Hotrod Road Show

Whether it's the Green Hornet's Black Beauty or Broderick Crawford's Buick patrol car from the Highway Patrol series of the 1950s, a bevy of famous television and movie show cars are going to go on exhibition in Los Angeles.

They are part of “Good Guys, Bad Guys, Hot Cars” exhibition opening at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

via From the ‘Magnum P.I.’ Ferrari to the Batcycle: TV cars to go on display – Drive On: A conversation about the cars and trucks we drive – USATODAY.com.

Then, sadly, Elden passed away in October of 2008 and work on the Project was halted at that time. At the end of 2009, Elden’s widow, Tammy, decided that the project had to be completed according to Elden’s wishes and was determined to see the car finished.

SO, the VIBRASONIC ROADSTER PROJECT is back in action ! And, the build-up in CKD is once again on schedule. (See CKD #40 )

via HubGarage.com – BACK ON TRACK: ELDEN TITUS-GEORGE BARRIS “The Vibrasonic Roadster” ! Hear the complete story now !!.

Toronto, Ontario: May, 2010: Rev up your engines! Coming-of-age film “American Graffiti” is the theme of the 7th annual Fleetwood Country Cruize-In that returns to London, Ontario on June 4th and 5th, 2010. Between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM on Saturday June 5th, cruise on in to Mel’s Diner with Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Cindy Williams, Lynne Stewart, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, and possibly a surprise appearance or two.

via American Graffiti – The Largest Reunion Ever to be Held in London, Ontario, this June at the Country Cruize-In Show | Travel Video News.

Stylists like George Barris, working from his North Hollywood Barris Custom Shop, expressed their creativity by pinstriping and fabricating custom cars. Barris is known for his zany designs such as the Batmobile and the Munster's Coach

via Hot Rod Style: A Fashionable Guide to Kustom Trends – Vw Trends.

As the story goes, back in the early 1970s, 64 university teams built cars to compete in the Urban Vehicle Design Challenge, with this machine coming out of the labs at the University of California – Los Angeles. The Gremlin was donated to UCLA by American Motors and Ford provided a 351 Cleveland V8. The UCLA team worked with suppliers such as Hooker, Edelbrock, Union Carbide and none other than Kustom Kar King George Barris to get the supplies needed to convert the V8 to run on hydrogen and get the car competition ready. The Impco-provided hydrogen tanks in the back only gave the Gremlin a 68-mile range, but considering the lack of fuel injection and sophisticated electronics, that’s not bad.

via Autoblog — We Obsessively Cover The Auto Industry.