By now most of us We've seen the news that George is selling the original Batmobile at the Scottsdale Barrett Jackson Auction in January. The former Lincoln Futura concept will certainly get a pretty penny from some lucky buyer. After all, a good nu... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
I remember seeing those reruns in the early 70s and thing Dragula was one cool frigging ride.To this day,if that episode comes on,I have to watch it.
one episode, jethro had the truck turned into a hot rod, jed made put it back like it was. i thought it was really cool when i was a kid. not so much now. i think barris did it.
Yes... "Joe Mannix's customized 1967 Olds Toronado Convertible by George Barris for the popular CBS TV series of the sixties. The back seat was removed and the extra space, covered with a leather tonneau, was used as a storage area for crime fighting gadgets. The armrest between the two front seats held a gun, a short-wave radio and a telephone. Thirty coats of semi gloss kept the two-tone roadster glistening under the California sun Mannix was an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. http://shelf3d.com/QIjocpX9euk#Joe Mannix Television Car
Barris actually did three cars for that series; this car used only in about half the first season shows, a '68 Dart convertible mildly customized and used in the second and some of the third season, and a nearly identical '69 Dart convertible also used in the third season. The latter was wrecked and totalled; the '68 was found and restored. Barris is also credited with the customized '69 AMC AMX-400 for the series Banacek, featuring George Peppard.
I believe Barris also did Nudie's custom, either a Lincoln or a Caddie. It's been on display at the film museum in Lone Pine CA. for a number of years. Not a great picture of the car, it's all I had
Check out the Barris built 'Zebra' Mustang for Frank Sinatra around 1965 in the thread link below. This one might make your eyes a 'lil bit hurty. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434343&page=12 See pictures in reply 223, 224, 225.
How many are still around and where? The Fireball 500 SSXR was bought buy a private collector in Canada. It was in KS for a long time. The original fade paint scheme from the movie was much better than the white to red repaint it is now. It claimed to have a Hemi on the model kit but the car had a 273 small block from some photos I have somewhere. The Dodge Thunder Charger from Thunder Alley. Ace...
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