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Bruce Wayne better not need his wheels this weekend. The Batmobile is with its creator, Hollywood-based “King of Kustomizers” George Barris, who’s in Modesto to help celebrate Graffiti Summer.
Mike Garrett over at Speed Hunters got some great photos of this year’s West Coast Kustoms Cruisin’ Nationals show. Used to be in Paso Robles, but that is another story. Speed Hunters has a great site, with a lot to see. Thanks!
Hello to all friends of the 1968 Barris Mannix GTS Dart. This car, which began life as a red Dodge Dart GTS convertible, was transformed by Kustom Car Legend George Barris into the sleek dark green machine which was driven by actor Mike Connors in the CBS television series “Mannix” from 1968-1970.
Here it is. Straight from the Sacramento Autorama. Thanks, Tony
Here is the Speed TV video of the Monkeemobile auction at Barrett-Jackson last Saturday night.
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Here is the video from the auction:
Thanks to the members of the Monkeemobile Group for this link and for some great photos from Barrett-Jackson. And thanks to the guys at Speed Channel for acknowledging Dean Jeffries great original design concets and work on this peice of automotive history. And for giving Mike Gray of Advanced [...]
Dick Dean did quite a bit of work on the original customization of the Monkeemobile. He shares some of his memories here:
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