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Elvis' 1956 purple Cadillac convertible,Originally, the car was white, but legend has it that when Elvis decided to have it painted, he squashed a handful of grapes on it and said "I want it that color".
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Elvis loved motorcycles and owned many through the years. Shown here are his 1966 Harley chopper, 1965 Honda and two 1976 Harley Davidson Electra-Glide 1200 bikes, along with a couple of his black leather Harley jackets and other gear.
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Elvis bought this pink Willys jeep in 1960. His security staff used it to patrol the Graceland grounds for a number of years, often giving fans who gathered at the mansion gates a ride.
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Elvis' 1975 Dino Ferrari 308 GT4 Coupe.
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Elvis favored this 1973 Stutz Blackhawk during the last years of his life. It features red leather interior and gold-plated trim throughout. When Elvis drove home through the gates of Graceland for the last time on August 16, 1977, he was at the wheel of this fine automobile.
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Elvis' 1955 pink Cadillac was his mother's favorite, and is almost certainly the most famous car in the world. It has become a universal symbol of 1950's youth culture and Rock & Roll.
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Elvis' 1956 Continental Mark II. It is a collector's item on its own merit, and priceless because of who owned it.
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In the auto museum in this "drive-in" theater, where you sit in authentic 1957 Chevy seats and watch a short Elvis video, with sound provided by vintage drive-in speaker boxes.
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Elvis used these planes to travel for fun and for his hectic concert schedule of 1975-77.
The "Hound Dog Two" is a Lockheed JetStar purchased by Elvis in September 1975 for $899,702. The customized interior(not pictured)has blue carpet, off-white overhead, and seats in lime green and sunshine yellow. The cabin seats ten and includes a gallery, bar, private lavatory, three tables and a Sony stereo system.
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Elvis purchased this Convair 880 plane on April 18, 1975 for about $250,000. It was manufactured in 1958 by General Dynamics in San Diego and formerly served as a commerical airline seating 96 passengers. Elvis spent about $750,000 having the jet customized to his specifications and renamed it the "Lisa Marie" after his daughter. His personal logo, the initials TCB and a lightning bold(Taking Care of Business in a Flash")is painted on the tail. Elvis sometimes called the plane "Hound Dog One" or his "Flying Graceland".
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The plane's living room features sude sofas, leather-top game tables, televisions, a video tape player, and quadraphonic stereo. The "Lisa Marie" comfortably accommodated 28 passengers.
The private bedroom provides a bed complete with FAA-required safty belt, dressed Elvis-style with a gold-plated buckle.
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Six leather chairs surround this conference table in the center of the "Lisa Marie".
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Some of Elvis' favorite moto-toys: a go-cart, a dune buggy, three-wheeled super cycles, a pedal car, one of his fleet of golf carts, and one of his fleet of grass-converted snowmobiles.
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