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Hemmings Find of the Day – “I Dream of Jeannie” 1969 Pontiac Firebird

Written by webmin

Apologies in advance for highlighting two Pontiac Firebirds in successive days for the Hemmings Find of the Day, but this 1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 convertible for sale on Hemmings.com is worth the repetition, it being the Firebird used in two different guises on I Dream of Jeannie: first in stock form (albeit loaded up directly […]

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Tagged George Barris, Hemmings Find of the Day, Hemmings Muscle Machines, I Dream of Jeanie, Pontiac, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Firebird 400, TV and film cars  
 

A solar-powered van… with lasers…

Written by webmin

Of the very short-lived vansploitation trend of late 1970s film, “Supervan” is perhaps the best known. And as we see from the world’s greatest chase scene above, the van in question – Vandora – was equipped with lasers. Looks like somebody had a little bit of Star Wars envy in 1977. Bonus, the trailer for […]

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Tagged George Barris, lasers, Supervan, TV and film cars, vans, vansploitation, videos  
 

Kustoms Unlimited: the Oakland Roadster Show in the ’80s

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Following a link in a comment the other day led us to what is, possibly, the greatest Flickr photo set we’ve seen in recent memory (aside from, of course, the photosets contributed to the Hemmings Nation Flick pool). Fred Childers was a frequent visitor to the Grand National Roadster Show when it was held in […]

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Tagged Candy Man, Gene Winfield, George Barris, Grand National Roadster Show, Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster, hot rods and customs, Jim Molino, John D'Agostino, kustoms, Oakland Roadster Show, one-offs and homebuilts, racing, shows, exhibitions and events  
 
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