SWEETEST HOT ROD EVER BUILT!

[MotownMadman]

68z, you got two shows mixed up, Uncle Fester and Morticia were from the Addams Family, in the Munsters it was Lilly and Marilyn. Somehow I suspect you were waiting on one of the BabyBoomers to catch that.
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[COPO PETE]

If you buy that thing, I'm coming over for a beer. I agree, that is the coolest car ever built! What a great idea, and I loved it ever since the first time I ever saw it. Somehow I think the Clary's will have a soft spot in there heart for that car. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

[sYc]

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Somehow I think the Clary's will have a soft spot in there heart for that car.

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Had a feeling someone would pick up on that. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img]

[Jeff Murphy]

Seems like CNN finds it interesting too. This was on today's CNN home page:

George Barris: King of the Kustomizers

[MotownMadman]

Well guys, to my dismay the Coffin car was at the auction for display, it belongs to the Trading Post in Muskegon Michigan, he wont sell it at the present time. The auction was disorganized so it did not do well, who ever heard of running three lanes at a classic car auction? There were a few nice cars in attendance but very few hit reserve, very few of the attending crowd even knew what a ZL-1 was, let alone the value. But, we had fun anyway, anybody that knows how to post an attachment here let me know and I will send you a photo of the Coffin car so it can be posted.
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[MotownMadman]

Here is a photo of the car at the auction in current condition.
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[MotownMadman]

Also, as for details, it turns out Barris built two of these, one as the TV car and one as a back up and for display purposes. If you notice the handles on the coffin in the original photo early in this thread, then look at the handles in this photo. The original had functional handles, these are moulded to the body. Also, the original had chrome air scoops, these are painted. The back up car recently sold at an auction in Florida to the current owner for $46,000 and change. So what I want to know, where is the original? Barris still have it as he does the original Batmobile? Anyone have insight on this? I want the real deal.
Thanks,
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[moparts]

I didn't think his soft spot was in his heart! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img]