Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Harley delivered two 1959 FLH panheads to Memphis for Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis... and Elvis didn't get the 1st one. (thanks Chuck!)


The Harley-Davidson factory, always savvy with ‘product placement’, gifted a pair of new 1959 FLH Panheads to Lewis and Elvis Presley. Jerry Lee got his first, which irked The King; “Harley-Davidson asked if I’d like to have a new bike, and they brought it down to Memphis and gave it to me at my house. Elvis got the second one.

He auctioned it for 385k

https://thevintagent.com/2017/06/25/the-killers-panhead-tops-385k/

2 comments:

  1. Actually the auction was in January 2015.

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  2. And Elvis wasn't happy about Jerry getting his first...

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