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If you live on the Left Coast and have had a steady diet of rods and customs, the first thing you think of when someone mentions Sacramento is George and Sam Barris. Read the full story on one of ...
Jared Barris walks next to the Barrister, a custom coach built by the late George Barris on a 1973 Corvette chassis. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) No concept was too wild.
In 1967, George Barris built the vehicle at the request of Vox — the guitar manufacturer, not the news outlet. This roadster was designed to look like a Vox guitar when viewed in silhouette.
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 ...
George Barris was memorialized by family and friends on Saturday, but one of the nicest tributes was the parking lot at Forest Lawn, which was a rolling celebration of the custom art to which ...
But while he's mostly famous for the custom cars he built for celebrities, films, and TV shows, Barris also customized vehicles for regular people. Even though they don't get as much publicity ...
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, 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 ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- George Barris, the legendary custom car builder who created television's original Batmobile and helped define California's car culture with colorfully designed vehicles ranging ...