I Cut Elvis Presley's Private Jet Into 3000 Pieces
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Yep! I just cut up Elvis Presley's private jet into 3000 pieces! Don't hate me! We are doing something really awesome with it! Elvis' private jet will be going back on tour!
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0:00 Let the cutting begin!
1:00 What about the inside?
2:33 Gold
6:14 lots of ribs and Grizzly's
9:15 new toy
11:58 Whoa... that's cool!
15:28 No way did that happen
19:28 Feels like the first time
22:20 why I do it!
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another scam operation? Or just a very shady "investment" where you never get your investment back?
I want a piece. Oh yeah. #1 is a bit high for me wallet. Now #69 would be so fine. I would pay triple regular price for that one.
Give #14 to Mrs Presley. 😂🤣
Turn the pipes into Elvis wind chimes. 7:50
@@victormcdonald6856 That sir is a Amazing idea .
Jimmy it was a pleasure meeting and working with you.
The metal tubes make Elvis wind chimes. Guys in the AF use to make them and rings out of them too . I have one from a F16 and another one made from a C130 . They are in my den and people always ask about them
Yes!
Wind chimes!
That is actually a good idea.
Having worked on Jetstars for years, the balance weights on the g go light controls are made of depleted uranium. You might want to be careful around them
This is true. They are rather radioactive. I also worked on some JetStar Is and IIs back in the day.
Tank and plank inspections. Hoo, gotta love 'em.
No' mo' JetStars. The last flyable one flew it's last flight to a museum a year or so ago.
its amazing the info you can learn on yt when people pop in the comments on a good day. thanks for the input thats super interesting. theres some people who prob know that who have no interest in this video or just simply dont comment and someone like me who has a interest in planes but will never work on them etc loves hearing about stuff like that
Wow, where are they located on the plane ?
@@rescue270 why are they treated? what purpose?
@@mikemiller659
Well, they're not treated, the material is depleted uranium. It's naturally radioactive. It is denser and heavier than lead, so a smaller balance weight can be made that takes up less space using depleted uranium rather than lead, and it will weigh the same as a larger lead weight. Given enough time, like several billion years, depleted uranium will continue to decay until it becomes, yes, lead.
The slugs for some large military machine guns are also made of depleted uranium rather than lead.
A company called MotoArt in California, may be willing to do something special with the bigger pieces. They turn aircraft pieces into furniture and sculptures. They are also the same group that make PlaneTags. They may collaborate with you to do something cool to raise money for the Elvis Jet project
I'd guess they've already made contact, possibly along with another tag maker based in FL. Nobody has made any Jetstar tags yet, and of course the history of this jet will continue to be embellished as much as possible to try and make as much $$$$$ as they can LOL. As a huge Jetstar fan, i'd still buy, despite knowing its real history!
I doubt Jimmy would buy anything from California based on his apparent hate for the state. Oh, wait... TH-cam is headquartered in California. Not sure how Jimmy squares that.
screw that repair or leave to someone who does
Elvis(' plane) has left the building in 3,000 pieces
thanks for supporting St. Jude. Wonderful place that operates on largely donations from the public. You're the best, Jimmy.
This was not Elvis' only jet, in fact not his only JetStar.
He had a JetStar II plus an executive Convair 990. They are both on display across the road from Graceland.
Right, I believe this was his father's jet. I've read,/seen that Ekvis most likely didn't fly on the plane.
He bought the plane in December 76 and sold it around April 77. If I remember correctly, he didn't even fly in it.
Here are some ideas with some of the bits that are inside the wings , the formers on the wing that are wing shaped . Try to cut them out in one piece and fit speakers in the round holes , you could use some of the strengtheners or pipes as uprights and make some speakers stands or instead of speakers a upright light stand . Any of the lights could be made into desk lamps and the leading edge of the wings cut into sections with lights fitted into the insides again some sort of lamps . The skin could be polished cut into smaller sections mounted on a bit of varnished wood with a plaque on it explaining it's a part of the Elvis jet with serial numbers to make them more official ( so no con artists can cut up a red car and do the same and claim it's from the Elvis Jets ) . And another idea !!! cut some of the skin into jet star shapes for key ring fobs , engraved on the back Elvis jet and maybe the name of the person who bought it . Small idea's i know but these could be an idea for the bits that are left over from some of the bigger idea's that im sure other people with more imagination will think of . Now i need to have a lay down as my head hurts from all this thinking , thinking like words is hard !!! . Love your video's as always , the Elvis jet will live on in many forms and make lots of people happy .
