Oh from one of the biggest fans of the show I thank you! I was a future car nut at 10 years old in 1965. But my wonderful Dad was also the proud owner of a 64 Imperial Crown Coupe, in a beautiful metallic turquoise with unusual black vinyl roof, I say unusual because of the grain molded into the vinyl material of which I’ve never seen since, that’s also very hard to describe. With the softest black leather interior I’ve felt since. Dad and I took many rides together, we made a game out of who could hear an outside noise as the car was so quiet, plus fast, not so quick, but once moving at 30 mph Dad could “kick it down” into first gear and that big car would take off, doing at least 90 before up shifting into third. Dad always let off at one hundred though and never on the snow tire he would add in the winter to get around in that car was a tank, especially when he added tire chains. We lived at the top of a long two part hill that was an S curve, so you could not just get a running start straight up. But he had what his Marine buddy who owned the dealership called Trac Lock I believe, or posi track, all I know is one night he was able to get home in 12” snow storm. We all got a kick out of the fact later on that Imperials were banned from demo derby’s! Because they were so overbuilt.
Green hornet was on Friday nights on ABC from 730 to 8 PM. I would always watch that just before Time Tunnel, which was from 8 PM to 9 PM. I was 11 back then when it came out in 1966. BTW, at 7:33, did I hear that right “now listen to me, Trump?“ It was the voice of one gangster talking to another gangster. How eerily prophetic!
Green Hornet reruns were not syndicated in my region so unlike it’s contemporary Batman, I never saw it as a kid in the 70s/80s. Still have never seen the show. Another classic we didn’t have was Lost In Space for some reason. We had all the rest though.
@@mattskustomkreations - I had the same issue with Green Hornet. I'd never heard of it until Seth Rogan was making the 2011 movie of it, and only then did the SciFi (Now SyFy) Channel air the episodes from the TV show. I probably would have loved it had I seen it in the 80s when I was a kid.
@@blazerocker1734 My ex bro-in-law used to work in regional TV commercials and he described to me how he directed a car dealership ad that was a Green Hornet spoof back in the late 90s. I had no idea what he was talking about. 😂 The ad was still funny though.
@@mattskustomkreations The episodes appear to all be here on TH-cam if you want to check them out. As far as I can tell there is no origin story episode, though I haven't watched them all. It just dumps you right in with no explanation of how they all got together or who built the car and gadgets. IMDB shows that all but two episodes are rated at at least a 7.0 and I'd say that's pretty good for a 60s TV series. I've seen at least eight of the first nine episodes and they're reasonably good.
@@flatlineracer3207 I also liked that the highly equipped car was one that could blend in. I used to have the Corgi "Black Beauty." It could launch a replica of the scanner from its trunk and weapons were hidden by pivoting front panels. I don't remember now if they were spring loaded missiles or simulated guns. I gave my die cast car collection to a younger kid when I thought I had outgrown it.
I saw the original, unreleased, pilot at the Preview House on Sunset with the Mid Valley YMCA Indian Guides. PH often solicited local youth groups, Scouts, and such as lab rats for test marketing of proposed TV productions. One of the dads in our group was James Doohan, during the time Star Trek was being produced.
Thanks. This is an older video I produced and no longer doing videos like this. I wish I was still doing it. I'm now publishing the greatest Radical Riders fantasy Illustration books on planet earth haha. Check them out. Wish I could find someone out there who I could hook up with to have my work published and made into trading cards among other things. www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CKKM89PV/allbooks
Very cool, I remember seeing the show, I'm surprised guys aren't banging your door down wanting to feature this treasure. The old Batmobile seems to be more featured sad.Thanks for the post and memories. 🤗👍👍✌
I agree my friend. I think too much time has passed now. Most people living today never seen the show or have no idea about this car. The last movies with Seth Rogan killed The Green Hornet for sure.
