Voxmobile

org_fifth_beatle · Post by **org_fifth_beatle** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:01 am

hello all this doesnt have to do with rickenbacker guitars but does anyone out there have pictures of the voxmobile?or know who owns it now? I want to build a 1/25 scale model of this car since there are no available. I need some iterior,engine,& rear pics. you can email at [email protected] thanks wayne

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:18 am

Get hold of Joji Barris. His father and Dick Dean built it.

His e-mail is [email protected]

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:16 am

Geez, I didn't know Voxtalks had their very own wheels!?!?!? That Nick Thiel is amazing!!

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:30 am

I think that RIC needs a RIC-mobile. Paul could design it. What would it look like??

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:55 pm

Uh-oh!! Like waving a red cloak to a bull (or a cap to a junkie!!).

Go for it, Whiz!!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:58 am

It would have to be fireglo!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:14 am

Gene, you're kidding, right?

A bit of history laced with personal opinion FWIW:

The car was built in '67 or '68 by George Barris as a co-promotion with Vox and Paul Revere and the Raiders. I've seen several promo shots with the Raiders hanging off it. It's rather shamelessly ugly and is typical of George's work once his brother Sam died and George got the Hollywood bug. Sam was the true craftsman of the two and could "do" cars with the best of them. Once George moved over to the Hollywood side of the car biz and started doing all the promo stuff, the donkey work was done by folks such as Dick Dean and Dean Jeffries. They, of course, moved on to establish their own shops decades ago.

As to how a Rick mobile would look, if Barris did it, he would probably locate the Voxmobile, buy it back, and turn it into a similarly-themed Fireglo nightmare. Then somebody would get a huge bill.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:10 am

Paul, I was kidding...I am old enough to remember George Barris, Vox, and Paul Revere and the Raiders...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:26 am

Gene, I thought so. I'm not particularly literal, but our language has a hard time expressing tone of voice or a wink in print...

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:41 pm

Are you seeking this, Wayne?

http://www.barris.com/gallery_voxmobile.html

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:01 pm

That's the animal. Subtle, huh?

You oughta see George's living room furniture...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:04 pm

Awwww - what the ......... ?

Hope he never built a 'skanky-mobile'!! Now that WOULD be ugly!