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. - “1 UNITED STATES GOVERNME?. ome apzien AWC m@mvrandum SAC, - 13) (P) q— Y/0 uly 00: B) 16410038 / TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (ATIN: FBI LABORATORY) yg - af ne [£43 LU For the informatiob'cf the’ FBI Laboratory, the Omaha Division is currently investigating captioned ITSP matter to determine if a fraud has occurred regarding the sale of a 1955 Chevrolet Corvette convertible‘automobile ~ purportedly owned by Elvis Presley in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in Februa e present owner of this b 9C automobile, of Oelwetn, Iowa, paid $34,000 for the Corvette a re auction in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Previous owners ‘furnished the auction with an original bill of sale and an original invoice for the vehicle, which were both dated in January of 1955, and the Corvette was sold by the Don Allen Chevrolet dealership of New York City to Presley, Individuals at the 2/19/79 Atlantic City, New Jersey, car auction purported that the bill of sale for the vehicle, which was sayned by Presley, _ was found under the seat of the automobile by indiwdve restoring the car some years ago. 21 “COPY AND SPECIMENS RETAINED IN LAB” - 1 . After the owner returned to Oelwein, Iowa, with _- " the Corvette, an article appeared in the “Old Cars Weeki” newspaper approximately six months later indicating that the Elvis Presley Corvette was a fraud because of the fact that the car had a three-speed manual transmission and a gibt Wonder Bar radio. These options were not available to the Corvette in January of 1955 when Presley supposedly purchased it. The current owner wants to determine if he is the victim of a fraud in this matter, or if the Corvette ig in fact @ vehicle that was owned by Elvis Presley. If the Corvette was, in fact, Presley’s car, its value would be many times greater than if it was not Presley’s car. Sh b1— | /4 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Pian orriomas rome wo. 10 », ang ‘ ) SRA FPR (45 CPR) 101-11.¢ — ome e-em ee gr ee a RIS ER SP OS EN OY EE OD A 7 . kA