Aviation guys might want ailerons and other identifiable control surfaces, pods etc. Great wall art... Like hanging an old wooden prop in the office. Random pieces are more for Elvis fans and memorabilia.
KLM cut up one of their Fokker 70s and sold the pieces together with a memorial book on the long history of Fokker aircraft with the airline (the F70 was the last Fokker model they flew, the last ever built).
Was a nice touch, still have that book and piece of skin.
I agree!
Would definitely try to market some of the manageable sized components complete before cutting them up.
Would make a neat bar…
Jimmy.....please use the flight yokes for steering!!!! That would be so cool. Considering the magnitude of this project....hooking the yokes up to a hydraulic steering unit would be child's play.
Tesla did it! You can too!
I was going to suggest this also. You can tune the steering so it does not need to rotate all the way around.
Yes, please!
@@SuperSport1966 lol, good luck with that.
That's the smartest thing that you can do with that thing...Now everybody can have a piece of Elvis...
Smaller pieces would've been the best thing for raising the money and so that 10s of thousands of people would be able to buy a tiny little piece, make cufflinks or a tie clasp out the small scraps even...
Jimmy...you can take the T-shaped ribs, and cut them into thin sections, and make them into keychains, by drilling a small hole, and adding a split ring.
You can make thousands of them, and sell them for a more affordable price point.
As for the metal tubes, you could cut them into set lengths, add removable caps on the ends, and sell them as cigar holders, or mount the larger tubes to a piece of wood, and make them into executive pencil holders.
As for the wiring, you could have it melted down and made into copper slugs, which can be stamped into commemorative numbered coins, and any aluminum scrap (dust, small bits, etc.) can be melted down, and get the same treatment.
Parts of the spars can be cut, get a slot punched out of them, and made into "Remove Before Flight" markers, with the addition of a rubber lanyard or plastic luggage strap.
As for the larger pieces, like the ailerons and such, market them like those wooden props you see at most airports...just mount them to a base, and laser engrave them with the appropriate markings...it would be the centerpiece of many an FBO lobby.
Hey Jimmy not only can you make guitar picks but you could also make pick guards for various guitar styles like the fender and Gibson etc and that would be really awesome.
Back in the early '80s. My uncle turned fuel tanks from a jet into a pontoon boat. That would be really cool. I would love tackle a project like that.
I've seen a houseboat that used what was probably WW2 belly tanks as pontoons.
🤔
Maybe Jimmy is going in the wrong direction with this. There might be all of the parts to create an Elvis jet pontoon houseboat!
Much cooler than an RV.... 😎
@@straybullitt
This would be better as a boat. No restrictions on size.
If you own a pontoon boat
You might be a redneck
I have a pontoon paddle boat. The pontoons are equal in size to a WWII external stores tank. The boat has enough buoyancy to hold 3 people, max on a very basic framework and no engine. Wouldn't be much of a boat.
I had the same thought, didn't even browse the comments for spitting it out. Tow the pontoon with the Elvis Bus.
My idea for you to make the most out of what your cutting up and gain more value out of it would be to make tiny glass/plastic tubes with aluminium shavings from cutting it up and label them as (elvis’s jet star dust) (same idea as the pots sold with fairy dust) and I believe it would also sell as its a cheaper option for people to purchase?
Had an idea for the thicker aluminum pieces from the airplane wing could be used by stamping out bottle openers using a press and a small dye custom built. Elvis airplane bottle opener.
What brand of guitar did Elvis use? Perhaps have the guitar manufacturer do a limited run and have your plasma cutter guy, the laser guy and the guitar company with custom pick guard installed below the strings/opening! You could label those #001#002, etc as well and I bet they would go for #BIGMONIES! 🤑
I watch your show regularly. Thank you for the great content. I was thinking that maybe you could see if you could get a guitar made from some of the pieces of the jet. It would be a great piece of memorabilia.
