Not sure I believe it
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http://tulsa.craigslist.org/rvs/1572323454.html (http://tulsa.craigslist.org/rvs/1572323454.html)
Nah!
Elvis never owned that bus... there's no deep fryer in the kitchen. :D
Nellie
i'm calling bullshit. first of all the inside is too crappy looking.
2nd ELVIS PURCHASED THE 1959 FLEXIBLE VL 100 COACH AND HAD IT CUSTOMIZED FOR ROAD TOURS BY GEORGE BARRIS IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD NEVER BEEN USED AS A LINE SERVICE BUS. ELVIS USED THE BUS THOUGH 1967,USALLY DOING THE DRIVING HIMSELF.
http://www.elvis2001.net/elvis%20presley%20tour%20bus.htm (http://www.elvis2001.net/elvis%20presley%20tour%20bus.htm)
i sent an e mail to George Barris for conformation on this bus
Anyone thinking about a trip thru Graceland should hit elvis's car museum there, it's right across the road from the house (not mansion) lol, the 'mansion' is just a fairly large house, nicely done but, in my opinion, far too small to be concidered a mansion. BK and his parents took libby and I down to see some of the stuff in memphis last fall and of course we had to do the tour, he had some realy cool cars and some bikes, no buses on site that were elvis owned tho, but his planes are there.
FWIW all of the Golden Eagles were shipped to Continental Lines none were sold to anyone else both the GE 01 and the SGE 01 and the guy is wrong about his and the one in PA being the only ones left.
12 of those Eagles had Cummins and Mann diesel engines from Germany then they were shipped here with no engine and Continental installed the 8v71 to make for more head room
good luck
I agree with you Cody. A large house, on some beautiful property. I was disappointed when I visited. I was expecting a huge mansion. I guess in Elvis beginning years, that was considered a mansion. ;D I guess even today it would still be a mansion, depending on what you come from. ::) His cars and planes were cool though.
There were a total of 249 VL-100 Flxible coaches built between 1955 and 1959.
Per the book Modern Intercity Coaches/Larry Plachno.
Pages 87&88.
Starting serial number 10100 through 10348.
Per the Flxible serial number list none of the above serial number coaches were sold to Elvis Presley new. ???
jlv :P
The big question is what documentation the owner has to prove what he says.
If it was converted in the early 1960s and Elvis sold it in 1967, the interior could be anything from pristine to Beverly Hillbillies, so that's not an indicator either way.
BTW, as far as the company records, they might not show a sale to Elvis. By 1959, for tax purposes a coach would have belonged to a corporation with a nice, anonymous name, which would be run by his manager's cousin's wife's middle brother.
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It wasn't converted in the early 60's Continental didn't turn those buses lose till around 1970 and no one own a GE expect Continental they were made strictly for Continental
good luck
Am I the only one who saw Elvis driving it just last week? ;)
Quote from: roadrunnertex on February 05, 2010, 08:40:01 AM
Per the Flxible serial number list none of the above serial number coaches were sold to Elvis Presley new. ???
jlv :P
no, but one was sold to Glenn Miller Productions (http://www.flxibleowners.org/SERIALNOS/vl03.htm), who knows where it went, but there seems to be a VL100 that was at Graceland at one point (http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/elvis_tour_bus.html) - OTOH, Elvis was drafted in Mar 1958 and didn't get out until Mar 1960 so I doubt he was bus shopping in '59 :o ;D
Bill
actually it says owned by Evis's "group" which could mean his cousins maids uncle may have owned it and stopped by graceland to visit his niece at work.
May have been owned by the Southern Gospel group that Elvis used a lot. I understand Elvis gave them a brand new tour bus once.
Ok, maybe tasteless to some, but amusing to others.
Elvis would be 74 this year, so an update to a classic......
Are you lonesome tonight?
Does your tummy feel tight?
Did you bring your mylanta and tums?
Does your memory stray,
To that bright sunny day,
When you had all your teeth and your gums?
Is your hairline receding?
Your eyes growing dim?
Hysterectomy for her,
And its prostate for him.
Does your back give you pain?
Do your knees predict rain?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
Is your blood pressure up?
Good cholesterol down?
Are you eating your low fat cuisine?
All that oat bran and fruit,
Metamucil to boot.
Helps you run like
A well oiled machine.
If it's football or baseball,
He sure knows the score.
Yes, he knows where it's at
But forgets what it's for.
So your gallbladder's gone,
But your gout lingers on,
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
When you're hungry, he's not,
When you're cold, he is hot,
Then you start that old thermostat war.
When you turn out the light,
He goes left and you go right,
Then you get his great symphonic snore.
He was once so romantic,
So witty and smart;
How did he turn out to be such
A cranky old fart?
So don't take any bets,
It's as good as it gets,
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. :D
I still enjoy his music, he recorded everything from gospel to bluegrass and all points in between, it would be hard to find another entertainer with such a broad fan base and even now 30 some years after his death still outselling many artists and according to one of the tour people, there are still massive reserves of his music that hasn't been set up for sale yet. One thing that I still have questions on is the honda dream he has in his museum, it's a 305 dream and the plaque says a 1965 but it has the knob on the top of the fork tree, I believe that was a 1966 item, my 1965 doesn't have it and I bought mine new in 1965 and it has never been modified, however I have seen a couple of 1966 dreams that had the same setup.
Quote from: 47FLXclipper on February 05, 2010, 03:06:34 PM
Quote from: roadrunnertex on February 05, 2010, 08:40:01 AM
Per the Flxible serial number list none of the above serial number coaches were sold to Elvis Presley new. ???
jlv :P
no, but one was sold to Glenn Miller Productions (http://www.flxibleowners.org/SERIALNOS/vl03.htm), who knows where it went, but there seems to be a VL100 that was at Graceland at one point (http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/elvis_tour_bus.html) - OTOH, Elvis was drafted in Mar 1958 and didn't get out until Mar 1960 so I doubt he was bus shopping in '59 :o ;D
Elvis wouldn't have been bus shopping at any time -- that would have been done by his managers, who didn't stop managing him while he was in the Army, and knew that he was only gone for a few months, not the rest of his life..
Glenn Miller Productions is the "owner" of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which is STILL on tour -- by bus. Interestingly, they were using a Buffalo in 1983 (The Bus is Leaving! - Glenn Miller Orchestra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmlVd7lnjk#normal)), so it's likely that they bought the Flexi for their own use in 1958.
Here is the real deal :o :o :o
:D
Just a little clean up and a couple of spray cans from walmart? lol whalllllah lol
Im not real good at identifying the different bus brands, but...is that an Iggle? :o
Nope mark, it's an MC7 from canada lol, early 70's I think lol, sometimes being north of the border makes them pucker a little lol.
Touche, mon ami.....roflmao