A foundation stone of Southern California car culture is about to be dislodged: The North Hollywood home of Barris Kustom Industries — birthplace of the Batmobile, the Munster Koach and a thousand ...
Why settle for something everyone else has, when you could go for the extraordinary? And extraordinary could be this custom dragster’s middle name. This is the 1964 Dragula Munsters Coffin Dragster, ...
Colorful Hollywood fixture and “King of Kustoms” George Barris passed away in 2015 after decades in the industry, but his 10,000-square-foot warehouse, shop, and showroom live on. Once the genesis for ...
In the mid-1960s, drag racing was growing in popularity across the US. Trying to capitalize on the trend, a little show called "The Munsters" built an episode around the concept — and, in the process, ...
George Barris has been creating custom cars since he was a teenager playing around with the family’s 1925 Buick sedan. He chopped, bobbed, lowered, and shaved his way into automotive history with his ...
Barris Kustom Industries has been a mainstay in the Hollywood automotive scene for years, responsible for crafting some of the most iconic vehicles in film history, like the Munsters Koach and the ...
As always, the Hollywood celebrities of today drive some nice cars-Mercedes, Bentleys, Land Rovers, stuff like that, according to the accident reports in the tabloids. But there was a time when ...
George Barris, the creator of the Batmobile and many other memorable vehicles for TV and movies — but before that a legend in the Los Angeles car culture — died today, his son Brett announced on ...
George Barris is best known as the creator of the first Batmobile, but the legacy of the late custom car specialist includes dozens of unique vehicles of all types and shapes. Some of them were TV and ...
George Barris, who created television's original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized, instantly recognizable vehicles that helped define California car culture, has died at ...
LOS ANGELES -- George Barris, who created television's original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized, instantly recognizable vehicles that helped define California car culture, ...
As always, the Hollywood celebrities of today drive some nice cars-Mercedes, Bentleys, Land Rovers, stuff like that, according to the accident reports in the tabloids. But there was a time when ...