I think you should be asking "can I buy pieces from you so I can make a guitar". Or did you want a manicure and a pedicure from Jimmy as well in his spare time as you sit in your recliner day dreaming?
@@DIYDaveT you are a very strange person.
Oh Dave, you are funny indeed. I don't have any desire to make a guitar as I do not play them, nor do I collect Elvis memorabilia, but I can see the appeal of such an object to several people I know that do.
Now you may want to have your visions checked out by a professional. I would be concerned if I was having visions of Jimmy giving manicures and pedicures to someone in a recliner. Thanks for the laugh!
I think another cool thing would be to sell little cut outs with elvis bent over rockin a guitar.
@@tristated9310 I thought your guitar idea was a good one, allot of people collect guitars & even if fake as a wall hanging, simply bcuz it was made out of his plane. Some people just don't have imaginations.
I love what you are doing! I’m excited to watch it unfold!!
Going to be amazing ,cant wait to see it finished ,so glad your leaving most inside as was👏 ❤
I think its silly how mad people are getting about this. Noone cared when it sat for decades and rotted.
Its a private jet he owned for a small time. Its not one of his cars, one of his guitars, or any of his famous clothing.
Its better for it to be used and toured around than need hundreds of thousands to restore to an even museum grade quality just to sit outside and be walked around.
There is some value in it being reused and a tribute to the king.
This was the only plane he purchased with his father and it went to auction with a letter from Lisa Marie detailing why it was so sentimental to Elvis. Nobody who knows the history of this plane, how it was something he bonded with his father over, would want any part of its destruction. For what? To make money off of fkn keychains or guitar picks you made from scraps you cut off? Advertiser revenue? TH-cam clicks? That's not respect. I'm not even a huge Elvis fan but it absolutely angers me.
@@leelu9236 yea. So you're saying to let it rot? This way 3,000 Elvis fans can have piece of the plane making it that much more special since now you too become part of the story.
@@carhauling101 Nope. Saying it should have gone to somebody willing to lovingly fix it instead of chop it up for profit. And I want no part in the story of destroying something Elvis cherished.
@@leelu9236 that's complete bullshit... how long has this plane been sitting? I think due to the assymetrical ratio of dieing Elvis fans vs new Elvis fans ... you're living in a fantasy world
@@leelu9236 Maybe you're unaware that Jimmy inquired about fixing it and had a professional evaluation done and it was in the millions to fix it, and that's IF! they could even get all the parts? Also if I recall even if they did find all the parts there was something about engines that the plane used having some sort of noise issues / violations by today's standards and it still wouldn't be allowed to fly. Sometimes you have to put your feelings aside and objectively and realistically look at the facts / reality.
As a Nashville guitarist, I approve of the guitar pick idea!
Thank you for doing this public and giving the chance to be able to visit Elvis in person❤❤
Just the other day, I heard Joe Rogan talking about this jet. He had just heard about it and that it had sold. When he heard the price, he was blown away at how cheap it went for. He was commenting about how it would make a great podcast studio... If you wanted, I bet you could sell to him and make a profit.
Jimmy you should get with a guitar maker and either build a guitar with some of the pieces or add some to a guitar brand that Elvis played. Then sell or auction that.
As usual another excellent "What could go wrong....?" nail-bitter video from Jimmy. Loving the new "franklin mint" merchandise to help with this amazing project and a great non-profit!
I know where you lost Serial 0001 "the Original." In most cars especially cars with leather seating there is usually a piece of leather material that wraps from the back to the under side of the seat a few inches. So what you have to do is stick your hand between the two pieces of the seat (where your butt meets your back) facing toward the steering wheel and feel around. Hope this helps. If you find it because of this I would to claim two tags, 0108 and 0816, the date of birth and date of death. Thanks and good luck
You should get Larry at Ammo NYC to come down and detail the whole interior. And get Paint Society in Orlando FL to refresh the fuselage paint.
I am most impressed how you have turned this project into something positive! Your mind and creativity and guts are A1.
