Thread by @iowahawkblog

Velcome to Part 2 of the #DavesCarIDService Halloween Scrapyard of Horrors BWA HAHAHAHA <pipe organ blast>

*That of course is Drag-U-La, designed by Tom Daniel and built at the Barris Kustom shop in 1966, featuring a real fiberglass casket bought from a Valley funeral parlor, dual quad Ford 289, Radir mags rear and SpeedSport wires front.

The other car is a boring Ferrari, who cares

Controversially, there are 2 cinematic Drag-U-La origin stories: the Munsters series (Grandpa build it to win back the Munster Koach that Herman lost in a drag race) and the "Munster Go Home" movie (Grandpa built it for Herman to drive in a cross-country race).

The original Drag-U-La is now owned by John Sbrigato in NJ, but will be up for auction in January.

It was built as a companion car to the Munster Koach, often misattributed to Barris. Originally built by Tex Collins, from 3 Model T bodies, also w/ 289 Ford & Radirs

The original Munster Koach is now at the Volo Auto Museum outside Chicago. Like the Drag-U-La there are a few replicas out there. Here's my buddy Dave Shuten taking the Galpin shop Munster Koach out for a spin yesterday
instagram.com/p/CVqbKZCLW4u/

OK enough with my Munsters automobile history dissertation, time to get on with the scary Halloween car IDs. (But I will be tossing in a few holiday-appropriate custom cars)

Now here's one that combines sentimental old timey family photos with Halloween spirit: the family piano / furniture / undertaking shop truck was a 1917-24 Ford Model T roadster pickup. Someday I want the funeral parlor to fetch my carcass in one of these

https://twitter.com/Justinredalen/status/1446851882366951435

Some real Ed Gein reassembled corpse energy from this 1957 Dodge pickup

https://twitter.com/HarperMcCullou2/status/1454516807491014657

Hmm... upon reflection (on door and wheel opening) I now believe it is a 1948-53 Dodge with headlight bezels from a 1957 Dodge, which kinda makes it even more Ed Gein-y

a very diminutive 1949-52 Crosley station wagon, would make a dandy hearse for a scary clown funeral

https://twitter.com/tusenoch/status/1454442586261934081

in other scary clown related news: after the Pennywise Incident, neither Walter Curley nor his circa 1946 Kenworth dump truck were heard from again

https://twitter.com/HazeDoran/status/1454107829221003266

This horror film location (ht @rhinegelt) contain some dandies: 1946-48 Buick Roadmaster sedan (1), circa 1966 Rambler Classic convertible and ass end of 1959 Chevy El Camino (2), and circa 1938 International D-series truck

https://twitter.com/Mrs_Kitty78/status/1452657815177334786

Merry Christmasween! I'll give you an A- on your deconstruction of the Frankentruck. Doors are both front doors from 1928-31 Ford Model A 4 door sedan, cowl/windshield is ~1934 REO, fenders are 1930-31 Ford A. Otherwise spot on Mr Coroner

https://twitter.com/Femboy_Stolas/status/1452564092099575810

Cars don't have to be menacing monster Frankentrucks to be scary; witness these 2 creepy French-made microcars spotted in the UK. ~1973 Acoma Mini Comtesse and ~1978 KV Mini. Note creepy corn doll on the Acoma.

https://twitter.com/SimonMagus/status/1448671351607283717

Brief pause from reader ID requests for another great Halloween custom: Ray Fahrner's Boot Hill Express, a real 1850s horse drawn funeral coach with a fuel injected Chrysler Hemi

Another innocent 1949-50 Nash Ambassador or Airflyte falls victim to the Four Mile Creek Ripper

https://twitter.com/Slackalope/status/1447625309537308677

The gruesome discoveries in this Benz crawl space include a 1961-65 190 W110, 1959-68 220 W111, and I think a 1932-34 170 cabriolet

https://twitter.com/ClausDB1/status/1447269163505012740

Everybody remembers the Munsters cars, but the Addams Family had their 1933 Packard Twin Six V-12 phaeton. Didn't need to be customized (other than the vulture hood ornament). Packards came scary direct from the factory with their trademark tombstone grille.

*Case in point, this 1926-27 Packard hearse, with Eureka coachwork

https://twitter.com/swizze_gfrank/status/1445921385654616072

Or this 1940 Packard hearse that @TeeGarvin's dad and his wrestling teammates drove from Waterloo IA to Adams State College

or this 1946-48 Packard Henney hearse still prowling the streets of Motown

https://twitter.com/MyThreeSons132/status/1366869002962763776

"I'll be back... to haunt all of you!" cackled 1957 Oldsmobile 88 4 door hardtop, as the clock ran out on the Governor's reprieve

https://twitter.com/HazeDoran/status/1454855041433538561

Another Ed Gein-worthy discovery, and in Wisconsin to boot: 1950 Chevy Styleline sedan

https://twitter.com/norm_ray/status/1448996649875947558

Hats off, TSC customers, the 1938-49 Diamond T's funeral procession is rolling by

https://twitter.com/Shanti__Ananda/status/1444708270187417600

The Munsters' Drag-U-La wasn't the only cinematic scary car built at the Barris Kustoms shop in North Hollywood. There was also The Car (1977), fabricated from a 1971 Lincoln Continental. It preceded Christine as a demonically possessed self aware murderous car by several years

*and Tesla by even more

The bullet-ridden corpse of a 1953 Ford

https://twitter.com/akneader/status/1454830042005991426

One more custom scary car of the day, and not customized for a sitcom or horror film: an actual vintage Argentine hearse, based on a 1929 Buick. I wish to reserve this for my own funeral please

This concludes this year's car Fright Fest, back to normal next weekend with cheerfully nostalgic car ID fare.

If you dig this content, please consider a subscription to my deluxe Substack version. New Halloween content there too!

Happy Motoring!

https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1454237887633969160