That's Annette sitting in the car. So, famous Disney movie, Annette used the car on screen, and supposedly, Von Dutch striped it. That's a rare and historically significant hot rod!
I don't know what to make of the license plates on this car, or on the Mustang and station wagon in the Ugly Dachshund movie I posted last week, they aren't California plates
Stuntman, Carey Loftin was the real driver of the hot rod hiding underneath. Metal was cut away under the dashboard and right through the hood on the right side so he would be able to see the road. For night shooting a series of lights on the right hand side of the road was used so Carey could follow the road. Loftin's steering wheel was synchronized with the steering wheel Sam used so it looked like Sam was driving. A special bucket seat was made for Sammy to sit in and hair covered mittens were laced to the steering wheel for Sam to slide in his paws. He also followed the rules of safety and wore a seat belt that was hidden under all his shaggy fur. Assistant Director Arthur Vitarelli, " The dog would look over the top of the windshield and out the side. It looked like he was really driving." https://norlinreelhistory.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-shaggy-dog.html
the front and back hu caps are different. That's odd. I've never seen a car that I can remember that had different hub caps front to back
and why change the license plate info on the movie poster?
The car was first used in the "Spin & Marty" serials on the Mickey Mouse club!
In the Sept '59 issue of "Hot Rod" magazine is a letter in post entry from George Ausburn, Long Beach, Ca.
He wrote that when he took his kids to the movie "Shaggy Dog" he discovered that the model T roadster was his old race car. He describes the dash as 36 Dodge, louvered hood, radius rods and the license plate light fabrication, he did on the car when he owned it. He was a member of the "Road Runners". He said he began building it in 1940 and finished it after the war. Ran 114 at the lakes
The exhaust tips exit out the back of the frame, under the tail lights.
rewatching the movie to get some photos of the hot rod turned up this scene where the cops have no option but to drive the hot rod, and a hell of a door ding shows
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