Man converting Elvis’ private jet into RV offers ‘major update’ on rebuild
- James ‘Jimmy’ Web has another update on the Elvis private jet he’s turning into an RV
- After driving it for the first time, he’s now in the process of finessing his creation
- It’s very nearly finished
Published on May 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on May 31, 2024 at 7:25 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
Last we heard he’d just driven the RV for the first time, but here’s another update on the private jet that once belonged to music royalty, Elvis Presley.
His videos are always thorough as – over the months – we’ve followed his step-by-step of converting the Elvis Presley private jet into an RV.
And it’s very nearly finished.
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After driving the historically significant RV for the first time, some flaws became apparent.
“When we backed it out of here we couldn’t see anything,” admitted James ‘Jimmy’ Web from Jimmy’s World.
They’d already planned on acquiring a camera system and had chosen one with a screen with side, front, and back-view cameras.
They also received instruments to fill in any gaps in the dashboard.
They even received a vertical speedometer – similar to the one found in the SR-71 Blackbird’s tiny cockpit in this unique POV.
“How cool is that?” asks Jimmy, explaining he is leaving the airspeeds where they are because the pedo tube is still attached.
“That means we can still see the airspeed move and stuff like that – how cool is that?” he repeats.
And while something is ‘not good’ and bent and rattling in the air-speed gauge he explains that because it’s for ‘display purposes’ it doesn’t matter.
The radar display, minus the computer and scanner, is the biggest thing in the first box.
The other boxes contain the arm for the stair motor, and replacement stair rods that broke from the stairs being yanked down without a battery.
And – after being installed – the stairs now come out at the press of a button on the RV’s exterior.
However, they don’t yet retract as planned.
“Details, details,” quipped Jimmy.
And the thing that Jimmy perhaps seems most excited about?
“This was the one thing I was missing to be able to talk to the tower,” he enthuses about the ‘game-changing’ radio kit.
“Because the avionics are still connected and they still work so with this we should be able to plug it in.
“Be like: ‘Elvis One holding shorter Runway 24’.”
A fan also sent him some Elvis-inspired shirts and Elvis 8-track cartridges still in their boxes – it’s every Elvis fan’s dream project.
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