January 8th, Friday was the King's 75th. Did he own a Toronado XS, well certainly not a 78 since he had passed on/gone into hiding by then, but possibly a 77, seriously the guy had a lot of cars. I know he had a 66 Toronado.
And there is certainly proof he purchased an example of another one of my cars, a 1975 Eldorado. Interestingly enough he seems to eschewed convertibles....privacy concerns perhaps.
In 1975 Elvis made some salesman's day at Madison Cadillac when be purchased fourteen Cadillacs including this Eldorado coupe for a Mrs Mennie L. Person of of 1868 Meadowhill, Memphis. She had been admiring the King's Caddy limo when Elvis asked her if she liked it. He said "That one's mine but I'll buy you one." She chose a gold and white Eldorado costing $11,500. He also bought her a new wardrobe.
I looked up the address on Google Earth but the Eldo was not parked in the driveway.
Photos courtesy of Elvis's Cadillacs a great site from a cool cat in Australia:
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