The Munsters Drag-U-La Coffin Car and Koach

Hello, I'm Dennis Gage and welcome to my classic car. Well, this week we are in the heart of New Jersey at 1313 Mockingbird Lane to visit my good friend John at Dead Man's Curve. Car Club. Everyone said I'm not sure this is the case. It's a good idea now John has a lot of crazy cars from TV and movies he's already done some of them, but today we're doing a Munsters theme, we have the

drag

ula and we have Herman's coach, this is going to be a blast, let's start up. These babies are glad to see you, man, to see you, so we meet again.

You know, actually, our history goes back here. Deadman's curved car, Club Med, yeah, and that's where I met you when you were at one of the first wild hotrod weekend shows, oh yeah. and you had the mailman special, that's right, yeah, your dad's car that was on The Ed Sullivan Show with the Beach Boys in '64 64 Wow, I said oh, this cat is cool and I loved his story, I mean, Is it a real hot rod or the real deal. Then I met you and realized that not only did you have that car, but you also like TV and movies.

Cars, yeah, we came out when we did the Red Baron there and we did the fireball 500 and that's when I really saw everything. that you had and I knew I had to come back, so today is a monster theme, yeah, welcome back, welcome back, great to be back. I must say that these two are Barris cars, they are both from the program, but no, these were made later, but under the auspices of George Barris it is like that, yes, the story is true Barris customs, they were built by Keith Dean, the Keith Dean's father, Dick Dean, built the first coach and

drag

ula, aha, this was built by Keith Deane and George Barris as a gift car.

Oh really. or a casino in Florida and it was raffled on Halloween, so an old lady won the raffle, won the car, took it home and from then on the car just disappeared. A tomboy club member, Patrick, I contacted. and I asked him, "Do you know where dragula number three would be? A member of the bhujette club Rick, aka Eddie, mighty months, yeah, so he could have a connection, he could have the connection, so he started looking and it happened a little while and I got a phone call from him and he said, I found it.

Wow, where was it? It was still in Florida. Yeah. And we picked it up when we brought it. good condition? I mean it just sat there, it just sat there, it was in great condition. Wow, so this is number three, number one for both cars, they were actually on the show, yeah, then they built another one and this one. It was the third and a third, yes exactly like the original, yes, this is all fiberglass, it is fiberglass, there is an original mold, huh, and what they do is Keith builds it from the hole of the original nose, what's the engine in it? it's an 89 to 89 mounted on a c4 transmission that's connected to a very small driveshaft in the back of the ford banjo, so you're probably basically sitting on it. with that pumpkin between your legs sitting right in the poem that always makes me nervous.

I'm telling you, yeah, what a wild dual quad and collector setup. yeah it's beautiful, it's got a full 60 setup, it's an Edelbrock xf8 manifold with - Holley 650 mounted on it, the blades were hand formed you know, and then we chrome them and polish them from then on, it's got a tank old Elko fuel, which I really don't even see any of them out there anymore, I mean, that's it, that's it, so it doesn't go very far, don't go there just a quarter mile at a time, holy cow and it was the dragula and this thing on the show there was a reason why this car was well built.

Yeah, what happened was Herrmann went out and ran against the trainer and lost the trainer in a race, so when he won the title race, the title race, the pink rings race, so when he got to home, Lily was very upset. Then Grandpa was angry, so Grandpa had to build a car to retrieve the coach and bring it back home, that's why Dragula was created. Yes, wow, yes. So, you know, Barris built a lot of these cars and it had to be so wild. because it was okay, we need something crazy and we need it fast, do your thing, you know it was all like a 10 day period, 10 days, kind of a 15 day period, without these baffles, or not, they're straight pipes , TRUE?

Outside of the engine, those are the organ pipes. It's so funny and I love that there are a lot more scales on this nose than on the rest of the

coffin

, but it's a fantastic color and on a purple seat, I love this thing. now, oh yeah, no, you're right, I mean, so you're sitting there, you're sitting astride the pumpkin right there, oh, it doesn't look like it's built for comfort, I must say, but it's a c4, so It's an ottoman, yes. I know Beerus did a lot of weird things. He went to hardware stores. You know, when he used, he used cajon, he didn't take out rice and he used, I mean, because these look like my amps.

Yeah, I mean, yeah. go down and find Oh, that will work, they would put it in there, this really works, yeah, you don't run it, no, I don't run it much, what happens is the motor runs, I would say it gets a little hot and we. I've got George's signature on the front leg here, yeah, so I don't want to really damage the paint, but I damaged the signature running it, so it's a show car, it's a show car, yeah, that's a cool car. , but this. Maybe the best thing about this, it's his signature, it's that George is no longer with us, no, I guess I'll have to drive this in my dreams, but let's talk about the other one that runs and drives, for sure, the monster trainer.

