You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

This is kind of a weird photo: George Barris with the Monkeemobile outside his shop. It gives the impression he created it. That is false. Dean Jefferies created it. Here is Dean and his creation right after he completed it:

The Monkeemobile had its origins in 1966 when Dean Jeffries was asked to design and build a car for a new TV show called The Monkees. Jeffries, under contract with Model Products Corporation (MPC) at the time, told CEO George Toteff about the project. A make of vehicle had not yet been chosen for the project. Toteff then told his friend Jim Wangers of these developments. Wangers was working with Pontiac promotion and advertising at the time and saw the show as a huge promotional opportunity for Pontiac. After making the deal, Jim Wangers supplied two base 389 4-barrel 1966 GTO convertibles with automatic transmissions to be converted into Monkeemobiles. MPC was in turn given exclusive rights to market a model kit of the Monkeemobile. They eventually sold over seven million copies of the kits.

[TimG]

And I bought one of those Monkee mobile kits when I was about 11.

[Lee Stewart]

Raise your hand if you built one of these. Lee's hand is up.

[Too Many Projects]

I bought one of those kits from a guy on another forum a few years ago. He MAY have bought it new, but was moving and purging stuff he'd held onto for 30-40 years. Still sealed in the bags.

[60sStuff]

What town is this?

Michigan US 31.

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