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Elvis is Leaving the Building! (The Elvis Pantera shall be on display Sun. June 26 at the Hwy Earth car show, in the hills above Beverley Hills CA)

dave2811dave2811Member
The Peterson Museum is taking the Elvis Pantera to a local car show on June 26th.

Elvis Presley’s Pantera is coming to the Highway Earth show. A big thanks to the Petersen for bringing the Pantera to our upcoming show on June 26th at Franklin Canyon lake.

http://highwayearth.com/2016/0...ing-but-a-hound-dog/

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I was at a car show in Miami recently and the judge was an Argentine. He approached my Pantera and told me that he had been close friends with Alejandro and often stayed at his castle when in Italy. He said that the Pantera was revealed in NY at the auto show. Elvis saw the car and had to have it. It was the first Pantera in the US and he was told "no, it is our show car." Apparently, Elvis was not to be denied and the PR people insisted that Elvis be given the car, which he was given. True or not? Nonetheless, interesting bit of history if true.
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Originally posted by Raiden:
I was at a car show in Miami recently and the judge was an Argentine. He approached my Pantera and told me that he had been close friends with Alejandro and often stayed at his castle when in Italy. He said that the Pantera was revealed in NY at the auto show. Elvis saw the car and had to have it. It was the first Pantera in the US and he was told "no, it is our show car." Apparently, Elvis was not to be denied and the PR people insisted that Elvis be given the car, which he was given. True or not? Nonetheless, interesting bit of history if true.


Elvis purchased the 1971 Pantera in 1974 off a used car lot in Memphis. It was #1954. He sold it in 1976. He shot the car a couple of times; One slug hit the steering wheel and exited out the front of the cabin, shattering the windscreen. He also blew out a tire and there was a bullet hole in the driver's door, which was repaired.

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