Well he butchered a plane because he simply has no money to restore it. What would you say if he would buy a B-29 or a P-51Mustang and realize that he has no money for the restoration (intelligent people know this in advance) and decide to make key fobs out of it? Interestingly no critizism in the comment section as far as I see. So he pays someone to delete all the bad comments. I am out of this! I thought this guy is a passionate plane and all type of moving gadgets restorer and refurbisher. But its just a childish narcisist.
I liked the tiny house idea more but the traveling RV is a great idea too.
As for the scape piece leftover; what if you melt it down and pour molds for keychains?
Elvis took it! He’s sending a message. You will be visited by three Spirits! Elvis Past! Elvis Present! Elvis Pissed! CYA JIMMY!
What I would like to hear or see is ppl wanting to buy a good size piece for a table or light stand with the pieces if tubing you wasn't sure what to use for. Light fixtures, clocks,someone painting a piece of elevis on the piece that you've cut up. Oh my the options are endless. I'm so excited jimmy, can't wait to see more.
Regarding the wing tanks, could they be converted into one of the following.
A bar that opens like a barbecue, or 4 x juke boxes that look like cones, or a couple of really large barbecue s. Love the content.
Losing that piece is exactly the kind of thing that happens to me. Great idea with the souvenirs!
Just cut it up and sell so anyone can own a part of Elives plane say for a donation and pay shipping.
@@raybradley1627 Well he butchered a plane because he simply has no money to restore it. What would you say if he would buy a B-29 or a P-51Mustang and realize that he has no money for the restoration (intelligent people know this in advance) and decide to make key fobs out of it? Interestingly no critizism in the comment section as far as I see. So he pays someone to delete all the bad comments. I am out of this! I thought this guy is a passionate plane and all type of moving gadgets restorer and refurbisher. But its just a childish narcisist.
@@rainerwahnsinn9423you do know elvis never flew in this plane right? He had it only 6 months and never did he fly in this particullar one, oh news flash he had other planes to that are perfectly in good condition. You should check it out
@@rainerwahnsinn9423 anyways it was sitting in a lot for 40 years and no one did something to save it, its better of being chopped of
@@rizkiarya6257 Yes, for a youtube video. Next time they chop off the car of General Patton because it was sittin somewhere for decades and nobody did anything to it.
Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur! Turning high end scrap aluminum ( pile of poo) into a gold mine. Call Pricilla and get a both at the mansion.
Another great video Jimmy and the gang. I will definitely be looking to get some Elvis tags or other items offered.
Mr Jimmy its cool how you are doing something with one of he kings last earthly possession and the fact your turning it into a rv is like totally awesome and if my dad was still alive he'd love it cause he worked for Lockheed and American jet industry yrs ago so rock on Mr Jimmy
When will these be available? I would love to buy one or two
I'd love to buy a guitar pick made from the airplane. Be sure to let us know when this stuff comes available. Btw, the pipes could be made into wind chimes or other misc things. Maybe other art?
Should have put the whole thing in a museum near Nashville. Build a little Elvis side-show around it.
Use the fuel tanks as fuel tanks put them where the wings go thats if the rv is driveable it would look good one on each side . As for the pipes melt them down and make coins out of them .
For your art piece, I would consider looking for some upcoming artist. Who can do like 3-D printing try and scan every single piece, put it into like a software and make an Elvis sculpture with it the stuff they can do with automation is insane.
Stringers and pipes = picture frames :) What about taking some pieces to a model maker (i.e Adam Savage) and make a mini Elvis Jet and auction it off (maybe for a military charity) just a thought.
❤love the Elvis tag and I want one! And Jimmy figured out what to do about the lost tag, lol. I hope Jimmy puts a fair price on the tag and it won't be too pricey.
😂I truly thought you were going to get it flying again.... sad to see it turned into an R.V. 😢
So much for all the excitement of the lights still working, he even got me all exited over nothing, i'm out, don't care anymore on the outcome of the plane or his channel.
Me too. It's so sad that this plane will never fly again, and instead become a gay little motor home. This is just the wrong thing to do to an Elvis plane.
I can't believe how sad I got when I learned that you lost the original 0001 piece. Oh, the emotions!
Get over it
@@peteroconnell8764 Wow, a comment so profound and authoritative from a nobody that needs to get over himself.
