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an em In order to determine if there was a fraud committed by the previous owner of the automobile or by the auction in New Jersey concerning the claim that the automobile belonged to Elvis Presley, the following investigation was conducted: Mr. of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, one of the automobile's former owners, advised that he pur- chased the Corvette approximately five years aco from a Newark, New Jersey, car dealer for $3,000 cash. MMI indicated the ear had been advertised in the New York ewspaper. e car any way, and he for $2,000. stated he did not renovate solc e car to advised that he only provided with the title to the xr; and he did not claim that the car was ever owned by Elvis Presley, nor did he furnish any invoice or docu- ments which would make this claim. eee -: Neponsit, New York, was interviewed and he claims he pa »000 for the automobile from an unknown individual in New Jersey. stated that_he put $10,000 of ore he sold ic QAM caine that his own money into the car he received a bill of sale from the man in New Jersey which in- dicated that the Corvette had been previously owned by Elvis Presley. advised that he mounted and laminated the nD invoice, but he was not sure in his own mind that the car had, b indeed, belonged to Presley. | er PO he did not change the vehicle's trans- mission, nor did he install a signal-seeking radio in the car. Both of these features were on the car prior to his puzchase. GREED acvisea that he sold the automobile to through the Kruse Auto Auction and provided the 1 nated ocument showing that the vehicle previously was owned by Elvis Presley to at the time of the sale. GED «tatec that he was not able to prove positively that the car had previously been owned by Elvis Presley and if he would have been able to do that, he would have sold the automobile for $100,000. ee -: West Chester, Pennsylvania, advised tha e purchase e Corvette on February 28, 1978, from through the Kruse Auto Auction and he paid