The 1970s Elvis's Cadillacs
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This two tone maroon and silver car with wire wheels, chrome grille, built in CB radio and white leather interior with VIN# 6S69R7Q450607 was the last car that
Elvis owned. It is a 1977 model Cadillac Seville (manufactured in October 1976) and sold to Elvis in December 1976. Formerly it was
stated here that upon Elvis' untimely death in August 1977, this car was gifted (by Vernon Presley) to Ginger Alden, Elvis' fiance at the
time. This was correct, however in Ginger Alden's 2014 book "Elvis and Ginger" she states that Elvis gave her this car (late in 1976) after
having originally bought the car for his father, but he did not have any use for it. It was still in Elvis' name at the time of his death in
August 1977, but Elvis ' dad Vernon then transferred the title to Ginger.
In June 1994 it was sold at the Butterfield and Butterfield auction in Las Vegas for $101,500.
Offered on eBay Australia in November 2008, the car was then owned by Australian entertainer Greg Page of the Wiggles. Page owns the fourth largest collection of Elvis memorabilia in the world. As well as this Cadillac, his collection includes Elvis' personal and movie clothing, marriage certificate, guitar, piano, and original TCB Band necklaces. In 2008 the collection, reportedly worth $1.5 million, was housed in a museum in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
In August 2014 Greg Page sold it at the Auction at Graceland for US$81,250 to an English buyer, Elvis fan Suzannah Horn. The car had it's own website www.elvispresleycadillac.com (archived) but now available anymore (2024). It is on loan to the Beaulieu Museum in England.
In November 2024, Bonhams will be auctioning this car.
(c) Allan Levinson. Parkes, NSW, Ausralia (January 2012)