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Jimmy Webb of Jimmy's World converted a Lockheed Jetstar owned by Elvis Presley into an RV. Come along with Jimmy and AOPA's Kollin Stagnito for a tour of the airplane at AirVenture 2024.
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[@johncarter1137]

It actually turned out a lot better than I thought it would when Jimmy bought it. Congratulations to all involved, and I hope to see it in person one day.

[@Viva-la-Maquina]

Jimmy you're a genius. This thing spent almost 40 years in the desert, and nobody wanted it. Now a bunch of keyboard commandos hiding behind their avatars criticize you for taking a risk and preserving history. This nation was built by people with guts that took risk and worked hard. Ignore the losers. Viva la Maquina!

[@MarionBlair]

I have to admit, I never thought Jimmy could pull this off but gotta give him credit.

[@randy51]

Hi Jimmy. This is Randy in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Words cannot describe how wonderful the Elvis jet turned out. It is a masterpiece! Love your channel. Keep up the good work brother. The Lord really has His hands on you. God bless.🙏🙏🙏

[@SierraBravo7970]

Hey, I live in Chatty as well!! I couldn’t agree more! Jimmy has done an amazing job on the Elvis Jetstar. Brings back memories I flew the jetstar 731 back in the begining of my career. It’s amazing to watch from the phone call he received that the other bidder dropped and he won the bid at auction to this.

[@JarheadCrayonEater]

I have family near Chattanooga. One of them, my Dad, is named Randy. Small world!

[@jessicaw.6321]

I'm from the Chattanooga area too. I agree with you. So cool

[@alalmquist9423]

ELVIS is rolling in his grave that thing is NASTY. Randy you have got to be kidding.

[@skyleaderuk]

Well done Jimmy. Great job, I thought he had dug a big hole when he bought this at auction. Just proves, with passion and great vision anything is possible.

[@52Ford]

@@garethconnett7672 You haven't watched Jimmy's video. This is still a work in progress. The interior isn't done because they didn't have time. He had a couple professional detailers come in an clean the interior the best they could. They said there were a few stains they had trouble getting out. His goal is to keep the original interior, but he's going to make it more functional. Air conditioning is high on the list. The cockpit still needs a lot of work. They're going to reupholster the seats and they still need to finish installing all of the controls from the chassis. They basically just had time to hook up the bare minimum before they left. Stuff like the switch for the jakes was absent. I'd like to think one of the longer term goals would be to have a functioning lavatory and kitchen. That'd eliminate the need to bring a second RV along for 1 or 2 day trips.

[@mikedimaio1237]

Jimmy stopped by Graceland on his way to Oshkosh and they fired the girl who let him into the parking lot, so let Graceland know how you feel about that.

[@BuckFutter-rs1ry]

Sounds like the people running Graceland aren't very "Rock And Roll" because I'm pretty sure Elvis would have loved something like this back in the day.

[@jerryforeman4543]

Great wrap job! Elvis is smiling from heaven!

[@No4murasame]

Hey Jimmy, thank you so much for deciding to fly it into Oshkosh. She absolutely flipping BELONGS there. Blue skies, man!

[@amcconnell6730]

6:50 "So, let's take a look at some of the details ... go inside if possible?" Jimmy should have said "Sure, got ten bucks?" :D

[@Rv7traralgon]

Was great to see it at Oshkosh after following its journey on KZbin .

[@400AGLNET]

I think a GREAT name would be "Burnin Love." Fantastic job on the build, Jimmy. You and your team hit a home run.

[@ricksteelcustoms3196]

Jimmy you did a fantastic job on this jet!

[@rogerdelillo2394]

Better than i imagined. Maybe have some audio/video pieces that can play on loop Elvis tv, and music inside and out to make a more complete experience. Good job

[@GCGould]

can't believe how great looking it is. The "body panels" of the RV chassis are amazingly well done. Great job. Hope you get to the Northeast sometime. I'm originally from St Pete, graduate of USF

[@ericgriffin397]

Jimmy has the heart and soul to make it memorable!! I am so happy that he went through with this crazy project that most people would have not done so Thank you Jimmy!!

[@gobfranklin6759]

Amazing job Jimmy and crew! Really amazing when you consider all they had to overcome.

[@Dan_Bender]

He must have used that Milsek furniture polish on that wood! I sent him a case. Great stuff!

