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Calling all car and movie memorabilia collectors! Hundreds of items from the personal collection of late car customizer George Barris are up for sale in North Hollywood.
The car was done in the crazy three-week time frame at a cost of around $30,000. Barris kept ownership of the Batmobile and leased it to 20th Century Fox for use in the series and later the movie.
The bubble car collection goes beyond Peel models to include a 1950s Scootacar Mk1, an all-original BMW Isetta, and a Trojan 200. But while these are somewhat famous, he also owns a few microcars ...
The cars that rolled out of Barris Kustoms in Lynwood were typically sleek and low. By filling seams, trenching lights, removing emblems, trim and handles, blending fenders into the main body ...
Famous custom car builder George Barris with his original Batmobile featured in the 1966-68 TV series going up for auction back on Jan 19, 2013. (sold for 4,2 million) at the Barrett-Jackson ...
George Barris is world-famous for creating the 1966 Batmobile, but his imagination didn’t stop there.He continued customizing cars well into his 80s, and one of his first Dodge Challenger-based ...
If he could go back to the future, maybe famed movie car icon George Barris wouldn’t have had that gadget-filled DeLorean parked in front of his North Hollywood customizing shop during his big ...
Legendary custom car builder George Barris is mostly known for popularizing the custom car trend and putting together gorgeously restyled cars like Nick Matranga’s 1940 Mercury and trendsetters ...
A 1995 Mazda RX-7 built by George Barris as part of his All Star Car Collection is on auction at the Mecum event in Kissimmee next month ...
Although Mr. Barris was expected to enter the family’s restaurant business, his penchant for tinkering with cars was apparent early on. Kustom lore tells of a 7-year-old who made model cars and ...
If you don't know the legendary George Barris by name, you know his cars: the Batmobile, Munster Koach, the Beverly Hillbillies car, the KITT car from the '80s TV show "Knight Rider," among others ...
My Ride; She’s Got the Batmobile, Munster Koach and More in One Garage Holy horsepower, Joji Barris-Paster, daughter of legendary car customizer George Barris, has a collection like no other ...