In the mid-20th century, Cadillacs were the flashy car you bought when you wanted everyone to know you could afford a Cadillac. Elvis Presley bought an entire fleet of Cadillacs after he made it big, including a purple one and two pink Caddys. But it was a gold Eldorado that he deemed worthy of execution.
Elvis was known to shoot his TV sets if he didn't like what it was showing. This habit became a comedy trope, but it also reveals a disturbing lack of self control. Elvis didn't need self control when he saw a '68 Cadillac Eldorado convertible painted in Topaz Gold Firemist at a Memphis dealership in December of 1967. He bought it on the spot and drove it for the next year. But one day it wouldn't start, so he pulled out a handgun and shot it, right in the fender.
That single bullet hole branded the car as an authentic Elvis Cadillac to this day. Read the story of the car that was shot, and what happened to it afterward at Jalopnik. You can see pictures of the car here.
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