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Thursday, November 5, 2015
George Barris
Custom car designer; creator of the Batmobile -- via the Hollywood Reporter. While still in high school, he started customizing cars with his brother, creating the "kustom" car craze of the '50s ad '60s. He created not only the Batmobile but the Munsters Koach and many others for film and TV.
