Fit for The King; Graceland's Automobile Museum.(Elvis' cars at Graceland)(Brief Article)

* No trip to Memphis is complete without a stop at Graceland, home of the late, great Elvis Presley. And no Graceland tour is complete without seeing Elvis' cars. But a word of caution: With only 10 cars and a few motorcycles on display, Presley Enterprises calling it the ``Automobile Museum'' is something of a misnomer.

Admission is a steep six bucks; seeing Elvis' two planes will set you back another five. Since you're probably going to tour the mansion anyway ($16), a better deal is to just buy the ``Platinum'' package, which includes everything for a King's ransom of $25.

The museum is a simple affair, with the cars arranged around the periphery of a single large room. A mock drive-in theater occupies the center, effectively dividing the space while car-related clips from Elvis movies play on the screen.

The display cars include two from Blue Hawaii (a red 1960 MG and a pink 1960 Willys DJ-3A Surrey Jeep), two Stutz Blackhawks, two Caddys, a white 1962 Lincoln Continental with a gold alligator-skin roof, a 1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III, a 1975 Ferrari 308 GT4 and Priscilla Presley's white 1970 Mercedes SL. Most are just nicely preserved used cars, but the Cadillacs and Stutzs deserve further mention.

The first of the Cadillacs is a pink 1955 Fleetwood, the favorite car of Elvis' mother Gladys (though she did not drive). As a symbol of Presley's 1950s-era style, few cars can ...