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Fit For The King
Motoring World
|September 2016
And it’s had quite the eventful life, too.
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There’s nothing like a good story. Especially one that entails coming back to life. Elvis Presley may not have accomplished that himself, but after almost half a century, his BMW 507 has managed just that.To begin with, only 254 examples of the 507 were made between 1955 and 1959, which already makes this car a rarity. This particular one, with chassis number 70079, was raced by driver Hans Stuck, driven by him to various motor shows across Europe, won an automotive beauty competition in Wiesbaden, Germany,
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