Mikey & Buffalo! 😜 I would love to see you're overgrown Flamingo in person! I got to check out Jimmy's Elvis Jet in Peoria myself... 😉 My video of seeing it on my little RU-vid channel.

i watched the Elvis jet build from the beginning, and kept thinking its too high, centre of gravity will make this handle like a pig, i kept thinking it be better to base the chassis into the lower compartment so it fitted neatly under the cabin floor, so the sides of the fuselage would kind of hide the chassis - and i also kept thinking, i wonder if Elvis would approve but i am satisfied to be proven wrong, the weight was close to the original RV spec, and the handling on the road seemed to go fine once you get used to it, like anything new you get into - the over all look is pretty crazy, very clean, and you know what, i reckon Elvis would love the craziness, i honestly don't think he'd be mad at someone cutting his plane up to use on the road and i'm sure he'd share the price tag pretty bonkers, both planes, very individual, priceless works of mad art

The DC-3 guy mentioned having a Coffman starter he'd like to use on the DC-3. I think even cooler would be an inertial starter.

I think Jimmy's Elvis Jet is much nicer! It looks tons better with lots of shiny polished steel (or chrome) and its a better colour scheme. It also looks better on the inside. So no worries Jimmy, there's no competition!

Thanks, so much easyer to watch. I like Jimmy's plane but he makes me nervous wen he talks.

Now we know where Jimmy got the idea from😅

I like the engine Cowl grill on the DC makes it look finished but elvis jet hands down

Technically I think it is a interesting achievement. Just as for finishing and design, there is a lot to learn about working clean guys.

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Oshcosh is on my bucket list. Meeting Jimmy is just slightly above that on the list by about 10. And Oshcodh is No.3

Elvis jet . Wins for me .

Did you keep the relief tube? Handy on long trips

That DC3 is very Cool it's got tons of neat switches and other things but I feel like the front could be better than it is

I saw the dc3 on the road not too long ago with my grandma

Ha! I love the 7700 squawk on the Elvis jet transponder! What could possibly go wrong?

Awesome video, some real cool stuff

Also any update on the woman that was fired from the Elvis museum?

24:37 I hope they name it "The Elvis honky tonk Angel" and take it to Las Vegas...?

How many hours does it take to keep that stainless cleaned and shined?

Cool

Turn it into a land racer lol.

So jimmy are u going by zootown? If so come by g falls i would love to meet u and see this...top notch class

19:08 who came up with that? my next-door neighbor doesn’t have one in her home because she’s afraid of microwaves. Now I’m wondering which is weirder, mandating one or being afraid of microwave

First Shirt has to enforce the rules everyone knows he used to break.

Oh my god there's another one

Someone needs to show cleetus this for the jet he bought.

I see in the Elvis Jet that the control yokes were at the same angle - I wonder if they're still interconected, given that the left one is now steering for the RV?

🎉🎉🎉

DC3 is cool

Need to get some 1202 diesel that's the best for a diesel engines. You'll have to order it through a Canadian company or one of the racing fuel companies

Would have been cool if the inside was lit up - must cost to much to turn the lights on.

Because it's considered a straight truck do you have to have a CDL B to drive it?

Just curious, the R4D has FAA insignia. What N number was it, I grew up in N6. Cool stuff.

Tow a boat? Fuel tank pontoon party barge maybe?

Not bad Burningman art cars.

You must have bought this old DC 3 from my old boss at Barron Aviation.

Did I get it straigt that Elvis neither remodeled nor flew in this plane?

well i have seen it... just now

Transponder on 7700.....already?😁

I'm in love with the elvis jet , not that other thing. I can beleive the elvis jet can power on everything. patch the front seats and leave them alone, just patch up the fabric and clean the vcr so it plays a elvis tape. you are incredible. I want this jet so bad.

Also C-47

the Elvis jet needs a jet engine APU, running while going down the road,

Imagine building that and then somoene texting crashes into you

I wish my car had James Bond like weapons. Missiles, mines, oil slicks, smoke screens and anything else that I could think of.

That is cooler than the Elvis Model. Still would never drive either one. Fly them like before sure thing but now looks like a deathtube on wheels. I know ironically it is waaaay safer than an actual motorhome that will fold up in a windstorm but anyway... both are pretty innovative. Props for that. No pun intended.

This is in Michigan so it's going to rust completely out in 5 years anyway.

Is only in america

There was no VCRs in 70s 🤔

When I was younger I used to visit San Diego and there was a tour bus using a dc3 or dc4 body I thought that was cool should have left elvises plane as a plane

Get ahold of green apu

So, Elvis owned the jet but never flew it?, or did he ever even fly in it?.