Like the Moonscope, to say George Barris customized the X.P.A.C. 400 would be a misnomer because that would imply he used an existing car as the skeleton. The main body was handmade and formed out ...

George Barris, the great king of custom cars, has died. Barris was 89 years old. Yesterday, Barris' son Brett posted on Facebook "Sorry to have to post that my father has moved to the bigger ...

George is easily Hollywood's favorite customizer, having built cars for many members of the Screen Actors Guild. His client list reads like a directory of unlisted Beverly Hills phone numbers.

With the passing of George "King of the Kustomizers" Barris, it's worth noting what made him stand out from some of the equally talented early customizers like Jimmy Summers, and brothers Gil and ...

Custom Dodge Magnum by George Barris Is Different Kinds of Crazy, and It's Not Even the V8 Published: 16 May 2022, 07:41 UTC • By: Cristian Gnaticov 52 photos ...

The two went hand in hand. He would travel all over the country in his creations, with the name "Barris" plastered everywhere he could, covering car shows and appearing on TV talk shows. In the late ...

Three of the weirdest show cars ever conceived came together in 1983 in this Universal Studios snapshot: Martian Spyder (left, rear), powered by a Sherman tank engine; Sex Machine (right, rear), a ...

Joji Barris-Paster, owner of Barris Kustom, who is based in Ventura County, Calif., on her Barris Kustom cars, as told to A.J. Baime. My father, George Barris, was known as the “King of the ...

A recent Bonhams' auction in L.A. featured some of the most iconic automobiles built by George Barris for the big and small screen in recent history. This was your chance to buy a genuine "General ...

Holy Bat Patent, Batman! Famous movie car designer George Barris was granted a patent for the design of the Batmobile 56 years ago today on October 18, 1966.

For the simple reason that one of the cars George Barris designed, a modified 1969 AMC AMX, was meant to promote the movie, and it's now out and about looking for a new owner.