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Offline Stev-o

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George Barris RIP
« on: November 06, 2015, 07:18:04 AM »
Just heard, George has passed on at the age of 89. RIP.


He designed some of the most iconic TV cars including the original Batmobile.




Here is a link to some of the others...

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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2015, 11:18:16 AM »
I heard he was a nice guy, too.
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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2015, 07:46:13 PM »
When I built model cars back in my younger days I frequently used his custom cars as inspiration for my  models. RIP to a very talented man...Larry
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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2015, 04:09:47 AM »
Remember watching the tv show as a kid in the 60's. I think I remember hearing that the original batmobile was a Lincoln. Just googled it and they it was a 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car.

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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2015, 01:41:28 PM »
That lady's knickers are about to cut her arse in two.

Sad to see such talented people pass on, I wonder where the new talent is going to come from.

With all respect to George I offer you this :
Kev
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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2015, 02:31:16 PM »
It was a cool looking car for a concept, but Barris made it even better.
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2015, 10:27:13 PM »
Man, what a shame. I loved the Gong Show.
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Re: George Barris RIP
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2015, 04:49:30 PM »
I think that was chuck barris
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