I was also sad for him when he had to announce the misplacing of 0001. But a $10,000 reward might not be enough. It'll depend on what #001 does at auction.
@@g.r.visentin9079 Hahahahaaaaah this guy, gets sad over a piece of metal that is the exact same as every other piece of the jet and then gets salty over a random persons comment
@@peteroconnell8764 I actually had empathy for the man (Jimmy) that lost the first engraved piece that made him visibly upset. I don’t care much about the “piece of metal”, but your three functioning brain cells obviously were not able to process that. You need to put your pants back on and move out of your mom’s basement.
Wow! That laser engraver does an awesome job! I am glad to see I am not the only one who recycles those food delivery freezer pack.
3k pieces at $100/each would pay for the plane and give you $57K to restore the rest. And if you get more for larger pieces then that will only increase the amount going toward restoration. I know I for one would love to buy a piece and give it to my dad as a gift. He met Elvis in 1977 I think. Elvis was in Fayetteville NC and my dad was a deputy sheriff working security. He got his picture taken in front of the stage and Elvis standing behind him singing over his shoulder. It was in the papers and was then put onto one of the albums. He would LOVE this souvenir.
Pieces that can be turned into desks or coffee tables should. They could go for a lot of money, there was a Discovery Channel show 15-20 years ago where some guys did that and pieces sold for bank.
The show was called Wing Nuts. They made some beautiful pieces of furniture.
@@jackulrich789 Thanks, yes that was it. Jeeze it was 20 years. The buff guy died I think but the other founder keep the business going. Moto Art is the company and is still around. They could do something with the parts to make Jimmy some money.
I wonder if any other bidders had planned on getting this bird back in the air. I know you calculated almost 2 million dollars to do so but there's some crazy rich guys out there. Best of luck on this venture Jimmy!
People wealthy enough to realistically restore and run this jet don't waste money of stuff like restoring this old jet
the plane could not get back into the air for less than $10 million.
If there was they had their chance to bid on it and seemingly none of them did. It's a huge undertaking and it's an absolute money pit. Also if I recall even IF they did find all the parts there was something about engines that the plane used having some sort of noise issues / violations by todays standards and it still wouldn't be allowed to fly.
@@0verload
It could have been reengined with Garrett TFE-731 turbofan engines that are much quieter than the original Pratt and Whitney turbojets but the price would be astronomical and nobody wants to deal with owning a JetStar these days. Even being associated with Elvis, a JetStar I project is one of the greatest white elephants you can imagine.
Guitar picks and Elvis dog tags would be cool honoring his time in the army
I would check with the Federal Depot. Of Trans. to find out if you could keep the yokes as steering wheels , some mods required , and if any air bags are required place the behind simulated gauges . Fuel tanks , make into a trailer to haul behind the RV , keep related stuff in it , maybe
what to do with the pieces? hmm.. well, if only there was an industry that specializes in taking used metal pieces and repurposed them.. or maybe.. what if they had the means to "melt" things down, to then "re-use" those parts for other things on the planet.. man, that would be SOOO cool.
lol
next time i work on a project, i need to cut up an old car and sell pieces to fund my project. thats a GREAT IDEA.
Thank you Jimmy!
That laser etching was awesome to watch.
So cool you're keeping the cockpit as close to possible. I just worry about visability.
Valid concern, but I think it would be fairly easily rectified by installing a bunch of cams in the various blind spots.
The fuel tanks could be cut and a hinged connecting to the two halves.Use it as a full size charcoal grille for massive tailgate or barbecue parties. It would be amazing and I would be the first to bid on this!!!
Awesome job and thank you keep him update with new fans around the world 2023 and beyond 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I love this project, personally I don't think that you should scrap anything. Every single piece is something that an Elvis fan anywhere in the world would want, for example tiny little pieces can be used for can be made of value by the engraving and COA. Every two inch length of pipe from anywhere on the plane can be engraved and mounted on a nice plaque with the COA and the details. Every single piece of zinc oxide can be used for a cool dash for the rat rod community after the laser surgery And garrentee that there are artistic people who can even use the wiring to make profiles of Elvis on a nice piece of wood with the COA. I going way too far but IMO selling it in 2 ft by 2 ft chunks defeats the purpose of raising the most money. I can see how a little credit card sized piece with rounded corners and lasered up with the COA will an easy international sell especially b/c Europe is so much more into the music of the early days... Just random ideas...
