News With 14-karat gold key! How much is Elvis Presley's car worth? ?

Elvis Presley, who made a name for himself as a superstar in the world, is known as a big Cadillac fan. He bought his first Cadillac in early 1955. The 1954 Fleetwood Series 60 was called the "Pink Cadillac" because it was pink. The car, which served as transportation for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys, was destroyed in a roadside fire in Arkansas on June 5, 1955. Shortly after that, in July, I purchased a new Fleetwood Series 60 in blue (with a black roof). The roof was left as it was, and the body was repainted pink like the first car. A few months later, the roof was changed to white, giving it the widely known "Pink Cadillac" appearance. It is currently on display at the Graceland Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. [Image] Presley's Cadillac exhibited at auction (28 photos) Elvis had a great impact on society along with the pink Cadillac, and at the time, driving a pink Cadillac even became a symbol of the "American Dream." Many young people dreamed of being successful, rich and driving around in a "pink Cadillac". Elvis was drawn to Cadillacs for a simple reason: he liked the look of them. Whether it was $5,000 or $50,000, it didn't matter what brand it was to him. It is said that he owned more than 200 Cadillacs by the summer of 1977, as he considered Cadillacs to be the ultimate symbol of American style and luxury. In his later years, one of his favorite cars was a custom 1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Station Wagon. Only two of the same specification were built, and the one that belonged to Elvis is still in existence. And this yellow 1974 (1975 model) Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was also one of Elvis' favorite cars. Equipped with an 8.2-liter V8 engine, it is a powerful car that is sometimes ridiculed as a monster machine. The Fleetwood was purchased by Elvis himself from Madison-Cadillac on September 26th, 1974. We also know from the documents left that it was purchased for $ 12,512 with options such as five Vogue tires, a "goddess" attached to the bonnet, and a sunroof. According to the museum's custodian of Elvis' cars, no other car in his possession has been so well documented as the original. Elvis owned the car for a while, but in 1976 he gifted it to his doctor, G. Nikopoulos. The doctor then owned and sold the car for about ten years. In 40 years, the mileage has not reached 3,000 km, and since it is Elvis' car, it can be predicted that successive owners have carefully preserved it. As for the condition, it is not bad overall because the mileage has not been carved, but it is a project car on the premise of restoration, such as cracks on the steering wheel, peeling of vinyl, dirt on the interior, deterioration of the engine room, etc. It seems better to In this state, it was put up for auction on January 8, Elvis' birthday, and was sold for $77,000 (about 8.55 million yen). As for the market price of the same model, there are things that exceed 10 million yen depending on the item, so it is not particularly expensive, and considering that Elvis was driving and that it had a 14-karat gold key, it seems to be a bargain. If the car had been pink, it might have been priced higher.

Octane Japan Editorial Department