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 ...

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 ...

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.

1965 Pontiac GTO Tri-Power. ... Here are six very famous cars from the 1960s—most of which were created by or designed by famous car builder George Barris. The Batmobile.

Legendary custom car builder George Barris is mostly known for popularizing the custom car trend and putting together gorgeously restyled cars like Nick Matranga’s 1940 Mercury and trendsetters ...

High Performance Pontiac takes a deeper look at the XXX 1967 Pontiac GTO ... Paul's partner George Barris added a little "show biz" to three of the GTOs-rockets, flames, ...

He set the tone of car culture for 60 years and there’s more to come.

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 ...