What are you saying? Come on, so dragula saved and got Herman's trainer back. Yes, he did, grandpa. A drag race in One Bowl. They brought the car home. Lilly was very happy. Are you happy? So this is also a number three car. Yes, holy Barris built it, but. in Keith Dean's shop, yes, built by Keith Dean along with George Barris and the same tooling was used on the fenders and all the metal, as well as the steel fender. The steel fenders are all hand made, all rolled with the same bead roller as what they use on the show, the radiator housing is shortened to size, it has a 289 Ford Cobra engine backed by a six volt generator, ten carbs, ten cobs, has a custom manifold and every cob runs and they are all single barrel. single barrel stuck right, they're progressive, no they are, although when you step on the gas, they don't, they're all engaged, yeah, oh wow, these fenders just because they didn't, they don't go down . comes out when Spears makes it look a little sinister, creepier, yeah, creepier, sure, I think it's the black and red stripes, but I get a lot of Black Widow fare, yeah, that's what it gives you I guess which is a fake crank yeah, it's just there to show its definition and it's more of a George Barris hardware stop because it looks like you know what Coach lights for a house or Landers is just a real modal meter, this is a real B.

Yes, it is a Boyce motometer from the beginning of the century from 1900, it is not restored and works perfectly, do you put drum brakes on it? Chum brakes around 44, comes straight from the engine, are there deflectors on this thing? This car has baffles, but it still has to be pretty loud, yes it's still loud, the engines are so powerful again for the show that ran from '64 to '66, the originals were built back then, when was it, when did they build the number three? This was built in the late 80's, uh -Huh, I was told these are steel, the rest of the body is steel, the rest of the body is fiberglass, it was built from a steel body, huh , and we will put it together piece by piece.

I noticed it too and just got hooked. My eye is the one in the magazine, which looked like some sort of sixties Cregar, but it has this wood grain to give it the illusion of wood rays, yeah, that was a perfect touch, oh it's there, it's a incredible star. Sixties Supremes, yes, their original Kraig-backed Astros. some nuts and the tone of the wood is the perfect touch and it says funeral everywhere you basically have the fringes I mean you know this is it it's a big rest in peace yeah it's a big change or actually , a real hearse that's been reworked reworked a little bit has snow gauges, you know, period correct 60s, it really does.

I mean, you look there, the curtains, the velvet, it's very peaceful, it's probably very peaceful until you turn it on and then the piece shatters. a lot of car shows with these, yeah, the skull comes out, you know, at least three weekends out of every month and it's a very popular call, people love it, it's iconic and the show was really a part of history of pop culture. and it still only lasted two seasons, I know, but it's true, but it really gives you the impression that it was, I mean, I grew up with it, it was just as crazy, you know, an absurd show, it was actually pretty funny , yeah, you know what it was, it was good. clean and fun, yes it was, no one was hurt filming that show, no one really died, so you have the two front seats, you have this one, this one here, which was called grandpa's laboratory, so this is where It was grandfather and him.

I put all this you know, beers together and all these concoctions and then back here it was kind of I was like the living room for the fan like the king and queen, kind of life, I love the telephone, we've had a eight tracks, yes. that was a month and at that time the virus was putting them on all these movie cars and a leatherette top here and then your fenders don't go back down, they lift up good, they lift up, that was like the flow of you know in three steps to let you in again these these these coach flashlights yeah and this would be fun that's Eddie's position it was there anyway yeah so you got slippery boots in the back and it looks like bias capes in the front yeah , holy cow and another just a basic straight axle yeah yeah in the back backed up with chrome shocks and you had your ladder bars so this one works how does it work?

It's a hot rod, it's a hot rod, yeah, we say we're hot rod a little bit, come on, can I? Drive, let's go right now, okay, oh, that's a stiff clutch, John, we've got a whole façade here, here we go, sorry, call, okay, you got it, you think what he turned on is good, though yeah, ten carburetors work very well. Second, God, second, all the comforts of home. personal hydraulic brakes it doesn't have power steering I don't know if you know that you're driving them like crazy but it really doesn't do anything right the steel barriers of the car all the time you know what even with deflectors in those fight with no kids, three hitters, friends, they fixed them for Fargo and instead of a collection this part was a must see for you yeah yeah so the original the show only lasted 64 to 66 for the season show yeah so this was the original of these .

It was built, it was great, you know, Beerus back then came up with the greatest thing you could think of. This was just him needing to drive him crazy. This was another one. I think two or three weekly bills took three. Tea bags and I put them together The fiberglass Merilee was the original The original always lost the feel Oh I don't know, I would like to go too fast, although why does it work so well? It really works. It works well. The other things are a bit close. It's an open car with these. I like how the Dingle balls.

The phrases blow with the breeze. Actually, this one is black.