West Coast Kustoms and Barris Kustoms did great work... sweet grill

A recreation of the Munster's coach was brought to the LA Roadster show by George Barris (they say it is original.. it isn't)

I'm going on record as saying it's not the original Munster's Coach, why? Well Jack Roush wasn't making intakes and air filter tops in the 1960's, and this recreation has one.

More importantly, the photos of the original show that it had a squeeze horn on the drivers side a piullar, and no side mirrors. Also, the head lights had more decorative ornamentation on the tops ... see for yourself: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/03/munsters-dragula-car.html plus the spiders in the window corners are missing. So what is original about this recreation ?

Most obvious is the wrong shifter handle, the original had a ball at the end of a long curved handle, it ended between the driver and passenger about chest high, looked really long and off proportion

1966 kustom built by Barris, the Tastee Big "T" found in the parking lot at the LA Roadster show!

Above: Bubble gum card showing the original, and it was brought back to the Barris shop in the early 70's and they made a few changes. They built a new body, dropped the front end, took off 2 of the fake blowers and put on a windshield http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4460174

Bangshift did a short story on it when it came up on Ebay in March of 2010 http://www.bangshift.com/blog/eBay-Find-The-Barris-Tastee-Freez-T.html

"My Mother the Car" the car was made by Norm Grabowski or Barris?

Premiering in 1965, what may be the strangest sitcom of all time is a reminder that borderline brain-dead TV executives have been with us for decades — and deserve no say in the big-budget boardroom. Jerry Van Dyke played a man who discovers that his mother's soul has been reincarnated in his automobile, enabling him to hear her voice through the radio http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/worst-tv-shows-100109

Hot Rod Deluxe, May 2010 issue page 69 says Norm made it, and it was owned by Kaye Trapp, Hollywood studio photographer who used it as a push car for the Zueschel, Fuller, and Moody dragster

But according to http://local.aaca.org/junior/starcars/mother.htm Barris built the car; The car's body (finished in Metalflake carnation red with a white top) was made up from various vehicles including a Model T Ford, a Maxwell (precursor to the Chrysler), a Hudson, and pieces of a Chevrolet, including drive train. The car had a custom-made hood and radiator shell.
2 were made, one is at http://starcarstn.com/index.html in Tennessee along with a lot of other cool cars like the Munsters Dragula, and a collection of Barris customs




The video is badly editted news shorts from a local tv station perhaps... it seems like it once had commercials, only the first half is really worth watching

You've got to see thses videos.. 1957 and in color, the Kopper Kart, the Kookie T, the Car Craft Dream Truck

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=1836

in the second one George Barris is walking around in huge monster slippers, another guy is wearign a monster t shirt, everyone was trying to get a kiss from the trophy girl

Custom AMX's, the Breedlove AMX 600, and the Barris El Toro

Variations of the 67-69 Barracuda you may not have heard of, Barris SXB, Savage

Custom looks in the 1960's for conservative cars

Above, a Barris application