{"id":184547,"date":"2023-01-11T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184547"},"modified":"2023-01-11T10:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:19:29","slug":"visiting-elvis-cars-mg-1600-roadster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184547","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Elvis&#8217; cars: MG 1600 Roadster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PmoHH5T5RAWxf9X0ED83g-scaled-e1673448824791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184548\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This one was new to me &#8211; I mean, I knew OF it, because he &#8211; and Joan Blackman &#8211; both drove it in <em>Blue Hawaii<\/em>. But it wasn\u2019t on display the other times I\u2019ve \u201cvisited\u201d the cars. It was so fun to see this beauty. Elvis of course drove a lot of cool cars in his movies but this is the only one he took home with him. I LOVE the dashboard! And the clutch! And the little gas tank. AND I love the teeny rear view mirror, placed low down near the dashboard. They removed the rear view mirror for <em>Blue Hawaii<\/em> because it got in the way of our seeing Elvis\u2019 and Joan\u2019s beautiful faces.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tumblr_5bc48ec07ecca0f2cbc2e89702b64b3f_c74b2583_540.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mgunknown00226zz9.1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mgunknown00226zz9.1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mgunknown00226zz9.1024-200x82.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mgunknown00226zz9.1024-400x164.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mgunknown00226zz9.1024-100x41.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AvfprYnRSax0qDAFl9Gw-scaled-e1673448839440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184549\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/5GKMU7tZRUSMk5ey3uPOOw-scaled-e1673448847273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184550\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ev4h2SZnSpGyZqKSFzC9tQ-scaled-e1673449180239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184551\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ZUVvkUAoRhSyoXLRFnl2og-scaled-e1673449188955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184552\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wj8gbO9BQamtX1RxIUPFOQ-scaled-e1673449196414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184553\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dSNspZP6TcGdwKqz9HBkcQ-scaled-e1673450014688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184555\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8wJnpVtpQHqn8RqPaFnFVg-scaled-e1673450022969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184556\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CgfYt7Z2SpKdfV28bPTlLA-scaled-e1673450029867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184557\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<big>Elvis&#8217; Cars<\/big><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184451\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1971 Stutz Blackhawk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184460\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1956 Cadillac Eldorado<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184478\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1973 Stutz Blackhawk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184498\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1975 Ferrari Dino<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184490\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1956 pink Cadillac<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184511\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1956 Lincoln Continental Mark<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one was new to me &#8211; I mean, I knew OF it, because he &#8211; and Joan Blackman &#8211; both drove it in Blue Hawaii. But it wasn\u2019t on display the other times I\u2019ve \u201cvisited\u201d the cars. It was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=184547\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2095],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184547"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184566,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184547\/revisions\/184566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}