While barn find videos aren’t anything new, finding a stash of cars owned by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, two of the mid-20th Century’s biggest stars, is mind-blowing in this day and age.
Not every car in this collection was owned by the man with Blue Suede Shoes or who felt Great Balls of Fire, but that doesn’t make this collection any less cool.
Elvis Presley became known as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll thanks to flashy jump suits, a lavish lifestyle, and a thirst for massive American luxury vehicles. He owned hundreds of cars, many of which were land yachts from Cadillac and Lincoln, but such was his wealth that he also gave away many of his cars to friends, family, and the odd stranger. Possibly the strangest car is the George Barris-built 1969 Lincoln Mark III Continental “Hound Dog” car featuring crushed diamonds in the paint, bullet-proof tyres, gold lame, and many other luxury modifications.
The big question is, if you got a car from Elvis would you drive it or store it away? Let us know in the comments.
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Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.
For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.
Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions.
Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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