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From Monogram models, kit No. 6740, the Red Baron show car.
SPACE TRUCKIN' IN THE SCI-FI SUPER-SEVENTIES -- "LOVE MACHINE" EDITION.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the Love Machine: a George Barris custom van of the late 1970s (with model). It was reportedly also made into a Hot Wheels toy, but quickly pulled from shelves when parents complained.
MINI-OVERVIEW: "It could surprise no one that George Barris, Hollywood’s King of the Kustomizers, was a leading player on on the themed show-rod scene. His Love Machine, built on a 1966 Dodge Tradesman chassis, cashed in on the ’70s custom van craze with a revolving bed and red velvet everywhere, and the plastic model kit version horrified mothers across America. In 1977, Barris repackaged his creation in red, blue, and silver as the Super Van, and it still exists in that form today."
-- MOTOR CITY GARAGE, "Five Fabulous Hot Rod Show Cars that Defied Taste and Logic," posted on November 26, 2016
Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/182325484905847424 & Flickr.
Box art detail from the Tom Daniel designed Monogram model, the Tijuana Taxi.
Model kit box art detail from the Monogram, the show rod with custom chopper and trailer, Cherry Bomb.
The 1969 Red Line series page from the Mattel Hot Wheels Collectors’ Book - 1982 Edition.
The 1969 Red Line series page from the Mattel Hot Wheels Collectors’ Book - 1982 Edition.
The 1972 Red Line series page from the Mattel Hot Wheels Collectors’ Book - 1982 Edition.
The 1973 Red Line series page from the Mattel Hot Wheels Collectors’ Book - 1982 Edition.
