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George Barris (born George Salapatas; November 20, 1925 – November 5, 2015) was an American designer and builder of Hollywood custom cars. Barris designed and built the Hirohata Merc . Barris's company, Barris Kustom Industries, designed and built the Munster Koach and DRAG-U-LA for The Munsters ; and the 1966 Batmobile for the Batman TV ...
Ala Kart is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957. [1] Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and Hot Rod cover car in October 1958. [2]
The Munster Koach is the family car that was used in the television series, The Munsters.The show's producers contracted George Barris to provide the Koach. Barris paid show car designer Tom Daniel $200 to design the car, and had it built at Barris Kustoms, first by Tex Smith, but finished by Dick Dean, his shop foreman at the time.
George Barris had a funeral procession fit for a car king -- and his coffin was very Batmobile-esque.
George Barris is the name of: George Barris (auto customizer) (1925–2015), designer of custom made cars George Barris (photographer) (1922–2016), photographer in the U.S. Army and of Hollywood stars
In 1964 George Barris asked Dean to run the famous Barris Kustom City. His work with Barris included many notable cars, including the Surf Woody (designed by Tom Daniel), the X-PAK 400 floating air fan car, and cars for television shows such as the Munster Koach and Dragula for The Munsters, and cars for Beverly Hillbillies and Mannix.
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The car made its debut at the 1959 Detroit Autorama, and was featured on the cover of Rod & Custom Magazine in March 1959. [7] When he visited George Barris ' shop driving this car in 1958, Barris' shop manager, Gene Simmons (not to be confused with the artist), hired him immediately on the strength of the work.