Elvis Presley Invoice for Equipment Lisa Marie 1976 & Finger Print 1969 Copies

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LOT OF 2
Elvis Presley Invoice copy #1518 from West Coast Instruments, Inc. sold to Elvis Presley Enterprises for 2 dated 7-16-76.
This was for an instrument for Elvis’ jet the Lisa Marie.
Measures 8.5 x 11 inches.
I delivered the instrument to Ron Strauss co-pilot while Elvis was at his Palm Spring’s Chino home in summer of 1976.
SUMMARY
Ernie Martin, he owned a company, West Coast Instruments in Long Beach, CA and in turn was a friend of Mr. Ron Strauss.
Mr. Strauss was the co-pilot of the “Lisa Marie.”
They needed an altimeter for the “Lisa Marie” and the plan was for Ernie to send it over to him while Elvis was on a short vacation at his home in Palm Springs, CA. He asked my father if I would like to deliver the equipment and maybe get to tour the plane.
Palm Springs is a short
2 hour drive so I invited Cindy, her 2 sisters and mother
(all visiting from Virginia for the summer ) to deliver the equipment at the then Rivera Hotel
just a short drive from Elvis’ Chino Drive home and minutes from the Palm Springs International Airport.
I also brought 4 photos I took of Elvis in concert at the Long Beach Arena.
A crew member signed the invoice for the altimeter and after soft drinks in the lounge Mr. Strauss asked if we would like to tour the “Lisa Marie”? We were off to the airport.
As we ran through the plane looking in Elvis’ closet with clothing hung waiting to be worn, the bars of soap, Brut traveling kit in his small bathroom and the bed with the cover undone made the tour just that more personal.
The teddy bear next to Elvis’ chair was given to him by a small child on the just concluded tour and was told by The Boss (as they referred to Elvis) not to be moved. So the teddy bear was buckled in his chair and had a seat right next to The Boss. I ask Mr. Strauss on a phone call I had with him in 1977 about the teddy bear and he said it was still buckled safely in his seat and named by Elvis as “Sitting Bear.”
Mr. Strauss relayed the story how Elvis came up the cockpit on a recent flight (trying to coax Elvis to fly his plane with no luck) and he noticed that one of the instruments was missing from the panel.
Elvis ask why? When he was told that it measured altitude designed to register changes in atmospheric pressure.
Elvis then question Mr. Strauss “isn’t that important for us to have” Mr. Strauss answered yes, he told Elvis every time it was send to the city they were in, they would be gone to the next destination.
This is what led to my visit and all I can say is the gods were with me.
You may wonder why I brought up the photos of Elvis I took that past April in 1976.
I brought them along with me in hopes of meeting Elvis again and having them signed. I ask Mr. Strauss if there was a chance we could meet Elvis. He called up at the house and was informed Elvis was still asleep as it was early afternoon. I then ask Mr. Strauss if he could have Elvis sign these 4 photos that I took of him in Long Beach?
He took the photos and said “I will see what I can do.”
Plus a copy of
“Referral Slip” with Elvis Presley’s signature and thumb print dated August12, 1969 8:00PM.
All entertainers are required to be finger printed.
Measure 8.5 x 11 inches.
Please see scans.
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