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1938 Pontiac Silver Streak Stretched Limousine on Mercedes-Benz G-Klasse [W460] chassis

1938 Pontiac Silver Streak Stretched Limousine in Wednesday, TV Series, 2022-?? IMDB Ep. 1.05

Class: Cars, Limousine — Model origin: US — Built in: RO

1938 Pontiac Silver Streak Stretched Limousine on Mercedes-Benz G-Klasse [W460] chassis

Pos: 00:08:54 [*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase 

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Animatronixx DE

◊ 2022-12-19 23:20

 This is going to be fun... It's 1938 Pontiac Silver Streak Custom Limousine, sitting on an extended Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon chassis, modified for the show. And from what I currently know, I'm not sure where the modification started: Either a vintage Pontiac limousine, now modified with custom front end and one-piece rear window on a modern 4WD chassis or a vintage Pontiac, stretched and modified as mentionend before. (I think the latter theory is the better one)

Just A Car Guy (Quote: "IMCDB doesn't have an entry for this Netflix series") already discussed it and also received a comment by Blogspot user Omucudetoate (that's Romanian for 'The Man With Everything' - possibly not his real name...), as follows: "I've worked on the car and you are right 👍 it's a 38 stretched Pontiac on a Mercedes G Klasse ( 80's military version if I remember correctly) on air suspension that we built for it :)" Historic Vehicles from Down Under also discuss the car, using this one as reference, and give us this:

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'1938 Pontiac Silver Streak Stretched Limousine on Mercedes-Benz 250 GD 'Wolf' [W461] chassis' is my current suggestion.

I really like this conversion - and I'm certainly not a fan of 'ghoulish' custom cars! It has been carried out with a great sense for goth aesthetics, but not over-the-top (apart from the oversized hood ornament!) - a fine line they often cross regardlessly when customizing vintage cars. Don't know what that thing above the driver's cab is for, but it affects the smoothness. The use of a grave surround as roof rack is a subtle feature that I haven't seen or noticed on any other custom before. 4/5 points!

-- Last edit: 2022-12-20 15:12:14

Mystery Man DE

◊ 2022-12-20 18:11

 Here's my Wolf-part check as AnimatronixX requested: If there is nothing known about the G they used as base, it is hard to tell it is a German Wolf. And by the way, the Wolf was used since 1990, so an 80s G is probably not from Germany.
But nice car and interesting custom.

Gag Halfrunt UK

◊ 2022-12-20 19:16

 Correct link for the Historic Vehicles article (the one posted by AnimatronixX doesn't work):
https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-car-feature/the-addams-family-car/

-- Last edit: 2022-12-31 11:58:23

Animatronixx DE

◊ 2022-12-20 19:41

 ^ That's because they obviously rewrote it since! All the additional production pictures below the 'Morticia makeup' one weren't there yesterday. The detailed facts about how they built it at a 'movie-vehicles manufacturing company based in Romania' weren't there either. Instead of the now added pictures the article only contained the one above, which is now gone. Interesting. In any case my favored suspicion is confirmed: The stretch job is a recent one, not a vintage funeral or airport limousine.

Let's store it all here, just in case they decide to rewrite it all again!

Historic Vehicles wrote Then, a post on the justacarguy blogspot, dated November 25, 2022, suggested that the bodywork was mounted on a stretched Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen 4×4 2.2-litre petrol-powered chassis that dated back to the 1980s.

Since then, we heard from Alexandru Titus Ipate, action vehicles supervisor at a movie-vehicles manufacturing company based in Romania. This company sources and modifies cars for movies being filmed around Europe. The Wednesday project required the company to provide all the vehicles for the Tim Burton series and Alexandru told Historic Vehicles that building the Addams Family limousine was a dream came true for him. The shape of the car featured in the series was designed by production designer Mark Scruton, based on Pontiac 1938 Silver Streak. Incidentally, the car’s original build date of 1938 coincides with the first Addams Family cartoon appearance in The New Yorker.

The car needed to be stretched, heavily modified and reliable, as well as being able to handle the requirements for the various locations. It was decided to drop the modified Pontiac bodywork onto a robust Mercedes-Benz-Puch 220 petrol-automatic stretched chassis. The 4WD powertrain was a bonus that gave the Pontiac additional mobility. Alexandru said that the side panels were built up from sheet metal; the fenders were reshaped to accommodate the set-back front axle and the rear window was modified to allow for camera positions. Everything on the car had to be easily removable in minutes, including the doors, false roof, seats and windows, to allow rapid change from one camera set-up to another.

“Air front and rear suspensions were installed for the specific shot where Thing is being dropped off at the Nevermore Academy,” said Alexandru.


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-- Last edit: 2022-12-22 15:19:10

Mystery Man DE

◊ 2022-12-20 20:24

 These new infos are strange: There was no 2.2 litre engine ever for the G. But automatic confirms a not-Wolf.

-- Last edit: 2022-12-20 20:24:40

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