{"id":1127,"date":"2014-07-24T15:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T13:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogautosphere.creatic-agency.fr\/bmw-va-restaurer-la-507-roadster-delvis-presley\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T09:16:08","slug":"bmw-va-restaurer-la-507-roadster-delvis-presley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autosphere.fr\/blog\/bmw-va-restaurer-la-507-roadster-delvis-presley\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW va restaurer la 507 Roadster d\u2019Elvis Presley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"custom-post-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pensant bien y \u00e9chapper, Elvis Presley dut finalement faire son service militaire en 1958 alors qu\u2019il avait 23 ans. Mobilis\u00e9 en Allemagne, le King fit l\u2019acquisition d\u2019une BMW 507 Roadster. Une voiture qui va prochainement faire l\u2019objet d\u2019une restauration compl\u00e8te \u00e0 Munich.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, beaucoup ont vers\u00e9 dans la th\u00e9orie du complot. Envoyer Elvis Presley au service militaire en 1958 alors qu\u2019il \u00e9tait \u00e2g\u00e9 de 23 ans aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 le moyen trouv\u00e9 par les conservateurs pour &#8220;prot\u00e9ger la jeunesse am\u00e9ricaine&#8221; de l\u2019esprit d\u00e9viant du rock n\u2019roll et des coups de bassin de celui  qui fut surnomm\u00e9 \u00ab<em> Pelvis<\/em> \u00bb. Une th\u00e9orie du complot qui a fait son lit dans le fait qu\u2019Elvis fut envoy\u00e9 en Allemagne apr\u00e8s avoir fait ses classes au Texas et quelques jours apr\u00e8s avoir enterr\u00e9 sa m\u00e8re. Une autre histoire indique qu\u2019Elvis accepta de faire son service militaire plut\u00f4t qu\u2019\u00eatre condamn\u00e9 pour outrage \u00e0 la pudeur (la menace \u00e9tait r\u00e9elle en Floride d\u00e8s 1956). Mais l&#8217;on pense bien que le King d\u00e9prima \u00e0 Friedberg, ville d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui 23 000 habitants, \u00e0 30 km de Francfort (am Main).<\/p>\n<h2>Il rencontre l\u2019amour, deux fois. <\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autosphere.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/7245f81ea54efc1a7616cbf6428747e7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">C\u2019est en Allemagne que Elvis tomba amoureux de Priscilla Beaulieu, qui devint son unique \u00e9pouse en 1967 (Priscilla avait 14 ans en 1959). Elvis tomba \u00e9galement amoureux d\u2019une voiture (en plus du karat\u00e9 et de la drogue). Une BMW 507 Roadster. Une voiture aussi magnifique que dangereuse pour la firme bavaroise. Les seuls 254 exemplaires r\u00e9f\u00e9renc\u00e9s ont presque suffit \u00e0 provoquer la faillite de BMW ! Trop ch\u00e8re, trop concurrenc\u00e9e par la Mercedes 300 SL, la 507 Roadster dispose n\u00e9anmoins d\u2019un V8 16S d\u00e9livrant jusqu\u2019\u00e0 195 chevaux. Elvis Presley en fit l\u2019acquisition en d\u00e9cembre 1958 contre 3 750$ de l\u2019\u00e9poque, l\u2019\u00e9quivalent 30 239$ d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui, soit environ 22 450\u20ac. Le r\u00e9cit de&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.auto-motor-und-sport.de\/news\/bmw-507-von-elvis-presley-das-auto-des-kings-lebt-8481421.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: initial;\" rel=\"noopener\">Auto Motor une Sport<\/a>&nbsp;indique qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un v\u00e9hicule de test. Ainsi, avant de confier le v\u00e9hicule \u00e0 Elvis, BMW changea le moteur, la transmission ainsi que le pare-brise. Pour sa part, au bout de quelques temps, Elvis renia la peinture blanche et opta pour un rouge du plus bel effet ! Il faut dire que le King avait remarqu\u00e9 que la peinture blanche s\u2019effa\u00e7ait \u00e0 force de laver les marques de rouge \u00e0 l\u00e8vre laiss\u00e9es par ses fans\u2026 Car oui, en Allemagne, Elvis Presley est aussi une superstar.<\/p>\n<h2>Massacr\u00e9e aux \u00c9tats-Unis<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autosphere.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20bd1c62efaf9af0436cbd63daeb0240.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pendant deux ans, Elvis Presley a conduit la Jeep du Sergent Ira Jones avant de rentrer au pays en 1960. Sa BMW 507 Roadster, num\u00e9ro de ch\u00e2ssis 70079 fut exp\u00e9di\u00e9e par les bons soins de l\u2019US Army ! Sa carri\u00e8re reprise, Elvis d\u00e9laissa sa 507 Roadster (bien qu\u2019en offrant une autre \u00e0 Ursula Andress) et la c\u00e9da deux ans plus tard \u00e0 un disc jockey de New-York, d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 Tommy Charles. Rapport\u00e9e d\u2019Alabama, elle fut massacr\u00e9e avec le remplacement du V8&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosphere.fr\/blog\/recherche\/index\/5\/index\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW<\/a>&nbsp;par un V8 Chevrolet en association avec une transmission Borg-Warner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autosphere.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/108e77797aa65c97f1f96fbbe449c39f.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De quoi faire du roadster d\u2019Elvis une voiture de drag race jusqu\u2019en 1968. Cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, Tommy Charles revend la BMW 507 Roadster (et le moteur d\u2019origine) \u00e0 un collectionneur californien nomm\u00e9 Jack Castor qui entendait la restaurer lui-m\u00eame avant d\u2019abandonner et de l\u2019oublier. Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 il y a un mois, o\u00f9 Jack Castor a contact\u00e9 BMW. \u00c0 qui la 507 Roadster a \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autosphere.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/67a7612b31ab0490b213e9928af14064.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> D\u2019abord expos\u00e9e au mus\u00e9e, o\u00f9 l\u2019on constate bien son \u00e9tat de d\u00e9labrement avanc\u00e9, elle fera l\u2019objet d\u2019une totale restauration. Un processus qui devrait durer environ deux ans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pensant bien y \u00e9chapper, Elvis Presley dut finalement faire son service militaire en 1958 alors qu\u2019il avait 23 ans. Mobilis\u00e9 en Allemagne, le King fit l\u2019acquisition d\u2019une BMW 507 Roadster. Une voiture qui va prochainement faire l\u2019objet d\u2019une restauration compl\u00e8te \u00e0 Munich. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, beaucoup ont vers\u00e9 dans la th\u00e9orie du complot. 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