R.I.P. George Barris, Designer of Batmobile and Munsters Koach

He also did a custom job on a car for Roger Healey in the 5th season of "I Dream of Jeannie". It is seen briefly in the episode "Please Don't Give My Genie No More Wine", and is a 1969 Pontiac Firebird, painted green.

If you Google "hemmings healey car I dream of Jeannie", and click on the hemmings website, you will find a fascinating article about the car being found. In the comments section, about halfway down, there is another link to the Performance Years forum, with a good-sized thread of the history of this car. It's a pretty fascinating read!

When I was a kid, I dug out my dad's old 1950s-1960s hot rod magazines, and that's where I first heard of George Barris and Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth. I guess they had kind of a friendly rivalry going, during that era. One mag would do a feature on Barris' newest 'Kustom,' a few months later a different mag would feature Roth's newest car. Barris created some of the most iconic custom cars in TV history.

On the Biography episode on 'The Munsters,' Butch Patrick said that the Munsters Koach was a fully-functioning car. He said that one day, during a break in shooting, Ed Gwynne had the whole cast pile into the Koach in full costumes and makeup, and took them for a drive on the freeway.

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