"While I was driving a truck, every time a big shiny car drove by it started me sort of day-dreaming. I always felt that someday, somehow, something would happen to change everything for me. I would daydream about how it would be." - Elvis Presley
There are thousands of websites on the internet about Elvis and about Cadillacs, but only one about Elvis's Cadillacs. You've just found it! In the fifties, few things symbolised success and the American dream more than a magnificent automobile. Elvis Presley's affinity for Cadillacs was real. He was not only the King of Rock 'n Roll, he was also the King of Cadillac buyers, purchasing at least a hundred during his life. Here is some information on a few of them.
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In early March 1955 Elvis had bought his first Cadillac. It was a pink and white 1954 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 Special Sedan (similar to the black one pictured) and provided transportation for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys for about three months. The car went up in smoke when a brake lining caught fire, near Fulton on the road between
Hope and Texarkana, Ark. on 5th June 1955. See picture here.
Elvis in the 1954 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special in Memphis pictured here.
4 Pics from the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival parade, Meridian, MS 26th May 1955:
Pic 1. Meridian High School Majorettes with Elvis' 1954 pink Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special.
Pic 2. Elvis' 1954 pink Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special before the parade. Elvis' name is painted on the side and Jimmie Rodgers Snow's is draped on the fender.
Pic 3. Bill Black, Jimmie Rodgers Snow and Elvis ride in the parade.
Pic 4. Jimmie Rodgers Snow and Elvis ride on the hood.
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