Elvis bought
this Pantera for $2,400 in 1974 for his girlfriend, actress
Linda Thompson. Although its mid-engine configuration
qualified it
as an
'exotic
car' for its potent Ford engine.
The undaunted, the yellow Pantera, did start up immediately on the
second try. It takes more than three bullets to stop a Pantera! When
Pantera buyer saw this car in the collection of the owner of Fritts
Ford, Riverside, California, it had at least one bullet hole in the door
was repaired - only bullet wound in the steering wheel remains.
According to many of the
Memphis Mafia - Elvis loved carrying guns of all types. He was known to
shoot at TV sets if either Robert Goulet or Mel Torme appeared on the
screen.
Above an image of one such TV which he had his uncle Earl
Pritchard remove, who later sold it. At the time of Elvis' death
in 1977 he owned 37 guns, rifles and one machine gun.
The TV Set Elvis shot when Robert
Goulet
appeared on screen - Elvis Gun Collection
