George Barris did purchase and restore the second Monkeemobile, and showed it at many events, eventually selling it in 2008 for $360,000 to a private collector.

If you don't know the legendary George Barris by name, you know his cars: the Batmobile, Munster Koach, the Beverly Hillbillies car, the KITT car from the '80s TV show "Knight Rider," among others ...

Steven Plunkett flew in from London, Canada. “George is an icon in Canada as well,” said Plunkett, whose favorite Barris creation is the Monkeemobile, built from a 1966 Pontiac GTO.

Barris’s Batmobile, Adam West’s wheels in the 1966-68 TV series, began life as the Lincoln Futura concept car. Designed by Ford and built by Ghia in the mid-1950s at a reputed cost of $250,000 ...

Location: George Barris Hollywood Collector Car Auction; Studio City, California Source: Wallace Family Archive The post Carspotting: Barris Puts Hollyweird Show Cars Out To Pasture appeared first ...

This Pontiac GTO roadster wasn’t entered for any awards at the recent Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, but the George Barris Kustom Kreation unveiled there was a show favorite.

Long before MTV's Pimp My Ride, George Barris was souping up and designing vehicles for TV and the big screen. The "King of Kustomizers" was the mastermind behind the Batmobile and David ...

Just look at George Barris' air car, which doesn't have wheels. The X.P.A.C. 400 Air Car (or XPAK 400 ) was a "car" that ran on a cushion of air. This would make it more of a hovercraft than ...

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 ...

Famous movie car designer George Barris was granted a patent for the design of the Batmobile 56 years ago today on October 18, 1966. The iconic car was used throughout the Batman TV show's ...

The Caprice keeps its original 5.0-liter V8 with 170 hp and 255 lb-ft of torque. George Barris’ custom shop gave it a Gold ...