@flatlineracer3207 unfortunately GH never got the syndication time that Batman did. I was that wierd kid that liked GH over Batman but to be honest 2 of the shows that helped make me the nerdy man of culture I am today GH and Man From UNCLE I cannot remember seeing in rerun once they left the air until METV added GH to part of it's Scifi Saturday Nights and MFU to their Spys Who Love METV block years ago. Was less that pleased with the GH movie as well but helps to look at it as millionaire playboy late 60s= sauve, debonair, classy. Millionaire playboy late aught = obnoxious asshat jackwagon. It did win a few redemption points in that the look of both Hornet and Kato were preserved, Beauty was easily identified as such with some definite improvements ( and some detractions) and the beautiful homage to a classic episode. Sad thing is if they could have played down the trademark jsckassery a bit more it may have been able to move on beyond an origin story.
Marvelous restoration job and video. I also enjoyed your use of the music from the TV series. Some folks create interesting videos, only to choose music that isn't right for the particular video.
You're very welcome thank you for being a steward. For the car. Brings back great memories. I really liked Van Williams and Bruce Lee And Windy Williams.
@@flatlineracer3207 Unfortunately probably not the original seat but Bruce driving it and the director of that show put the car there in the first place. 😁
Think that might have been what sealed the deal for my 5 year old butt being a GH fan. Of course we get older and start asking those questions easily answered use of the Hornet Antigrav Field Generator. Probably will pick up a second kit one to build with all the bells and whistles and one to display locks in place and the " daily driver" upside down below the floor
Fantastic resource material for builders of the old Aurora/Polar Lights ( now Round 2) 1/32 scale plastic kit and the just released new tooling AMT (now also Round 2) 1/25 kit. Curious if you're buying one (or more like me!) I noticed car #2 had the George Barris graphic touches or mods but was taken back to the Dean Jeffries/TV show spec. That answers the debate you didn't cover in detail of how George claimed he designed and built the Black Beauty when actually he put his graphics or mods on Jeffries work for the custom car shows circuit back on the day. There was enough promotion by Barris he built a "Black Beauty" to create the confusion that there was a 3rd car. Your video including the restoration documentation proves there was only 2. It is now part of my TH-cam Saved Library. Thank you again! Congrats on your new Ghoul Car Comic books! IDK which I'd choose but I may seek to buy one or more in the future! Consider that an endorsement dear comment readers!!!
Thanks for your reply. Yes I know back in the day there was so much confusion and lying about who built the green hornet Car. I assure you it was on ly Jefferies. Thanks for looking at my books. They are killers. I need to find a person in the big leagues to look at my work for using in other formats like Trading cards or more. Spread the word please.
@@flatlineracer3207 Had the pleasure of calling Barris out on the subject at a "World Of Wheels" show, in Chicago. He was told what a great build he did. I just looked at the guy and said "Dean Jeffries" built the "Black Beauty". Barris gave me a "Drop Dead" state. I looked him in the eyes and said "Tell me I'm wrong". He refused, and just turned away.
Not a Chrysler. IMPERIAL became a SEPARATE MAKE/BRAND of CAR in 1955…a product of the new IMPERIAL DIVISION of Chrysler Corporation. It was SPUN OFF from the Chrysler Division…into IT’S OWN DIVISION. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)?wprov=sfti1#
What a great video you made and I love the actual green hornet tv show background music. I watched every episode when I was a kid and now own every episode. I watch them all a few times a year and just admire that car. And I have always been a huge Mopar fan. 1966 first year of the 440. I loved the show because it was serious plots and not silly like Batman. To me this was the classiest custom TV car ever created. I love this car a lot more than the 66’ Batmobile.