[@drlarcey]

Jimmy, you really knocked it out of the park. I’ve been following this since the auction and that’s just amazing follow-through brother. Great job good example for your kids.

[@circuitstudiossr]

Hey Jimmy !! Congrats you made it !! !!

[@sabre0smile]

It's sad to see it without wings and tail, but Jimmy had nothing to do with it getting to that state, and saved what he could in the best way he could take it to as many people as possible. Wonderful and tastefully done.

[@kevinhedspeth4303]

Congrats Jimmy and Crew! I really enjoyed the build and driving videos of the Elvis Jet! It turned out fantastic!!! I hope you can bring it to Arizona someday...I'm sure the Pima Air Museum would love to have you visit! 😁👍

[@N4CR]

Awesome job and great to see this come to fruition. I think you'll get the last laugh having a great fun time with this, regardless of if some crazy Elvis collector buys it off your not.

[@markbrown-us4xe]

Congrats Jimmy!!! Grizzly driving was sweet. Been watching since the purchase. Burnen love.

[@GlennSelan]

It was great to meet you today Jimmy

[@RickMcCargar]

I toured the two Elvis Jets at Graceland...one really decked out with 70s decor, including crazy bedroom

[@TruckingToPlease]

Great looking build. As a commercial truck driver, I've got to ask how change out those drive tires or roadside change outs in the event of a blowout? We've survived a number of blowouts with a low deck step trailer, which is always an event and generally happens at night.

[@Cousin.]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!!

[@capicolaspicy]

Elvis was Jimmy's height - 6 foot!

[@mudbath541]

He's done it. Beyond my expectations. his latest flame

[@WalterThorne-h5k]

Jimmy. You are going places

[@3866TIM]

Looks awesome! Can't wait to see it pop up on Bring A Trailer!

[@billbaden742]

It is going to be a distinctive attraction for many years

[@erniekelly2479]

This is crazy. Crazy fun. Crazy cool. Good job.

[@gerardjohnson2106]

Dave Sparks has a boater home. Jimmy has a jeter home. 😂 The Elvis jet RV is AMAZING. 👍👍👏👏🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@cherylwebb4870]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing

[@kellyjung283]

Thank you Jimmy for saving the Elvis Plane !

[@phil10000]

Great job Jimmy

[@Jeffpower-]

Hey Jimmy, I went to Oshkosh on Monday and saw you, but unfortunately, I was too shy to speak directly with you. I saw Elvis jet RV and noticed you were busy. I had to leave the next day to return to Houston for work. I felt that coming to say hello might have been awkward 😬. Maybe next time, I will feel more confident to disturb you, haha.

[@dustyplumb1]

This has been a labour of (burning love ) and looks awesome jimmy ,grizzly has been working on this As well and deserves a mention plus all the other guys 🇬🇧👍🔧❤ dave

[@jeesmith99]

Jimmy’s World, Jimmy’s World, party time! Excellent! Reeeeer reeer reeeer reeeeer!

[@Iflya36withMichaelApodaca]

I don’t know how I missed you. I loved your KZbin

[@srscott10]

Looks great Jimmy. Nice work. Just call the RV “Elvis”. Short, sweet and simple works every time.

[@lamarw7757]

Elvis was never on that plane.

[@timcorcoran1577]

Jimmy you are the Elvis of the skies!!! And Roads

[@robertpimpo4698]

Jimmy that turned beautiful

[@SKYHOOK_DRONE_IMAGING]

Been watching on your channel and others at Oshkosh! Wish I could be there! Sent you some pics again! Later!

[@CorrieBergeron]

The Elvismobile! My aunt would have loved it.

[@dpsamu2000]

Lisa Marie 111, With that name they can't refuse you the photo op with the other jets in Memphis. May even shame them into refurbishing them to tour worthy condition too.

[@philiptissington2872]

I think Jimmy has done a amazing job considering how bad it was as a jet .well done keep trucking .🎉

[@patmadix172]

Excellent work I like the logo on the tail well rear

[@JTSunriseMusic]

So well done

[@mastrofnone8025]

Elvis jet or a couple million beer cans scattered all over the planet.

[@markknister6272]

Fantastic!

[@wainjohnson5474]

Way to go Jimmy. If it ever comes back to plant city I'll go see it. I missed the day you showed it at Plant City Airport.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Great job.

