the shops of Watson and Barris found on howtobuildatimemachine.tumblr.com

just two shops of this era and reputation, and I found them both at http://howtobuildatimemachine.tumblr.com/

The Firebug, by Barris

The original plan was for the Fire Bug to be a promotional or parade rig for the Los Angeles City Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week and such, even though it lacks the departmental markings you might expect. Mechanically, it’s a chopped-pan Volkswagen Microbus, oddly fitted with dual rear wheels.

It was a prop on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, from the save tidal wave of bubblegum mania that gave the world The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats. RM Auctions offered the Fire Bug at its Fort Lauderdale auction on Feburary 2009

It was a 1969 collaboration between George Barris and his partner of the moment, Dick Dean in the late 60's and was in storage for more than 35 years... it seems a lot of Barris creations spent decades in storage, the Tastee Big T did http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/1966-kustom-built-by-barris-big-t.html

see a whole gallery of photos from 1996 and the new owner http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/friends/06firebug/

1954 Lincoln Futura concept that the original tv show Batmobile car was made from

most photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=733

The Batmobile, Munsters Coach, and T Buggy along with a couple bicyles were all built by the Barris company

Found at SEMA: the talented, famous, gifted, and Corky Coker posing

Pure class act. This is the face of an honest guy, who has worked hard, played hard, and earned what he's got.

Chip was signing at about 3 or 4 different booths. Yup, high demand

http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1012_bill_goldberg_tv_host_former_wrestler_celebrity_drive/index.html if you aren't familiar with why Bill Goldberg is famous in the automotive world

and two vets of the automotive world, George Barris and Linda Vaughn

You're not the Fonz, Corky.

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