A drug fueled tour bus.

"In 1964, when Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters drove from California to New York in a stripped-down, psychedelic school bus — an LSD-fueled adventure recounted in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test — the vehicle was already 25 years old. After its cross-country escapades, the bus, named Furthur (this misspelling was later corrected), sat in Kesey's farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Years later, he purchased a second Further and pushed the original one into the swamp. Kesey died in 2001, but the first Further lives on; the bus was exhumed in 2005."

Text Source: http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2088972_2088978_2088962,00.html

A photo from inside the The Pousette-Dart Band tour bus (also known as PDB) circa 1973.

"PDB was an American soft rock group active in the 1970s and early 1980s. Originally conceived in 1973 as a string band from Cambridge, Massachusetts, PDB comprised Jon Pousette-Dart, John Troy and John Curtis."

Text Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pousette-Dart_Band

Grateful dead tour bus, "Sugar Magnolia" used 1967-1983.

More pics & source: http://dripipip.tumblr.com/post/12754747427/the-original-grateful-dead-tour-bus-sugar

Pet named 'Dolores' this 1962 Eagle Model 01 is a prop in Almost Famous (2000).

This movie does a nice job recreating what life was like for a break through rock band in the 70's.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Famous

Dean Jeffries pictured with his creation the famous Monkeemobile.

"Dean Jeffries built the Monkeemobile, back in 1966. Jeffries was given two Pontiac GTO convertibles to use for the project, as Pontiac felt an association with the Monkees TV show would be great publicity. Two cars were built, one for the show, one for promotions.

After the show ended, Jeffries declined to purchase the cars back for a grand each (he figured he could rebuild them cheaper). The TV show car was left in Australia after a tour, and somehow ended up as a courtesy car at a Puerto Rican hotel, reappearing at auction in 1992. Nobody knows how it got halfway around the world to end up in Puerto Rico; I'm sure there's a good story there.

George Barris purchased and restored the second Monkeemobile, and showed it at many events, eventually selling it in 2008 for $360,000 to a private collector. Barris' company has also built replicas of the Monkeemobile, but that is the extent of Barris' involvement, although that hasn't stopped him from taking total credit for the car."



Text & image source: http://jalopnik.com/5889688/why-is-george-barris-getting-credit-for-the-monkeemobile

"Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues drive from gig to gig in "The Bluesmobile" a 1974 Dodge Monaco sedan that was prominently featured in the film, The Blues Brothers. It is described as a used Mount Prospect police car that replaced a Cadillac, which Elwood Blues traded for a microphone.

Text & image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesmobile


Read more about the Bluesmobile here:

Another famous musician ride is of course the Partridge Family tour bus.

A 1957 Chevrolet Series 6800 Superior was used in the 1970's T.V. series., painted with a Mondrian-inspired patterns, it was used throughout the program as the band's transport.

Read more about this famous bus and it's fate: http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2008/01/on-the-road-in.html

"There’s not a lot of laugh-out-loud comedy in the Yogi Bear cartoons exclusively for his own show in the 1961-62 season.

The cartoons had devolved to a point where the plots were mainly Yogi-vs-Ranger Smith, usually involving food or park rules. This cartoon contains both. Warren Foster’s story is well-constructed but the dialogue merely services the plot.

It’s tough to blame Warren Foster, though. He was busy writing “The Flintstones” at the time and the workload doing that series and a dozen-or-so Yogis (plus Huckleberry Hound, plus Pixie and Dixie, plus Hockey Wolf, plus some Loopy De Loops) is just mind-boggling.

Foster’s dialogue isn’t the only thing that’s tamer here. The animation is by the great Art Davis. But if you compare it to what he did on the Quick Draw McGraw cartoon “El Kabong, Jr.” the previous season, which has some neat angular poses and stylisation, there’s a lot of talking and walking and not a lot else. Davis tends to curve up the mouth high into the face in his Hanna-Barbera cartoons around this time. Here are a couple of examples. "

Text & image source: http://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2013/12/yogi-bear-bear-living.html

"Ingrid Bergman in The Yellow Rolls-Royce, a 1964 dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce uses a yellow 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II to frame the story of three very different owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster and a wealthy American widow. It is set in the years up to and including the start of World War II.

The soundtrack song "Forget Domani" won Best Original Song at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards."

Text source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rolls-Royce
Image source: http://leblogdamz.blogspot.com/2011/06/yellow-rolls-royce.html

"Rock Hudson in 1958 driving the last surviving example of the seven Horch 855 Spezial Roadsters ever built, a specimen once owned by Eva Braun."

Text & image source: http://www.caranddriver.com/photos-12q1/447401/rock-hudson-taking-a-spin-in-the-horch-in-1958-the-car-had-been-owned-by-eva-braun-and-is-part-of-the-collection-at-porche-foreign-auto-photo-447751

Andy Warhol art car, 1979 BMW M1.

The first comprehensive publication about the BMW Art Car Collection. A richly illustrated overview of the history of the legendary BMW Art Cars.

