The King's 1969 Lockheed Jetstar, with its red-velvet, gold-trimmed interior, is headed to Sin City.
during an interview while sitting in the cabin, on the same red-velvet seats that the King and his entourage would’ve used on cross-country flights. “The best plan we’ve come up with, is to mount it on an RV chassis so it can be driven and seen by Elvis fans.”
“Of course, we had to make a stop in Memphis and swing by Graceland. It was for no other reason than to take Elvis’ jet back to his old home,” says Webb. It also made a good viewing since Webb and his team were eventually asked by Graceland security to remove the jet from the premises.Courtesy Mecum Webb did toy with the idea of restoring the jet to create a static exhibit for Elvis fans to visit, but quickly determined that the cost—between $5 and $7 million—was not in his budget.Then a light bulb went on. Why not mount the fuselage on an RV motorhome chassis, with a diesel “pusher” engine at the back, steer it from the cockpit, and make it road legal as a custom RV?
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