From the archives: Taking a spin around Hollywood’s rock ’n’ roll hangouts in the King’s Pantera, plus details on its bullet-riddled history.
than Italian sports cars, paid $2500 for the used Pantera, serial number 1954, in 1974 for himself and Thompson. It was some time shortly thereafter that the car incurred the wrath of Presley's legendary temper.Early Panteras were known for overheating and occasional vapor lock, plus spotty electrical wiring. The story goes that the hunka' burnin' love jumped in the Pantera and it wouldn't start.
The Elvis Presley Pantera now resides at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles and is often displayed in its Cars of the Stars exhibits. A bit of an interesting connection with the elegant custom-bodied Hayworth Caddy: Alejandro DeTomaso owned Italian design house Ghia when American-born Tom Tjaarda worked there and designed the Pantera in the late 1960s.Many Panteras are heavily modified for increased performance—logical enough, as the car responds to that treatment, if done well.
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