{"id":10412,"date":"2026-01-06T21:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/?p=10412"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:09:35","slug":"elvis-presleys-private-1962-lockheed-jetstar-plane-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/?p=10412","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Presley&#8217;s private 1962 Lockheed JetStar plane up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/topic\/arts-culture-and-entertainment\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s rusty, missing an engine, and has been sitting on a runway in New Mexico for more than 30 years \u2014 but a private jet once owned by Elvis Presley is on the market for the second time in less than two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1962 Lockheed JetStar, once joint-owned by Presley and his father Vernon, is being sold &#8220;as is&#8221; on online auction site IronPlanet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plane is missing an engine, the cockpit needs restoring, and its once bright red and silver exterior is faded and tarnished with rust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"9905766\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/37b76f83289397b589604216490f063a?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=428&amp;cropW=640&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=49&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" alt=\"The cockpit of Elvis Presley's 1962 Lockheed Jetstar.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cockpit needs a bit of work if the plane was to be restored.&nbsp;(Supplied: IronPlanet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But previous auction house GWS Auctions claimed the interior of the 56-year-old plane was in the same condition Presley left it, with the &#8220;gold-tone hardware, woodwork inlay, red velvet seats and red carpet&#8221;, custom-designed for the King himself, still intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not clear what one would do with the plane,&#8221; a report in luxury publication Robb Report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s rusty, missing an engine, and has been sitting on a runway in New Mexico for more than 30 years \u2014 but a private jet once owned&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10413,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412\/revisions\/10413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informed24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}