Great ideas, @TheRealJimmysWorld take note!
I think demand will be underwhelming. I'm an Elvis fan but wouldn't spend a penny on an insignificant piece of Elvis history.
This was a utility plane, mainly for Elvis's band and crew. He had two other planes that he flew in. I don't believe there's any picture or video of Elvis being on or near this plane. Very little collector value. Besides, most of the people who grew up with Elvis in their youth are old now and most likely already in retirement homes, or planning on being there soon. They don't have space for aluminum scrap. Like all celebrities, time moves along and they're forgotten. Interest in Elvis is rapidly waning among young people.
Elvis didn't even fly in this plane.
@@buckmurdock2500 a penny? come on lol i too think it's overpriced but im not the biggest elvis fan. i like his hits... anyway i think over time they will sell (and at 300$ each that would be over 900,000$). worst case if he's hurtin he could come down to 100$ and get his money back...
You should do something involving the movie "Follow that dream" filming locations included: Crystal River, Inverness, Ocala, and Yankeetown Florida. There is also the "Follow that dream" Parkway. Possibly take the RV on a "Follow that dream" filming location tour.
Very glad I watched all the way to the end. St. Jude's is a great way to honour the whole endeavor.
You could make bongs (water pipes) from the pipes. Stoners would love taking a hit from their own piece of Elvis's jet.
Like man, that's what I was thinking! I think the big E ripped a few bong tokes himself!
Only in Jimmy’s world can you lose the first piece of the Elvis plane
What a great idea, I have seen that plane in person in Roswell. There was a guy who did a similar build, from NY I think, he might give you some really good advice on your build. Good luck
Depending on size, maybe some pipes could be cut into shot glasses?
He’s not ‘building’ or preserving anything. He’s chopping Elvis up and selling every bit of hair, nail clippings and teeth for every dollar he can scrounge. Shame. Better it continued to sit somewhere covered, waiting for a budget or museum that could honor it.
Absolutely brilliant! I would've NEVER thought of something like this.
Awesome ideas there Jimmy. Stay safe my friend.
We are a Huge Elvis Presley fan family would love to have just a piece very awesome what you're doing keep up the great work
Elvis had nothing to do with this plane...
Open up your pockets and get ready for to pay big time.
That sounds great! Thank you for saving the Elvis airplane. It will be amazing to see when done.
It's hard to hide Jimmy: just how emotional I am. Australia will always love the King!!!
🪃🌏
Oh my word amazing! I'm not able to get to America from England now. I hope you'll allow fans to buy outside the USA. Fantastic videos.
making them in the style of plane tags is prety neat. id buy that
This hurts my heart to see how Elvis's poor jet was treated by the previous owners. It sucks but knowing this was a better option then letting it rot kinda helps but it's still hard to watch.
it's the fate of pretty much every aircraft that's not worth maintaining in flyable condition.
Some may end up as museum pieces, but as the deal to sell this one to museums never materialised, it was left to rot until some fool came along thinking he could restore it...
It's sad to see. They faithfully do their job for years, and then typically all meet with the same fate.
Big ships are the same.
We can't save them all, and it makes the ones that do get saved all the more special.
Yes it's hard to watch. But getting it to a flyable condition, certifed on *different* engines is just not viable, I wish it was. That would be awesome. So I suppose that this is the next best option.
Except Elvis never even stepped in this plane... He probably never even saw it. The real Elvis planes are fine.. Parked at Graceland.
this plane has only a casual connection to Elvis and that was decades ago. No matter how many times it's proclaimed to be ELVIS'S PRIVATE JET it's just a piece of scrap. The red interior came after Elvis was dead and buried. Get over the connection, there is none.
Hey Jimmi, for the tubing in the wings, maybe you can make microphone stands the pole for the mic stand ❤ Elvis was a singer, the king and maybe someone would love a Elvis microphone stand, or at least the mic pole . good luck looking forward to the completion.
