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Hello, I'm Mr. Ed

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Mr. Ed: I'm 70 years old and have lived in the Akron-Tallmadge, Ohio area all of my life. For 10-years (1957-1967) I lived most summers at our home in Cook Forest, Pa. I'm a U.S. Army veteran (1971-1973). I collect many things such as: antique cars, antique firearms, movies, movie props, old newspapers and posters, Wyatt Earp items, Civil War items, John Wayne items, items from the old west including Native American items, just about anything historical. I've been married for 47-years. My wife and I have a son and a daughter and three granddaughters and two great grandchildren.

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Blog Page-2 Last Updated:

8-15-2020

Frank Sinatra ~

Frank in his 1950s T-Bird.

Davis Jansson ~

David Janssen had a '55 T-Bird.

Elvis Presley ~

Elvis with his 1967 Lincoln Limousine.

Elvis and police at his 1973 Lincoln Limousine.

Elvis' 1973 Lincoln Limo. This was at a car show that I attended back on August 11, 1979 in Akron, Ohio.

Complete with bar and TV.

I have a blog posted with a lot more photos. See the links at the end of this blog.

The Lincoln Limo at Graceland.

Elvis stopped to assist at an accident on March 26, 1976 in Memphis while driving the '73 Lincoln Limo.

Elvis inhis T-Bird, 1950s.

Elvis talks to a police captain by his new 1955 Cadillac Convertible.Main St. Memphis. June 1956.

Elvis gets a ticket and reaches for the cop's gun.

But, all in all, Elvis and the officer had a good time talking.

Elvis working on his Messerschmitt

Elvis was stationed in Germany and had a Mercedes Benz to tool around in.

Elvis buying his new '56 Lincoln Cont. Mark II.

Elvis' Lincoln and his Cadillac band limo.

Elvis' white 1967 Lincoln Limo is in the foreground as he stop's on an L.A. street to greet fans. "Hey kids! What to meet Elvis?

Thomas Edison ~

Thomas Edison at home with electric car.

Thomas Edison promoting his Electric Car.

Edison & his Electric Car.

Edison with another of his electric cars.

Being good friends with Henry Ford probably figured into him getting a free Model T.

Thomas Edison and his son Chase.

Washington, D.C., circa 1915. Miss Elinor Blevins. Movie star, aviatrix, auto fiend

Bonanza: Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene & Michael Landon by a Pickup Truck Camper

Washington, D.C., 1935. Sen. Huey P. Long. DeSoto Airflow

Sean Connery as James Bond, poses with Aston Martin DB5 - 1965

Beverly Hillbillies' Truck

Steve McQueen

Forrest Tucker's "F-Troop" golf cart

George Harrison & Paul McCartney

Marilyn Monroe ~

Marilyn in her Chrysler Convertible.

Marilyn Monroe in a Jeep.

Abbott & Costello ~

Lou Costello at Abbott & Costello Production offices. He's driving his Playboy convertible.

Amelia Earhart ~

Amelia Earhart with her roadster.

Amelia Earhart, Electra & Cord Convertible.

Annette ~

With her 1960 Cadillac.

Barbara Eden ~

Barbara with her Mustang.

Bridget Bardot ~

Bette Davis ~

Bette Davis changing a tire.

Clark Gable ~

Clark Gable with his T-Bird.

Clark Gable at racing shop.

Gable with his Mercedes Benz.

Jayne Mansfield ~

Jayne at home in Cadillac.

Jayne Mansfield, and her lawyer-boyfriend Sam Brody.

John Wayne ~

Duke's 1977 driver's license.

Laurel & Hardy ~

L&H in their famous Model T.

The Monkees ~

The famous Monkeemobile.

Herman Munster ~

Herman picking up a used car.

Natalie Wood ~

Natalie with her Mercedes Benz.

Rita Hayworth ~

Rita and her Lincoln - Colorized.

William Shatner ~

In his custom-built car.

Catherine Bach ~

Daisy Duke and her car from the "Dukes of Hazzard".

The Nelsons ~

David and Ricky Nelson.

Dean Jeffries ~

The Addams Family ~

Gomez & Mortisha Addams arrives in their limousine.

Gordon Cooper ~

Gordon Cooper's '67 Corvette.

The Green Hornet ~

Jimi Hendrix ~

Hendrix in his Vette.

Henry Ford ~

Henry Ford with his Model T; NYC 1919.

Henry Ford with the first car that he built in a garage behind his home.

Jack Benny ~

Jack Benny and his Packard.

James Brown ~

James Brown's plane and Lincoln.

Paul Newman ~

Newman in the film, "Hud" with his 1957 Cadillac convertible.

James Garner ~

James Garner's race car.

Jane Fonda ~

Jane Fonda in car.

Jerry Lewis ~

Jerry Lewis with his new Cadillac.

John Bonham ~

Lawrence Welk ~

Lawrence Welk's Dodge Convertible.

Loretta Young ~

Loretta Young on her car phone.

Marianne Faithful ~

Mary Pickford ~

Mary Pickford and her Maxwell.

Mickey Mantle ~

Mickey Mantle Tires.

Diana Rigg ~

What was Mrs. Peel's first name???

Rudolph Valentino ~

Jean Harlow ~

Harlow again.

The Kinks ~

Preston Tucker ~

Al Capone’s Armored 1928 Cadillac ~

This car has an interesting role in the history of the United States at the outbreak of World War II. The car had been seized by the Feds when All was sent to the Big House for tax evasion. It was used very little while the government maintained it. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service realized that they had no secure method of transporting FDR around Washington. So they commandeered this car to drive him to the Capitol on December 8 to give his "Day of Infamy" speech before both houses of Congress. Thus a famous gangster's car played a small but important role in American history. Here's another version of this story: "I hope Mr. Capone won’t mind." — FDR, when a reporter told him where the car came from Hours after Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D Roosevelt was to give his infamy speech to Congress the next day, and although the trip from the White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents weren’t sure how to transport him safely. The White House did already have a specially built limousine for the president that he regularly used, it wasn’t bulletproof, and the Secret Service realized this could be a major problem now that the country was at war. FDR’s speech was to take place at noon December 8th, and time was running out. They had to procure an armored car, and fast. There was one slight problem. US government rules at the time restricted the purchase of any vehicle that cost more than $750 ($10,455 in today’s dollars). It was pretty obvious that they weren’t going to get an armored car that cheap, and certainly not in less than a day. One Secret Service agent was a quick thinker. The federal government did already have in its possession a car that just might fit the bill: Al Capone’s, which had been sitting in a Treasury Department parking lot ever since it had been seized from the infamous mobster during the IRS’ tax evasion suit years earlier. Capone’s car was a sight to behold. It had been painted black and green so as to look identical to Chicago’s police cars at the time. It also had a specially installed siren and flashing lights hidden behind the grille, along with a police scanner radio. To top it off, the gangster’s 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armor and inch-thick bulletproof windows. Mechanics are said to have cleaned and checked each feature of the Caddy well into the night of December 7th, to make sure that it would run properly the next day for the Commander in Chief.