Read more here: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/pressDetail.html?title=first-comprehensive-publication-about-the-bmw-art-car-collection-a-richly-illustrated-overview-of-the&outputChannelId=36&id=T0167906EN&left_menu_item=node__4095

"Audrey Hepburn Appears In Dove Chocolate TV Ad Via CGI — Fashion icon Audrey Hepburn is one of the most beloved Old Hollywood actresses of all time. Her image can be seen in magazines, books, on postcards and even coffee mugs. Now, more than 20 years after her death, she has been brought back to life via CGI in a TV ad for Dove chocolate. "

Image and text source: http://thechicspy.com/index.php/audrey-hepburn-appears-dove-chocolate-tv-ad-via-cgi/

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Herbie the Love Bug a 1969 Disney film dripping with groovy cars and culture.

"The Love Bug often referred to as Herbie the Love Bug is the first movie in a series of comedy films made by Walt Disney Productions that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. It was based on the 1961 book Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford."

"Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat - a Studebaker."
Quote from Fozzie Bear while driving his 1951 Studebaker Commander Coupe in the 1979 Muppet Movie.

Marilyn Monroe watching Sammy Davis Jr’s acrobatic agility while playing hookey during the filming of “How to Marry a Millionaire.” Taken in 1953.

Photographer Frank Worth had the job to the shoot promo Singer/celebrity publicity shots, as well as the cover car for the June 19, 1953 issue of the biweekly Motor World magazine.

More shots of Marilyn and the 1953 Singer: http://serviside.blogspot.com/2011/08/frank-sammy-marilyn-and-singer-scan-of.html
Image source: http://www.rockstargallery.net/fine-art-photography-vault

This 1953 Cadillac was gifted to Marilyn Monroe by Jack Benny.

To quote the story: "The show was the season premiere and aired on September 13, 1953, live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Fox wouldn’t allow Marilyn to be paid for appearing, so Benny sent her a black Cadillac convertible with a red interior. "

More pics of Marilyn and her cars: http://www.cursumperficio.net/FicheAC5.html

Text source: http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2013/06/marilyn-and-power-of-television.html

"007 (Roger Moore) climbs out of his Lotus Esprit Turbo in Italy, leaving it temporarily in the charge of his ally Luigi. Before departing, Bond advises, "Don't play with any of the switches."

Text & Image source: http://www.heritagesportscars.com/news.html

Film martial arts icon Bruce Lee and SL Mercedes.

Debbie Reynolds in her Lincoln Continental MKII.

Robert Redford + RR

Source: http://www.nicerendezvous.com/car/images/

A modified 1986 Chrysler LeBaron was used in the 1987 Film: Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

6 convertibles were made from scratch,using BOTH the Chrysler and Dodge models for parts.
Chrysler insisted that ALL references to their actual product be removed,due to the disasters that
befall the two actors while in the car;hence the badges make no sense.
At one time,during the building of these cars,the studio
owned ALL the woodsiding that Chrysler had in their parts inventory.
Almost all of the parts were purchased from Claude Short Dodge in Santa Monica,Ca.
The color of the cars was picked by John Hughes, personally.
As a side note,only one of the cars survived,and was repainted a cream color and is still being
driven in Los Angeles last sighted in 2009.

Image/text Source:http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/planes-trains-and-automobiles-blu-ray-disc-screenshots/ & http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_30793-Chrysler-LeBaron-Town-and-Country-Convertible-1986.html

One of my favorite scenes from the 1987 movie clip from: Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

(Steve Martin): He says we're going the wrong way...

(John Candy): Oh, he's drunk. How would he know where we're going?



"A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion." More movie details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/

1969 movie trailer for the original ITALIAN JOB.

One of my all time favorite movies.

60's fashion, cars, and a film that helped carve Michael Caine's reputation as an enduring pop icon.

Text source & movie info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064505/

Audrey Hepburn Ferrari 250 Pininfarina Cabriolet. Based on the registration plate, it must be in Italy.

Since 1951 the only road-going 'production' Ferraris that have not designed by Pininfarina are the 1973 Dino 308 GT4 and 2013's LaFerrari.

Text Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pininfarina

Image Source: http://www.vintagecarsandgirls.com/2011/08/audrey-hepburn-andferrari-250pf.html#.Unq0lPmkrl8

"Steve McQueen tinkering on his XKSS between shooting scenes for Wanted dead or Alive.

One of his favorite cars was his Jaguar XKSS, after selling the car in 1969 he re-bought it in 1977 and kept it until his death a few years later."

More pics of Steve & his Jaguar: http://silodrome.com/steve-mcqueens-jaguar-xkss/

Image Source: http://42ndblackwatch1881.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/steve-mcqueen-whatll-it-be-today-jaguar-xkss-or-ac-cobra/

Text Source: http://silodrome.com/steve-mcqueens-jaguar-xkss/

1953 Katharine Hepburn driving in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

"Passenger is Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of MGM studio mogul, Louis B. Mayer. She & Hepburn were life long friends. Hepburn would have been about 46 years old at the time of this photo."

