For James Caan fans

[Mike 1017]

 

George Barris built this amazing car. The 1982 Barrister Roadster for James.

Mike

 

 

[slusher]

Definitely unique..

[JollySipper]

20 minutes ago, slusher said:

Definitely unique..

Looks like it may be based on a Stutz or something along those lines........

[Mark]

Those were built on Corvettes.  The chassis was stretched a bit in front.  Clean some of the junk off, change the grille a bit, lose that windshield divider, and it would look pretty good.

[NOBLNG]

58 minutes ago, slusher said:

Definitely unique..

That’s a polite way of putting it.?

Edited August 26, 2024 by NOBLNG

[Ace-Garageguy]

Man, dat be fly.  

[slusher]

5 hours ago, JollySipper said:

Looks like it may be based on a Stutz or something along those lines........

Barry white had a Stutz, they look similar..

[stavanzer]

5 hours ago, Mark said:

Those were built on Corvettes.  The chassis was stretched a bit in front.  Clean some of the junk off, change the grille a bit, lose that windshield divider, and it would look pretty good.

What do you mean? It looks great the way it is! Nothing wrong with the styling on that car at all.

[Mike 1017]

Here is a little history of those cars

Mike

An Unusual C3 Corvette Redesigned By George Barris: "The Barrister" (silodrome.com)

[jokar124]

It looked better when Virgil Exner and Ghia did it, in 1965:

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Barrister at the now closed Tupelo Auto Museum in 2006:

[Rob Hall]

Those look like late 70s Granada/Monarch headlight clusters.