Maybe try and save a few of the ribs from the main wing or the tail, that would be a cool collectable. Also, I think the flap would be too small as a table, but maybe one of the horizontal stabs would work. yes it would be large, but one hell of a conversation piece!!
After it gets cut up, it would be AWESOME to do a full restoration!
Like putting together an Elvis jet puzzle! 😆😅🤣
Maybe Jimmy should stamp out some puzzles out of the wing skin? 🤔
So much for all the excitement of the lights still working, he even got me all exited over nothing, i'm out, don't care anymore on the outcome of the plane or his channel.
Yur awesome Jimmie!!
I can’t wait to get alerted when your new videos come out!
Elvis is smiling in his resting place!!
He would be happy with what you are doing!!?
Keep up the good things you are doing!!
I am sure my aviation loving brother is thinking the same thing!! 👍👍👍
seeing it get all cut up, no I don't think so, So much for all the excitement of the lights still working, he even got me all exited over nothing, i'm out, don't care anymore on the outcome of the plane or his channel.
Glad to see you're taking at least part of the idea I dropped in the comments of the original Elvis video "Shred it and include a piece with each merch order." Amy chance it's worth a scrap as a momento?
If you're going to be making guitar picks from the wing ribs, why not also turn some of the pipe into guitar slides, both engraved and serial numbered, maybe some sold as matched sets? And it should be possible to modify the original flight yoke to handle steering the bus, using cable wire to connect to everything below the floor, keeping more of the original look.
I get so exited to see you post love your channel jimmy keep up the great work best regards from southern Michigan
When planes sit in place for a decade or two things tend to go missing, for those who don’t know what could of happened if he did try to get that jet to work again look up “Kee Bird Frozen in Time” and learn from what happened to it and how it could’ve ended for this piece of history
that project was way different. like way way different your talking about a huge enormous plane in comparison of size, stuck in the middle of no where on a time limit to reach it and hoping you have a plane big enough to get there. i mean theres ALOT of differences. and in the end that plane caught on fire because of something like a loose bolt the gas tipped over and caught on fire inside. but with that being said i dont think redoing the entire navigation panel on this plane after it had been picked apart would of been to safe when i saw the desert footage of it. in the case of kee bird i dont think really any inside parts were gone i think it was just the engines if i recall that were bad. but elvises plane many people could reach it and explore it and mess with it. but it was alot easier to access. and since the guy has it in his shop he could of had the time to take time to restore it to fly which prob would of just cost way to much.
@@hippa2dahoppa2if I remember correctly it was the apu that was jerry rigged that caught fire which consumed the aircraft. A shame considering all the effort they went to
@@samb5327 i think they said a bolt wasnt secure and a gas can spilled over. regardless if it was either or it was a shame. one guy even died during the filming
@@hippa2dahoppa2 it was a huge shame considering all the effort and suffering they went through to try and get the aircraft flying out of there
Ailerons cut into fore to aft sections could be good. You could get a bunch out of those if they were a couple of inches thick. Wall art memorabilia for pilots. A table saw would work great for that.
Great job showing and telling jimmy,3.000 peace wow good luck with it jimmy.what do ya know I might buy one if not to much money. Well keep up the good work see ya next time see ya bye jimmy.
First, I'd buy a small affordable piece. I think you're doing a great thing preserving some of it, yet a modern twist.
I want a piece....please sell me one. LOL
I’d be interested too in having such a cool little memento.
I'm curious of pricing. If he's trying to get his money back with 3000 pieces then they're going to cost ~$1000. I really hope it's more like $250 which is still expensive to me, but with Elvis collectors I'm pretty sure it's just a drop in the hat.
@@nick-leffler math much? 3000x1000 = 3 mil
@@hekeli haha thank you. I guess I need to work on my math skills. So hopefully it'll easily be around ~$200. That's fair
Great video as always Jimmy! Just a thought on the fuel tanks... you could turn them into fuel carts. I'd help design them if you're interested. Hope you're having a great day!
Jimmy, this is a great idea. Who else would spend all that money to buy a jet and then think about cutting it into 3000 pieces to pay for it. Brilliant. My heart sunk when you lost 001. I felt your pain.
