Elvis' GT4

I wonder when the last time that car was started?

 

20 years ago?

 

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Steering wheel looks like a Nardi.

 

I recall not long after he died (within a few weeks) a photograph was on the news of elvis in his black ferrari. The story was the day before he died a fan was at the gate of graceland and snapped it as Elvis pulled in. If memory serves correctly, it was a little blurry but it was clearly THE KING, smiling and waving to the fan just a few feet away. Im pretty sure he was alone in the car. So you ask what's the significance of this photo??? Well at the time, Elvis was likely the most photographed person in the world and the best they could determine, this was the last photo taken of him while he was alive? Driving a Ferrari! The man had style! Joe

 

Probably a euro car to start with that had the US side markers put on. I love the knock of Borani's. They look great with the black car. Anyone have the above mentioned pic of Elvis driving it?

 

Jackie O ?
Marilyn Monroe ?

 

I googled a search and this link came up. It shows the photo of Elvis driving the Ferrari just hours before he died. http://www.elvis-presley-biography.com/ElvisDecline.htm

Joe

 

Wow, so the last car he drove was that Dino????

 

I'm sorry but that photo in the biography link does not look like a gt4. Window shape looks wrong, as do the seat headrests. Am I wrong? Whatdya guys think?

 

Tan leather versus black...

 

I agree, it doesnt look like the Dino as there is no small triangular window in the last photo 'alive' photo.

 

I guess he last drove a Stutz.

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sharoncarrell_1.tripod.com/stutz/black7302.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members.tripod.com/sharoncarrell_1/blackhawk.html&h=330&w=812&sz=51&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=yaUAO7jNlCHmcM:&tbnh=59&tbnw=144&prev=/images%3Fq%3DElvis%2BStutz%2BBlackhawk%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den

It states here that the last car Elvis drove was the Stutz

 

Marylin? She died in August of 1962. Not likely she could have been one of the most photographed people in the world in August of 1977 (when Elvis died).

Phil

 

Don't be so sure, her media exposure was so high that she once threatened to spill acid in her face if the Paparazzi didn't back off. Also keep in mind that Elvis spent many years under the radar

 

Ok, I' gonna beat this horse dead.....

PittsS2APilot said "Well at the time, Elvis was likely the most photographed person in the world". "At the time" implies August 1977, when the photo of Elvis in the GT4 was taken.

You said "Jackie O ? Marilyn Monroe ?"

I said that it was not likely Marilyn was competing with Elvis in 1977 for "most photographed" as she was already dead at the time for 15 years.

Then you said "Don't be so sure".

But I am pretty sure Elvis was more photographed in 1977 than Marilyn.

Unless of course we're talking X-Files and conspiracy theories, than yes Marilyn and Elvis are really still alive and on a spaceship, with JFK, hence all the photos of Marylin taken in 1977, which pee'd Elvis off, which is why he went underground to begin with.

;-)
Phil

 

Ok, I stand corrected! But as a disclaimer...I was working from a 30 year memory! lol Damn..don't you hate it when that happens! lol

 

Dude, A spaceship ???? c'mon everybody knows they are living in the Swiss Alps with JFK and I heard Princess Diana is there too.

 

And they are driving the repaired James Dean 550 Spyder.