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◊ 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: ![]() '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 |
◊ 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. |
◊ 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 |
◊ 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! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() -- Last edit: 2022-12-22 15:19:10 |
◊ 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 |