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◊ 2022-06-15 20:18 |
Chevrolet Art-Deco? |
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◊ 2022-06-16 00:18 |
Not at all. That 1954 pick up truck is an exact model to the most famous Ford F 100 unit to have ever been assembled, as it belonged to the Crown Electric Company, in Memphis,TN, where Elvis Presley worked from March to November of 1954. It was while driving that truck delivering equipment that Elvis stepped into SUN Records on July 5, 1954 and recorded "That's all right mama". The model one sees in the movie has a side-mounted spare tire, like this one, but in light blue-green instead of red. Link to "images.carpages.ca" This is a photo of the actor playing Elvis stepping out of the truck on Beale Street. As you can see he is wearing a Crown Electric jacket Link to "www.gannett-cdn.com" The most paid at auction for an F 100 is US$22,000 at a Sotheby's auction, in 2016 https://www.glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/12672 -- Last edit: 2022-06-16 00:40:32 |
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◊ 2022-06-16 00:41 |
That is a 1954 pick up truck, an exact model to the most famous Ford F 100 unit to have ever been assembled, as it belonged to the Crown Electric Company, in Memphis,TN, where Elvis Presley worked from March to November of 1954. It was while driving that truck delivering equipment that Elvis stepped into SUN Records on July 5, 1954 and recorded "That's all right mama". The model one sees in the movie has a side-mounted spare tire, like this one, but in light blue-green instead of red. Link to "images.carpages.ca" This is a photo of the actor playing Elvis stepping out of the truck on Beale Street. As you can see he is wearing a Crown Electric jacket Link to "www.gannett-cdn.com" The most paid at auction for an F 100 is US$22,000 at a Sotheby's auction, in 2016 https://www.glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/12672 -- Last edit: 2022-06-16 00:43:46 |
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◊ 2022-06-16 05:56 |
There's no way this is a Ford F-100. |
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◊ 2022-06-16 06:13 |
agree, this is older than a 1950's pick-up |
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◊ 2022-06-16 06:25 |
I love Gallivant's posts. Probably didn't even have to look that up. |
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◊ 2022-06-16 10:24 |
That is correct. In fact, the people who hired him were the owners, a couple by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tipler. He felt so thankful to them that 15 years later he invited them to attend the September 22, 1969 dinner show at the International Hotel, in Las Vegas, then the world's largest hotel with the biggest showroom and with its adjoining huge casino. And he chose that date because he remembered it as being her birthday, which fell on the dates when he worked for them, delivering electrical supplies. In less than 2 years by September 9, 1956, he would be the most famous person in the United States and by 1957, in the entire Western World. With Elvis, everything is recorded for posterity, even the great honour he bestowed upon them when he asked them to take a bow, at 0.57 in this youtube clip. Enjoy the incredible humour he had. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIUsn3-Qak&t=46s -- Last edit: 2022-06-16 11:02:01 |
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◊ 2022-06-17 18:39 |
The funniest thing was his letter to Richard Nixon asking to become a secret agent working for the government. https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/elvis-letter-to-nixon Scribbled on the plane on the way over there. Nixon gave him a badge and he was happy. |
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◊ 2022-06-17 22:40 |
The culprit of that was Paul Frees, an actor best known as the voice of a series of several TV cartoon characters, who once showed him the one he had. From that momentk he had just had to have it. -- Last edit: 2022-06-18 21:56:07 |
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◊ 2022-06-18 00:28 |
was Crees a real agent or he just got it he same way ? -- Last edit: 2022-06-18 00:28:44 |
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◊ 2022-06-18 21:53 |
He was real, but I had to correct my previous post as his last name is not Crees but Frees. He is Pail Frees. This guy https://factsandfigment.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PAUL-FREES.jpg -- Last edit: 2022-06-18 21:57:50 |
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◊ 2022-06-18 22:01 |
His voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6bKOrt5WX0 |
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◊ 2022-11-23 19:24 |
Lloyds's has just announced that this car, a 1953 Chevrolet pick up isw going under the hammer. https://www.miragenews.com/iconic-hollywood-vehicles-come-to-auction-902268/ |
