The Munster Koach is the family car that was used in the television series, The Munsters. The show's producers contracted George Barris to provide the Koach. Barris paid show car designer Tom Daniel $200 to design the car, and had it built at Barris Kustoms, first by Tex Smith, but finished by Dick Dean , his shop foreman at the time.

Herman Munster, the star of the hit American series "The Munsters," not only made the family laugh with his antics but also thrilled them behind the wheel of various collectible cars, each with...

May 5, 2016 · The wild stretched-wheelbase, Model-T hot rod/hearse hybrid made its debut in episode four (Rock-A-Bye Munster), when Lily goes to a used-car lot to buy a car for husband Herman’s birthday (she arrives in a 1937 Cadillac limo, by the way).

Oct 10, 2016 · Herman also indicated that he wanted a good handling, sporty type car that could easily take the winding cemetery roads. Barris used an Ansen posi-shift 30 inch stick with four on the floor coupled to a 4:11 rear end for the sporty drive train.

Oct 30, 2020 · The Munsters, on the other hand, had the two ghoulest cars on the block, and both are still celebrated today. Long before the minivan, there was the Munsters Koach. Much like Herman Munster, the Frankenstein-like mortician played by Fred Gwynne, the Koach was built from cannibalized parts.

Barris paid show car designer Tom Daniel $200 to design the car, and had it built at Barris Kustoms, first by Tex Smith, but finished by Dick Dean. The Munster Koach appeared in over twenty episodes throughout the series’ two-year run, and was also seen in Munster, Go Home! using different wheels.

May 4, 2024 · It was called the “Munstermobile” (also known as the “Munster Koach”) because it was a custom hot rod built for the TV show by the legendary George Barris, also known as the “King of Kustoms”.

The Munster Koach is the family car that was used in the television series, The Munsters. Our tribute Koach was built on a custom 1927 Ford Model T chassis. It's finished in gloss black with brass and chrome accents and has a red interior.

The iconic car of Herman Munster, called the "Munster Koach", is a mix of a Hot Rod and a hearse. It could reach a top speed of 150 mph and had a hidden V8 engine producing 425 horsepower.

Oct 21, 2010 · Well it all started in Episode 4 of Season 1 (Rock-A-Bye Munster). Lily (Herman's Wife) wanted to surprise him with a new car. Unfortunately Herman and Grandpa had been eavesdropping in on pieces of a conversation about the car. They thought maybe Lily was having another child. She managed to sneak around enough to get Herman's car ordered.