Hotrod Road Show

Here is the Speed TV video of the Monkeemobile auction at Barrett-Jackson last Saturday night.

Here is the video from the auction:

Thanks to the members of the Monkeemobile Group for this link and for some great photos from Barrett-Jackson. And thanks to the guys at Speed Channel for acknowledging Dean Jeffries great original design concets and work on this peice of automotive history. And for giving Mike Gray of Advanced Restoration in Sacramento for his 100 point restoration job on this classic.

The folks over at AuctionPublicity.com put together a great article on some pretty uniques vehicle coming up for auction. Here is some of what Barrett-Jackson has on the block in January.
An area that Barrett-Jackson has dominated over the past few years is the popular celebrity car segment. Cars from the big screen include the 1966 Ford Thunderbird from the 1991 Oscar-winning film “Thelma & Louise” (Lot #1285), “Mojo,” the 2006 custom Marine Technology Inc. 39RP catamaran (Lot #1309) with a matching Hummer and trailer (Lot #s 1309.1 and 1309.2) from the 2006 movie “Miami Vice,” and a 1995 Harley Davidson motorcycle custom painted and owned by William Shatner (Lot #1297.1).
After failing to find a new owner in a recent Internet auction, John Schneider’s 1969 Dodge Charger Coupe, a.k.a. “General Lee” (Lot #1321), will be sold at Barrett-Jackson. The popular muscle car from TV’s “The Dukes of Hazard” reunion specials has a powerful 511cid, 725 horsepower engine with a 727 transmission. A 2004 Panoz Esperante with wings (Lot #1264), aka “The Flying Car” from the “Monster Garage” of , will be sold along with over 40 more cars from the hit TV show.
Hot rodders, TV lovers and rock-n-rollers will take notice when the iconic “Monkeemobile” (Lot #1297) takes center stage. Based on a 1966 Pontiac GTO and modified by hot rod legend George Barris, the “Monkeemobile” was featured in the hit TV series, “The Monkees.” Famous rocker and avid collector Alice Cooper will return to Scottsdale in 2008 to auction his smooth 1955 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing custom re-creation.

“Celebrity cars are drawn to Barrett-Jackson by the bright lights, high-octane atmosphere and savvy pool of bidders who want a car with star power,” said Steve Davis. “At Barrett-Jackson, the cars are the stars and their true values are established in an open, honest, one-of-a-kind arena.”