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Voxmobile
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:01 am
by org_fifth_beatle
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
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:18 am
by jingle_jangle
Get hold of Joji Barris. His father and Dick Dean built it.
His e-mail is
[email protected]
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:16 am
by squirebass
Geez, I didn't know Voxtalks had their very own wheels!?!?!? That Nick Thiel is amazing!!
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:30 am
by jwilli
I think that RIC needs a RIC-mobile. Paul could design it. What would it look like??
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:55 pm
by ozover50
Uh-oh!! Like waving a red cloak to a bull (or a cap to a junkie!!).
Go for it, Whiz!!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:58 am
by tony_carey
It would have to be fireglo!
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:14 am
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:10 am
by squirebass
Paul, I was kidding...I am old enough to remember George Barris, Vox, and Paul Revere and the Raiders...
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:26 am
by jingle_jangle
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...
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:41 pm
by paul_yan
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:01 pm
by jingle_jangle
That's the animal. Subtle, huh?
You oughta see George's living room furniture...
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:04 pm
by ozover50
Awwww - what the ......... ?
Hope he never built a 'skanky-mobile'!! Now that WOULD be ugly!
