George Barris-designed Bugazzi -- Click above for image gallery
We're first to conceive that George Barris' flick cars were more restrained than his customer cars -- and that Dolemite had the man on pace dial. Barris shapely the automobile you wager above: a Bugazzi (boo-GOT-zee), which started out as a 1972 attorney Mark IV and was overturned into "an dweller version of a Rolls-Royce."
That effectuation it's been slathered in cardinal coats of pearl lacquer and clipped with 24-carat gold-leaf, hand-applied pinstripes. Up front are digit lanterns where the headlights would ordinarily go. Inside, you'll find gold, cloth upholstery, Persian rugs, European doorhandles mounted on European stone slabs, a television, and a backwards centre wet bar. That could vindicate ground the automobile cost $10,000 more than a Rolls. Or not.
There were but 12 built, and not only were they bought by celebrities and the owner of the Mustang Ranch, but Motor Trend titled it Car of the Month in July, 1973. We don't undergo what number this automobile is, nor do we undergo how some have survived, but we do undergo you can take it home from justice Schmitt & Company for $99,000. Back in October, this automobile passed under the gavel at an RM Auction in Oct for a mere $19,800. We undergo that Barris had ordered out to attain an dweller Rolls-Royce here, and we see Schmitt & Co are hunting to invoke a acquire here. But $99K? Guys -- it's not a actual Rolls.
Gallery: 1972 Barris-built attorney Bugazzi
[Source: Hemmings Motor News]
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