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for the car. SHEE «cvs that in his opinion, * claimed that the car was Elvis Presley's at the time e purchased it and he even provided a laminated bill of sale at that time. D GHEE «cvisec that he did not physically change b1 the automobile in any way, and he sold it one year later through the Kruse Auto Auction to T° * Oelwein, Iowa. - The PBI Laboratory in Washington D. C. examined the car invoice from Don Allen Chevrolet of New York New York, wh which indicated that the automobile was sold to Elvis Presley on January 18, 1955. Because the document was laminated by a previous owner, the document itself could not be subjected to several tests which could be performed on paper. The FBI Baboratory examiner located several apparent irregularities, in the invoice; however, without an original Don Allen Chevrolet Company invoice to compare the document to, the exaniner was unable to say if the document was a fake or a forgery. (The Don Allen Chevrolet Company is no longer in business.) An inquiry at the Chevrolet Corvette Manufacturing Plant in Saint Louis, Missouri, determined that the three-speed manual transmission and the Wonderbar siqnal-seeking radio were, indeed, options that could have been purchased in January of 1955. A review was made of the vehicles titled to Elvis Presley of Memphis, Tennessee, by the Motor Vehicle Revenue Department for the State of Tennessee in Memphis; and as a result of this review, it was concluded that Presley never titled a Corvette automobile in the State of Tennessee. Most of the vehicles titled by Presley in the State of Tennessee were larger, luxury cars, trucks, and motorcycles. ; Contact was made with the E. 8. Crump Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee; This company has handled dnsurance for Elvis Presley add his estate for over 15 years. The company did not have any record of Presley ever owning a Chevrolet Corvette automobile. Ss eaice secrervarrt a Cousin of Elvis Presley and an b gc employee o e Presley estate, said that Presley, to her knowledge, never bought or owned any Corvette convertible.