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Wow, somebody bought it. Nice work.

[@iamthundermug]

In what world would someone spend that much to do this? Why Jimmy’s World!

[@ericlowans1137]

This is great!!

[@grogman1911]

That is flat awesome! A great way to save a piece of musical and aviation history. Now to team up with the wiener mobile and the peanut mobile. LOL.

[@garyfairbrother5532]

Ya fooled me Jimmy (In a good way)! Been watching since before you got the “first” phone confirmation while driving down the road. You stuck with it man through thick and thin. I guess you can add “Visionary” to your resume with no problem from anyone. Name for the Jet… it’s already on it for the whole world to see in giant letters and a cool graphic. And with a deep, low and beautiful voice I can only say: “ Thank yuh, thank yuh very much”. (and best regards)

[@wstlndiesel]

He fooled you even more... Elvis NEVER flew on the jet‼️

[@garyfairbrother5532]

@@wstlndiesel: Actually he flew on it several times when being on Top Secret missions for the CIA. I know this because I was his handler back then (and was instrumental in arranging his fake death). He says Hi by the way and is going to surprise Jimmy by taking a tour of it disguised as an impersonator.

[@SKYHOOK_DRONE_IMAGING]

@@garyfairbrother5532 If they believe that, you'll tell them another story. DUH!

[@Mercmad]

@@garyfairbrother5532 You did a great job with the jo impersonator on Thursday! You only got the height wrong as he was at least 6" taller than the real potato. Send my regards to the mask crew for making yet one more silicone master piece !.

[@garyfairbrother5532]

@@Mercmad:?????

[@jeffcossaboon5012]

It looks great. One suggestion: put "The Elvis Jet" in big block letters on the skirt.

[@432b86ed]

🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. Very cool, Jimmy!

[@StephenSJN]

Good gosh! JIMMY is COOL as heck! Can I be your son?!?!?! LOL

[@troyarthur829]

If you have not named it yet. How about The Elvis Jet Mobile. Plain and Simple. Awesome Work Done so far…

[@n.r.2258]

Outstanding 👍

[@wannafly34]

JIMMY!!!!!

[@fatmuscle1]

Elvis was 6' tall.

[@TheFirBall]

Florida engineer-man..Awesome

[@googleyoutube766]

It's kind of ironic that you say give a list of why it will never fly again while at Oskosh, a large crowd of people that will say "hold my beer" and then make it fly again.

[@ContanceBarret]

Hello Jimmy. You have to make the seat's off limits or there will be nothing left of them. In the video everyone was flopping there butts in them!

[@yurimig253]

Jimmy is the real rock star ✨ lol

[@warrengee-f9l]

I think every plane should have west coast mirrors 🤣

[@dogdue4588]

...take another hit, Jimmy!

[@michaelsou4116]

Elvis Presley was an impressive 6 feet tall and weighed 170 pounds at the peak of his career. He wore size 11D shoes. Born on January 8, his zodiac sign was Capricorn. He had blue eyes and naturally light blondish brown hair that he dyed black.

[@jimihendrix731]

Had he bought $230k worth of NVIDIA stock 18 months ago, he’d have turned that into $1M.

[@grant1856]

Where at Osh Kosh is it? What booth number? We have been looking.

[@_Joy_Unleashed]

Amazing machine!!!! What a *fail* , structurally speaking, square windows turned out to be!

[@whiskybravoflight]

Jimmy is genius.

[@wstlndiesel]

Jimmy is a SCAMMER‼️ Elvis NEVER flew on the jet‼️ Its all a scam to promote his KZbin Channel. There are no pics or flight log showing Elvis as a passenger.

[@sanfranciscobay]

He paid $250,000 for the Jet, put $100,000 in parts and labor into it for a total of $350,000. Not sure how much the Wing Tags brought in.

[@Durandalski]

He’s a good enough businessman not to tell, but I did the math on the number of tags made and how much they’re selling for. If I remember correctly if he sold every tag made he would nearly double the money he spent on the Jetstar originally. He says in the video he’s sold half the tags so far so I would guess the original purchase price is just about covered, though not the RV build. I think he always planned for the tags to cover the whole project plus a little extra if they all sell. I figured out at the beginning that was his plan from the get go. He’s both a good businessman and a good showman so he plays up how crazy it is what he’s doing as if it’s all spontaneous, but folks forget he made his fortune as an entrepreneur. He had a complete plan to not only break even but make a profit plus steady income off the whole thing before he ever spent 230k plus on the Elvis Jet. :)

[@portnuefflyer]

It should have a real low drag coefficient, especially for a motorhome!