Cool. I just became an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER for a new movie featuring Elvis' leading lady in The Trouble With Girls. Would love to get one of those artifacts. We we keep this in big consideration.
You should make a miniature stabilizer for the back of the motorhome and I think they're called the ailerons shorten them within the 8-foot wide-area you have for a road-going vehicle so it still has a little bit of the airplane look to it
I remember when Jimmy's channel was still small and hadn't blown up yet. He had a disclaimer at the beginning of his videos that said:
Caution! I'm an idiot. Do not take any airplane or financial advise from me. This is to show you how to go bankrupt with airplanes." 😅😅😅😅
New Tee Shirt Jimmy!!!!!! And don't forget your picture with it! Lol. 😅😅😊😊
Hi Jimmy, I have been following you for some time now and what you are doing with this aero plane ✈️ is just amazing, Y not make key rings and small table then you can use the pipes for the leg or legs just a suggestion, Well Jimmy all the best what ever you do.👍👍⭐️
Turn all the metallic pipes into wind chimes - that way the King will continue to make music for many years into the future.
What a nasty end to do to such an iconic plane, it should be restored in a museum
HE RUINED IT WTF
Depending on the length of the tubing, could you make microphone stands out of them? Or possibly something to look like mini microphones?
😃Great stuff!! Thanks for sharing.
Elvis never even set foot in that plane u got robbed just cuz Elvis had his name on doesn't mean his was in it love your show but u should of did more research
He promotes misleading companies peddling get rich quick schemes
What year is the plane ?
What year did Elvis pass away?
@@kevink4914 Built in 1961. And 1976 when Vernon signed the paperwork for it.
I'm holding out for Elvis's jet, plant fertilizer with genuine fuselage bird crap.
You butchered a priceless historical aviation artifact as a youtube stunt and sold the pieces of the carcass. Words cannot describe the amount of anger I feel.
@redenginner
Dont worry, nothing of value was destroyed. This plane owned by Elvis's company for about 6 months before he died. Elvis never stepped foot on it. The interior was redone in the early 80's by an Oil executive. This man is a fraud... so, I guess you could get mad about that.
The link to Elvis is questionable at best, sure elvis’s company purchased the aircraft but it was a few months before he died. Elvis never personally flew onboard and the interior isn’t original anyway. It’s interesting being an early jet star model but it was in a very poor state. Even with the “Elvis” link he still massively overpaid for it, it’s been up for auction several times over the last decade and didn’t sell (likely as the sellers wanted far too much for it trying to cash in on the Elvis name)
@@samb5327 I was particularly annoyed at how , when his wife toured the plane, he side stepped her questions any normal person would ask. The age of the microwave, VCR, etc. If Elvis chose the interior. Or if he sat in it.... he knows damned good and well that he got scammed, and he's passing on the buck to his fans, and not taking the hit like a man who made a mistake. Have you seen what he's charging for his silly medallions?? Insane!
@@ripn929707 yeah he must know he’s massively overpaid for what is essentially a scrap aircraft, I did see the prices of them, had they been reasonable I’d have bought one as I like the idea but even with a sale it would have been over £200 and that’s before shipping 😆
You should put the plane on the chasis of an RV or flat bed and have a separate drivers station. Keep the plane separate in a cradle on the truck flat bed. You should do some Elvis jet shirts too!
If you still have a piece big enough, cut out a guitar out of that metal and use those pipes to create the bridge and create a rock guitar. It looks like the guitar that he used out of the jet and have that as a piece of memorabilia. Create two of those. Maybe one out of each wing. I don't know something that would be kind of neat...
Good morning from Minnesota!! Great episode!!
Are there any famous Elvis artists out there? Make one of the larger pieces into a painting of Elvis. You could turn one of more of the larger pieces into coffee tables. Build a wooden coffee table, and use the metal as an insert in the center of the table, painted with Elvis in Hawaii, and covered with a piece of glass. You could team-up with one of the woodworking dudes on TH-cam.
The craziest idea would be to build an Elvis suit of armor.
Use the I-beam pieces, cut them in to narrow strips, turn them upside-down and make wine glass holders...very cool Elvis RV...