Custom Car Models by (the) George Barris

[Hattley]

Recently my Dad and I went on a mission and braved the sweltering attic temperatures to get our hands on all his old car mags from the 50’s right on up. Anyway, one of the many cool printed treasures we found was this! It’s in relative great shape and completely intact. I’ll be happy to post more if your interested.

[trogdor]

I'd love to see more

[Danno]

OMG! I'd almost forgotten the days of the rubber-band hood hinge!

Post 'em!!! I can't wait to see if Barris took credit for inventing model cars, too!

[Harry P.]

OMG! I'd almost forgotten the days of the rubber-band hood hinge!

I never knew about the days of the rubber-band hood hinge...

[Danno]

I never knew about the days of the rubber-band hood hinge...

Oh, you Kid!

And, I AM NOT that much older than you!

[sobpinstriping]

more! i love the barris brothers cars, george barris by himself his cars kinda went pretty wierd/ ugly later on

cheers

mat

[MoparWoman Jamie]

OMG! I'd almost forgotten the days of the rubber-band hood hinge!

Post 'em!!! I can't wait to see if Barris took credit for inventing model cars, too!

I hear you there, LOL I'm waiting to see if he try's to take credit for one car in certain too which he didn't have part of.

Edited August 21, 2010 by m0parman

[Guest Markus355]

SAM barris was great. George is a hack and a con artist.

so many other ...BETTER kustomizers out there. gene winfield, bill hines, alexander bro.s

[gbdolfans]

YES YES YES!!!

Please post as many pics as you can.

I would love to see what is inside!!

[Darren B]

WOW ill join the bandwagon here, would love to see those old mags, just total amazing!!!

[Railfreak78]

The funny thing is.. When I looked at this the first thing I noticed was wow Peterson was on this

[Rick R]

George Barris was in on the game when the 3-in-one kits started at AMT and by '61 he was a power, but he didn't build himself and he didn't care about anything but the bucks and the 'box credit'.

In one of the early publicity pics for the AMT lacquers he's shown in the back of his office, in the sun, holding a '61 Ford body (hoodless) up in front of his body in readiness for painting. In the other hand is a can of AMT lacquer, label to the front so all the kids could see it, ready for use.

Thing is, he's wearing a really nice watch and ring and a white shirt and a tie, no covering for anything including his hand... I always wondered how many kids got 'pounded' or 'grounded' or for that matter, painted, when they did the same thing...

[crazyjim]

I have that same issue and some other old stuff too.

[Scott Colmer]

Someone sent this to me a while back. They said it was George. Definitely NOT Tom Daniels.

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Edited August 22, 2010 by Scott Colmer

[Guest Johnny]

I never knew about the days of the rubber-band hood hinge...

Oh, you Kid!

And, I AM NOT that much older than you!

It was closely followed by the metal spring clip that I first experienced onan AMT 49 Ford kit!

[Junkman]

Nah, please post nothing of it, or I'll have a heart attack.

Errrr....

What's the bleeding holdup ?????

[jbwelda]

is that "disco george" barris in the middle of this photo?

edit: actually now i realize thats gotta be tom daniels???

i always dig through the stacks of hot rod, rod and custom, etc magazines at swap meets and garage sales looking for model car specific magazines, slot car mags as well. its amazing how often you find absolutely nothing but then every once in a while you find something like you got out of your attic there! i got that same mag out of some other guys attic when he cleaned it out!

post up some images from it, theres some amazing pics and articles in there.

and i agree with G Barris as being the front man...loved the spotlight but didnt do the "real" work.

they (he and Sam) were from sacramento, you know...

Edited August 22, 2010 by jbwelda