Not Ready for the Junkyard
Although they've been retired from TV, these cars are still attracting viewers. 

Remember any of the buggies you see above?  They used to squeal across the TV screen in prime time, driven by the likes of
Batman and the Munsters.  Today, with the quick obsolescence of both autos and TV series, the only viewers they attract are
visitors to the Hollywood Motorama Museum or devotees of syndicated reruns.  Designed by automotive fantasizer, George
Barris, the cars include (clockwise from lower left): a Stutz Bearcat replica from Bearcats!, the Munster Koach, which combines
the finer features of a dune buggy and a hearse, a pint-sized Jeep from The Bugaloos, the Green Hornet's limo, Black Beauty,
the Monkeemobile and the Batmobile.  Center: the customized vintage Olds that Jed Clampett and family still drive through
the "Hills of Beverly" (in syndication) - a relic of the days when producers didn't have to worry about the price of a gallon of gas.
- TV Guide, March 13-19, 1976

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