Commissioned by Capitol Records and made by George Barris in 1966. Supposedly 5 were built for the boys themselves and they were called 'Mini Surfers'.
These special Mokes came with candy stripes both in and outside, a special fringed canopy, golden record wheel discs, 8-track sound systems with removable speakers, chromed bumpers and fake air intakes on the bonnet.
The seats were made of red and white fur fabric, and the surfboard on top was a Dewey Weber
Supposedly another 20 were built to give away to radio stations throughout the US to be raffled in special Beach Boys competitions.
A May issue of Classic & Sports Car magazine had an article about Barris and mentioned these
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http://stiffspeed.co.uk/post/162723444754#notes
http://maximummini.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-beach-boys-and-their-mini-surfers.html
at least one is sitting in a garage gathering dust
https://www.facebook.com/groups/140112802865265/permalink/724249964451543/
in Nov 1966, on Monday the 7th
The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage
and at the 4:18 minute mark
The old stager mislead people for years, claiming he built the Monkeemobile, Dean Jeffries was that cars creator, nothing to do with Barris other than he owned it for many years as part of his Stars Cars Hollywood museum, he may have built copies of the car but had NO input into its inception.
ReplyDeleteyou must be referring to the video. I haven't said anything about the Monkee GTO in this post... but I set the record straight on that several times http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/07/mickie-waiting-at-dean-jefferies-place.html http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/dean-jeffries-pinstriper-and-custom-car.html and others
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