Why settle for something everyone else has, when you could go for the extraordinary? And extraordinary could be this custom dragster’s middle name. This is the 1964 Dragula Munsters Coffin Dragster, ...

A foundation stone of Southern California car culture is about to be dislodged: The North Hollywood home of Barris Kustom Industries — birthplace of the Batmobile, the Munster Koach and a thousand ...

Barris Kustom Industries, the birthplace of some of the most famous modified cars of the 20th century, looks set to close. Self-proclaimed “king of the customizers”, George Barris moved his business ...

In the mid-1960s, drag racing was growing in popularity across the US. Trying to capitalize on the trend, a little show called "The Munsters" built an episode around the concept — and, in the process, ...

George Barris has been creating custom cars since he was a teenager playing around with the family’s 1925 Buick sedan. He chopped, bobbed, lowered, and shaved his way into automotive history with his ...

As always, the Hollywood celebrities of today drive some nice cars-Mercedes, Bentleys, Land Rovers, stuff like that, according to the accident reports in the tabloids. But there was a time when ...

George Barris, who created television's original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized, instantly recognizable vehicles that helped define California car culture, has died at ...

George Barris, the creator of the Batmobile and many other memorable vehicles for TV and movies — but before that a legend in the Los Angeles car culture — died today, his son Brett announced on ...

LOS ANGELES -- George Barris, who created television's original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized, instantly recognizable vehicles that helped define California car culture, ...

George Barris is best known as the creator of the first Batmobile, but the legacy of the late custom car specialist includes dozens of unique vehicles of all types and shapes. Some of them were TV and ...

You have a chance to own one of the greatest custom cars of all time : t he Hirohata Merc. The car was built by Barris Kustom in 1952, sold in 1955, forgotten soon after, and disappeared from the face ...

This 1966 photo provided by Lozzi Media Services and Barris Kustom Industries shows designer George Barris with the original Batmobile in Los Angeles. Barris, who created television's original ...