Anytime you turned on the TV in the 60s and 70s and spotted a cool car, chances are it was designed by George Barris of the Barris Brothers. The Batmobile, the Black Beauty from the Green Hornet, the Monkees’ Mobile, the Munster’s car, and the Flint Mobile were all designed by one man, him. In fact, Barris’ designs were so cool that when the Green Hornet was made last year, many people were bummed that it wasn’t as cool and tripped out as the original. Here is a look at the tricked out world of George Barris, one of the original kings of Kustom Kulture cars.
Are you sure the Monkeemobile was designed by George Barris? I thought it was Dean Jeffries. Didn’t Barris build a just a copy of it and not design it?
hmmm … upon a bit more research it seems that there is a bit of controversy around the monkeemobile. apparently, barris has been taking credit for the car for years and years, but it was indeed created by jeffries. check out this article for more info – http://jalopnik.com/5889688/why-is-george-barris-getting-credit-for-the-monkeemobile. thanks for pointing this out! i learned something new today : )
did you build a 1915 c-cab in 1964 for the munsters