[@MrHiBeta]

Jimmy, any connection to Webb’s City?

[@GeneralHawk505]

I wonder if theyre coming to NYC

[@gaviny-w3569]

Next project 2.0😊😊😊😊

[@mastrofnone8025]

Please..... Don't get him started again. LOL

[@solidgroundministries6469]

Elvis bought that 8 months before he passed. He never even stepped foot on it and the interior was done by the previous owner.

[@MrDannyZ28]

I bet sunshine is jealous of you! So bright and cheery you are!

[@Lee-qp6gf]

Somewhere there has to be some pics of Elvis with this jet.

[@wstlndiesel]

Elvis NEVER flew on the jet‼️ Its all a huge SCAM‼️ Welcome to AMERICA 2024‼️

[@jamesburns2232]

And somewhere there has to be a pilot who flew Elvis around in this jet. 👨‍✈

[@Lee-qp6gf]

@@jamesburns2232 There could be but depends how old he was at the time.

[@mitchellwestford9312]

No pictures. Elvis never fly in it you look up

[@Lee-qp6gf]

@@mitchellwestford9312 Interesting, how do you know that?

[@johnjackson3483]

I think you should name it Pelvis.

[@jdaz5462]

So Jimmy lied. He told everyone that he was buying the jet to fly it.

[@Peter-ic7vj]

Boxcar willy is driver.!!!

[@alanfenwick9560]

name it Lisa Marie

[@alanm3438]

Elvis has left the plane.............................

[@SKYHOOK_DRONE_IMAGING]

Maybe his Ghost did leave the plane, long, long, ago, way back when!🤣

[@russhillis]

I called it a Jetterhome, but that's just me.

[@johngaither9263]

I'm thinking Jimmy fibbed a little. I saw the program where he found and examined the plane in N.M. where it had been abandoned by the owner after Elvis had sold the plane. The engines were missing and when Jimmy researched them he discovered they were no longer made. The engines were also no longer legal to use because it cost as much to make them noise compliant as it did to buy them. Jimmy bought the plane anyway for an outrageous amount of money for what it was. I hope he can recoup his losses.

[@weing]

The bigger fib is Elvis never flew in or even saw in-person this aircraft. It was owned by his company for a few months and never used or fitted out for Elvis.

[@edgewood99]

Name: THE BEAST.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Absolutely crazy but amazing he can pull it off. I was dubious but if he can afford it :)

[@wstlndiesel]

You mean pull off a SCAM‼️ Elvis never flew on the jet‼️

[@oneninerniner3427]

Maybe not, but he did actually own it and commissioned the interior to be like his other one-s and stuff.

[@wakkogn9351]

Elvis was also 6' tall.

[@claycassin8437]

It was named the "Hound Dog", according to the Graceland tour guides years ago when it was parked there. Why not stick with that?

[@1dariansdad]

If you call it anything other than "Taking Care of Business" I will have you drawn and quartered.

[@Itsallwrongbutthatsallright]

$ 400 K and Elvis never set foot in it. Some people and their money part way too easy !

[@alalmquist9423]

Jimmy, That aircraft deserved the respect and burial of a great plane. Now it reminds me of a famous circus dwarf who can no longer preform so you amputated his arms and legs and are dragging him down the road by his neck.

[@derekchapel2783]

I guess if you’re a Vernon Presley fan, then this is your plane. Elvis never stepped foot on this plane, Vernon was involved in buying it but the deal went bad. I would love to see documents of Elvis ever doing interior work. This was just a catch and release buy as to why you will never find photos of Elvis with this plane. Pricilla doesn’t have a clue because she doesn’t. She was just there at the auction for exposure and nothing more.

[@derekchapel2783]

To be absolutely honest…. Elvis would’ve loved this RV no doubt as it’s cool. Just work on finding proof before you claim things that never happened. All you have is his name on a title. You were better off spending that money on a car that Elvis was actually inside of, with pictures to prove. So please stop trying to sell Elvis’ name for your benefit.

[@i-likemy-space7729]

What to call it ? EL-BUS RV