The Bathtub Buggy...

[Mothersworry]

Barris Bathtub Buggy built from an original kit circa 1969.

[ss2000]

Very nice!

[Yeah Nah]

Amazing build! No-one could ever accuse Barris of lacking imagination!

[athlon]

That is one of the coolest builds I've seen in a long time, would love to see that reissued, great work

[Bainford]

Very cool. Those old decals seem to have held up well. Nice work getting them on well.

[espo]

Very cleanly built out of box. 

[Mike C]

Those crazy customs were cool. I saw that in person at the NY Rod & Custom show when I was a kid.

[Chuckyg1]

I've never seen one of these put together. Yours looks awesome. Those decals must have been a joy to work with.

[afx]

Well done.

[Mike C.]

That Gorge Barris did some crazy stuff back them.

[PappyD340]

Very cool!

[Lobo2me]

A fitting car for Marilyn Munster to go with Herman's Koach and Uncle Festor's Dragula. Very well done!

[Oldriginal86]

I couldn’t bring myself to purchase this kit when it was originally out. Thought it was ridiculous. After seeing this build, I wish there was one in my stash for nostalgia’s sake. Well executed build!

[carrucha]

Nice interesting build.  

[Koellefornia Kid]

Great work!

[shoopdog]

This is great! I want one!

[slusher]

Great and so cleanly built !

[peteski]

Yes, very well built model!

 

On 8/31/2023 at 8:58 PM, athlon said:

That is one of the coolest builds I've seen in a long time, would love to see that reissued, great work

It must have been reissued after the 1969 initial run because I picked up one of them at a hobby shop probably 10 years ago.  I don't have it handy to check, but I'm sure it was not the original release.

[athlon]

1 hour ago, peteski said:

Yes, very well built model!

 

It must have been reissued after the 1969 initial run because I picked up one of them at a hobby shop probably 10 years ago.  I don't have it handy to check, but I'm sure it was not the original release.

Well if I could find it I would buy it, it's definitely a cool build!

[peteski]

2 hours ago, athlon said:

Well if I could find it I would buy it, it's definitely a cool build!

According to https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-85-6744-bathtub-buggy-george-barris-saturday-night-mare-show-rod--959332   that kit was reissued in 2009 (earlier than I recalled), but still more recent than 1969.  While that website is  not always accurate, that entry seems on target.

You might be able to find the 2009 release on eBay, or some other site where out of production models are sold.  Will likely be less expensive than the first release.

Edited September 8, 2023 by peteski
Fixed wrong date

[athlon]

27 minutes ago, peteski said:

According to https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-85-6744-bathtub-buggy-george-barris-saturday-night-mare-show-rod--959332   that kit was reissued in 2009 (earlier than I recalled), but still more recent than 1969.  While that website is  not always accurate, that entry seems on target.

You might be able to find the 1990 release on eBay, or some other site where out of production models are sold.  Will likely be less expensive than the first release.

Nice Peter, thank you for the info