Image Credit: Slim Aarons.
Sourced from: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2008/06/having-a-wonderful-time-with-slim-aarons/
Text Source: http://www.katharinehepburntheater.org/blog/tag/jamaica/

1937 Lagonda LG 45 Rapide in the film "Room at The Top" A 1958 U.K. film about an ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Picture source: http://www.imcdb.org/movie_53226-Room-at-The-Top.html
Text source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053226/

Tony Curtis and friend checking the light levels with his 1961 Silver Cloud II drophead coupe.

John Wayne and his International truck.

Buy Jeremy Clarkson's old car. This large Jaguar XJR sedan was the past daily driver of Top Gear's famous automotive journalist and TV host.

It shows 93,000 miles on the odometer and is estimated to sell for around €4700 August 24th at Anglia Car Auctions in the UK.

Article & Photo Source: http://www.caradisiac.com/L-ancienne-Jaguar-XJR-de-Jeremy-Clarkson-est-a-vendre-88670.htm

Peter Sellers was quite easily one of the greatest actors ever produced by Britian, he was well known for his comic work although his filmography includes a number of quite serious films that go a long way towards showing his versatility.

This photograph from 1965 shows Sellers with his much loved Ferrari 275GTB, sadly he passed away in 1980 from a heart attack but the long legacy of work he left behind will ensure that he’s loved and remembered for generations to come.

1941 Native Californian Ansel Adams atop a modified woody wagon. It appears as if he may at Yosemite a National Park....

Source: http://www.retronaut.com/2013/08/ansel-adams-prepares-his-camera-in-a-national-park/

Gene Raymond and a new 1932 Packard 900 Light Eight

A scene from Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977) with Dean Jones and Don Knotts on board. Image source: http://www.empireonline.com/features/cinemas-greatest-races/p7

1959 Ben Hur on a Vespa. Or as we know them Charlton Heston & Stephen Boyd. Image source: http://www.retronaut.com/2013/06/ben-hur-on-a-vespa/

A 1936/1937 Cord used in the 1965 film Where the Spies Are, starring English actor David Niven. Picture source: http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=59905 More about David Niven: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/458293/

Laurel and Hardy in a1930 Series 30 Model 30-45 Buick Phaeton.

Source: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?55805-Stars-And-Their-Cars

Norwegian Olympic figure-skating champion, and Hollywood star Sonja Henie, posing with her 1935 Cord 810.

Buster Keaton in an America Austin. Date unknown.

Source: http://acertaincinema.pemomo.com/browse/person/buster-keaton/?p1=$&p2=1&p3=1&p4=1

Actress Joan Bennett with 1936 Lincoln.

1960 Morris Mini - The Italian Job Located @ the Coventry Transport Museum.

"A Mini emerging from a tunnel, representing one of the most famous chase scenes from the iconic movie 'The Italian Job', filmed in Coventry's sewers as the sewers in Milan were too small. Not alot of people know that." - Michael Caine.

1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Drophead Coupe [Vin# SHS349C] shown here in the 1966 film Blowup staring David Hemmings. Source: www.IMCDB.com

<(Follow the image link to watch the trailer)>" In Jacques Tati’s Trafic, the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, outfitted as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris’s highways and byways. For this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company’s director of design, and accompanies his new vehicle (a camper tricked out with absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road is paved with modern-age mishaps. This late-career delight is a masterful demonstration of the comic genius’s expert timing and sidesplitting visual gags, and a bemused last look at technology run amok" source: http://www.criterion.com/films/859-trafic

John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in a 1914 Stutz Bearcat. Year and photo credit unknown.

Al Jolson with his Mercedes.

John Lennon's 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V

"George Harrison, the 'quiet Beatle' posing with his Aston Martin DB5 in 1965. You can buy a professional print of this photo, taken by photographer Henry Grossman @ http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/grossman-henry-040-george-harrison.html

Early car collector and “America’s Favorite Tenor” James Melton and 18 investors bought the 13-acre former casino site in Hypoluxo FL. The cars came down on U.S. 1 in a motorcade, and Autorama opened in April 1953. It was called “The Million Dollar Museum of Motor Memories.”

Pre-war actor Errol Flynn in a pre-war Packard.

"The Big Sleep" (1946) staring Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart. Shown here is a Packard goes off the dock into the drink; killing the chauffeur. It is suggested that the Packard is a 1936 Model 1400 sedan, which would have been based on the five-passenger sedan, but it's awfully hard to tell much about the car because it gets so little on-screen time....Does anyone have more information?

A 1971 Jaguar XK-E 4.2 Hearse in the 1971 film Harold and Maude. Staring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort.

A 1933 Morgan 3 wheeler driven by Peter Sellers in the 1968 film The Party

"Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat - a Studebaker."
Quote from Fozzie Bear while driving his 1951 Studebaker Commander Coupe in the 1979 Muppet Movie.

Gonzo the Great in an Austin 7 on The Muppet Show in 1976

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias shoehorned in an original Fiat 500

1951 Ford F1 Truck “Sanford and Son”

From the 1950s film Sunset Blvd a 1929 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castagna Transformable. Located today in a Torino’s Car Museum

http://www.museoauto.it/website/collezione/64-isotta-fraschini/107-isotta-fraschini-mod-8-a

Steve Urkel in his BMW Isetta