Bring me the head of Elvis Presley!That...

Bring me the head of Elvis Presley!

That was the request of the state of Mississippi, and L.A. disc jockeys Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps are obliging. They’re towing the giant floral noggin of Presley, which appeared on his home state’s entry in the Rose Parade, back to Jackson, Miss.

But first, the head is scheduled to roll into Memphis, Tenn., on Monday so that the King can visit his Graceland shrine on the 55th anniversary of his birth.

“Mark and Brian got into a little controversy last year when they did a secret live broadcast from Graceland,” said Steven Smith, a spokesman for radio station KLOS-FM.

“Graceland wasn’t happy with them. So they’re going to stop there with this as a peace offering.”

Unfortunately, motorists who pass the armada along the way probably won’t be able to make an Elvis sighting.

“At first they had cellophane wrapped over it, so drivers could see it,” said Smith. “But the wind tore that apart. They had to put a blanket over his head.”

At least they don’t have to worry about his blue suede shoes.

The last group in America that had held no demonstrations:

LOS ANGELES --A convoy of 80 catering trucks pulled up and ringed City Hall to protest a plan to limit operators to 30-minute stops in any location.

Chrysler says it will unveil a “performance and design statement”--a new jalopy, in other words--at the L.A. Convention Center today. It’s the Dodge “Stealth” sports car. Can it evade CHP radar? Or, more important, if you fail to make the payments, can it evade the repo man?

The sightings of crazed L.A. drivers--a redundancy--in other sections of the country continue, though not all have been transporting Elvis heads.

San Luis Obispans voiced their objections over motorists in the Times column of Jack Smith recently. Seattle columnist Emmett Watson, alarmed at the number of transplanted Angelenos in his area, warned that the 55 m.p.h. speed limit in L.A. “only applies to residential streets and sidewalks.”

Now comes Ken Baker of Bishop, who recently wrote to the Inyo Register “that the song ‘The Race Is On’ was written with Southern California skiers in mind.” He adds that “at 60-65 m.p.h., most of the Owens Valley drivers are busy ducking and getting out of the way of these little monster cars with ski racks on top” headed toward Mammoth Mountain.

Baker recommends speed bumps across the highway, mandatory chains for L.A. cars at all times, and signs along the highway stating, “Vehicles exceeding 70 m.p.h. will be fired upon by local snipers armed with paint guns.”

Could be the start of a new fad: Drive-by painting.