Showing posts with label tv cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tv cars. Show all posts

Friday, October 22, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

Anyone recognize this delivery van from a Munsters episode background?



I don't recognize it, and don't have any guess...

Dave commented, "Looks to me like and English Thames pronounced "Tems". What do you think?"

You might be spot on Dave, I think you have it... but Chris looked it up on IMCDB.org and nailed it!
Chris commented;
1955-56 Dodge US. Mail truck, rare today, Body was by Fageol
This Dodge postal vehicle built with right hand drive and a flat-head six cylinder engine with a push-button automatic transmission. A decal inside, above the windshield, says: FAGEOL - Pony Express Twin Coach - Kent, Ohio, while a tag proclaims “Post Office #6-A-1101 - Model #C3 - C6 - 95.” A Dodge tag notes - 105 net Hp @ 3600rpm.” The wheelbase of the truck is 95 inches, and the rear door opens like a minivan hatch.
The Twin Coach Company utilized their body manufacturing facilities to produce these "Pony Express" vehicles.
From IMCDB.org

Why hasn't anyone done this with their Tbird? From the movie "Murderers Row" a Matt Helm movie with Dean Martin (sort of a Bond similar role)


Just putting an LED message board in the place of the tail lights, clever!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Munster's Coach was a birthday present for Herman from Lilly, according to episode 4 of season 1, custom built from a hearse and a hot rod

Here's the place Lilly stopped to look for a car for Herman

The Fleetwood Cadillac Lilly's invisible chauffer drove her in




I'd love to know if this T Bucket is known becaue of who built it, or just happened to be available for this scene

From page 70 and 71 of the March 1965 issue of Hot Rod, a bit of information:

Built by Erv Campbell of Santa Ana, CA from a cut down 1922 Ford touring body and a shortened Model A pickup bed on a 1930 Model A frame. At that time it was Erv's sixth rod and reportedly took over 5,000 hours to complete -- the hardest part, according to the owner, was fabricating the headers for the 1957 347 cu. in. Pontiac motor.
Thanks to Cord for emailing me, and Jimmy for putting the info on the HAMB
Very unusual hearse, Lilly liked both the hot rod and the hearse and decided to have a customizer make them into one car for Herman, taking the best features of each






Monday, January 11, 2010

The Barris taxi for the Bob Denver tv show "Good Guys"


But the cool kustom stuff was a grappling hook to slow or stop it, no tires and rims were the same, the taxi meter was a pair of coffee pots linked together top to top to form an hourglass that had metalflakes (that usually are put in hot rod paint)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Granny Clampett on a motorcycle!

Granny character's full name was Daisy Mae Moses, but who would ever think of her as that?
Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/

Saturday, December 26, 2009

The Beverly Hillbillies trucks



image via: http://thatcarguy.typepad.com/

one is in a museum in Missouri http://www.rfostermuseum.com/ and another is at the Planet Hollywood at Downtown Disney http://wapedia.mobi/en/Downtown_Disney_(Florida)

One sold at Barrett Jackson in Jan 2008: http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/article/2008AZauctionupdate/ for 125,000

Friday, December 25, 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

More Munsters cars photos added


Whats not to love? for a clip of the drag race, and 5 more photos of the Dragula and the family car: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/03/munsters-dragula-car.html

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Munsters Dragula and Munster's Coach





above via: http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/
but was taken at the same location and day as the below... notice the right hand side of the photos show the same brickwork

Above via: http://www.multimafia.no/revolusjonkel/notis.php?id=457

Above via: http://chrismejia.tumblr.com/page/12




The "Hot Rod Herman" is episode 36 in season 1. Available on Netflix instant download.






Has the best video, but the audio has been replaced by a Rob Zombie song, for the clip from the tv show, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBTcdRFtxkE&feature=related


I think both of these were from http://limpeiven.blogspot.com/