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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2018 14:30:55 GMT -6
You got it Jeffers!!! Nice!!!  |
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2018 14:32:10 GMT -6
Colors were changed numerous times on the engine, interior and body for different shows and rebuilds for museums over the years... |
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2018 14:33:25 GMT -6
The fiberglass body of DRAG-U-LA was built from a real fiberglass coffin that Richard "Korky" Korkes was able to purchase from a funeral home in North Hollywood. Korky Korkes stated in 2013, it was illegal to sell a coffin without a death certificate. Korky made a deal with the funeral director, paid in cash, and it was agreed the coffin would be left outside the rear door of the funeral parlor where the Barris crew would collect it after dark.
It featured a 350HP, 289CI Ford Mustang V-8 engine, with a four-speed stick shift. It had two four-barrel carburetors[citation needed] mounted on a Mickey Thompson Ram-Thrust manifold.
The rear tires were 10.50-inch Firestone racing slicks, mounted on custom 10-inch Rader aluminum and steel wheels. Each hubcap was decorated with a large silver spider. The front tires were 4-inch Italian tires on Speedsport English buggy wire wheels. To extend the Gothic motif further, Barris installed four Zoomie style organ pipes on each side of the car in lieu of a standard exhaust pipe, and mounted antique lamps on the front and rear.[citation needed]
The front of the vehicle sported a marble gravestone—supposedly Grandpa Munster's license plate "from the Old Country"—with the inscription: "Born 1367, Died ?". A "hidden" radiator was topped with a small golden casket. The driver sat in the rear of the vehicle behind the engine, under a plastic bubble.[1][better source needed]
There were some subtle changes or variations made to the automobile, such as tires, etc., generally for different aspects of filming for the movie Munster, Go Home! or for the television series.
This car was sold at the closeout auction of the Chicago Historical Antique Automobile Museum in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1985.
The original 1966 car was housed in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where it hung from the ceiling.[citation needed] This Planet Hollywood location is now closed, according to Planet Hollywood's Web site. The car is now housed at the Volo Auto Museum in the town of Volo, Illinois. The museum had the car completely restored in 2011.
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2018 14:37:23 GMT -6
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 17, 2018 15:10:24 GMT -6
How cool is that!?!?!? Nice one, Joe!
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Post by JEFF on Mar 17, 2018 15:14:41 GMT -6
I can't believe I got it.  |
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 17, 2018 15:16:00 GMT -6
Nice going, Jeff-O!! I was leanin' towards it being a T-bucket type dragster!
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2018 16:11:27 GMT -6
You're the master guesser Jeffers!!!
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Post by JEFF on Mar 18, 2018 2:40:48 GMT -6
Yeah, you're right, Joe. I'm guessing most of the time.   |
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Post by JCON on Mar 18, 2018 9:37:58 GMT -6
Lmao!!!
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Post by JCON on Mar 18, 2018 19:44:33 GMT -6
Finished it up and added pics to the customs folder... here is one shot of it...  |
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 18, 2018 19:45:34 GMT -6
Nice job, keemo sobby!!
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Post by JCON on Mar 18, 2018 20:27:45 GMT -6
Thank you Bucky!!!
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Post by JEFF on Mar 19, 2018 15:26:24 GMT -6
Way to go, Flash. Did you do any paintwork ? |
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Post by JCON on Mar 19, 2018 16:49:13 GMT -6
The whole model is painted silly man... Gold leaf enamel I've had around for years from an old picture frame... Molotov chrome pen and assorted model masters paints...
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Post by BUCKY on Mar 19, 2018 19:36:25 GMT -6
How easy was that gold leaf to put on?
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Post by JCON on Mar 19, 2018 20:53:02 GMT -6
Easy, not gold leaf, gold leaf enamel paint... it's gold leaf ground up in liquid form... got it years ago in an art supply store in California...
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Post by JCON on Mar 19, 2018 20:55:04 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on Mar 19, 2018 21:06:59 GMT -6
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