Oh from one of the biggest fans of the show I thank you! I was a future car nut at 10 years old in 1965. But my wonderful Dad was also the proud owner of a 64 Imperial Crown Coupe, in a beautiful metallic turquoise with unusual black vinyl roof, I say unusual because of the grain molded into the vinyl material of which I’ve never seen since, that’s also very hard to describe. With the softest black leather interior I’ve felt since. Dad and I took many rides together, we made a game out of who could hear an outside noise as the car was so quiet, plus fast, not so quick, but once moving at 30 mph Dad could “kick it down” into first gear and that big car would take off, doing at least 90 before up shifting into third. Dad always let off at one hundred though and never on the snow tire he would add in the winter to get around in that car was a tank, especially when he added tire chains. We lived at the top of a long two part hill that was an S curve, so you could not just get a running start straight up. But he had what his Marine buddy who owned the dealership called Trac Lock I believe, or posi track, all I know is one night he was able to get home in 12” snow storm. We all got a kick out of the fact later on that Imperials were banned from demo derby’s! Because they were so overbuilt.
Me too. I wish they would do a re make of the T.V. Show and do another series.
Green hornet was on Friday nights on ABC from 730 to 8 PM. I would always watch that just before Time Tunnel, which was from 8 PM to 9 PM. I was 11 back then when it came out in 1966.
BTW, at 7:33, did I hear that right “now listen to me, Trump?“ It was the voice of one gangster talking to another gangster. How eerily prophetic!
I remember those days. I needed to do my homework from school otherwise I couldn't watch the shows that night.😆
Love that car
Amazing and beautiful car driven by the one and only Bruce Lee.
Love the Rolling Arsenal , I have the poster with the Batmobile and the Black Beauty
Nice! I'm glad to see that the car is being taken care of. 🙏✌️👌
My favourite tv car!
thank's FLATLINERACER i loved watching the Green Hornet when i was a kid
I was in Green Hornet Heaven when I got the opportunity to sit in the car and make this video.
Thanks for the video. That car is a piece of TV and superhero history that too few people know about.
Green Hornet reruns were not syndicated in my region so unlike it’s contemporary Batman, I never saw it as a kid in the 70s/80s. Still have never seen the show. Another classic we didn’t have was Lost In Space for some reason. We had all the rest though.
@@mattskustomkreations - I had the same issue with Green Hornet. I'd never heard of it until Seth Rogan was making the 2011 movie of it, and only then did the SciFi (Now SyFy) Channel air the episodes from the TV show. I probably would have loved it had I seen it in the 80s when I was a kid.
@@blazerocker1734 My ex bro-in-law used to work in regional TV commercials and he described to me how he directed a car dealership ad that was a Green Hornet spoof back in the late 90s. I had no idea what he was talking about. 😂 The ad was still funny though.
@@mattskustomkreations The episodes appear to all be here on TH-cam if you want to check them out. As far as I can tell there is no origin story episode, though I haven't watched them all. It just dumps you right in with no explanation of how they all got together or who built the car and gadgets. IMDB shows that all but two episodes are rated at at least a 7.0 and I'd say that's pretty good for a 60s TV series. I've seen at least eight of the first nine episodes and they're reasonably good.
Thank you for sharing. As a boy I liked that "The Green Hornet" took itself more seriously than did "Batman."
Same here I was the same way and couldn't believe that was one of the reason why it got cancelled.
@@flatlineracer3207 I also liked that the highly equipped car was one that could blend in. I used to have the Corgi "Black Beauty." It could launch a replica of the scanner from its trunk and weapons were hidden by pivoting front panels. I don't remember now if they were spring loaded missiles or simulated guns. I gave my die cast car collection to a younger kid when I thought I had outgrown it.
Drone technology in 66 wow pretty darn good futurism .
I saw the original, unreleased, pilot at the Preview House on Sunset with the Mid Valley YMCA Indian Guides. PH often solicited local youth groups, Scouts, and such as lab rats for test marketing of proposed TV productions.
One of the dads in our group was James Doohan, during the time Star Trek was being produced.
took me way back childhood i love the green hornet way better than bat man shared liked loved im a new sub
Thanks. This is an older video I produced and no longer doing videos like this. I wish I was still doing it. I'm now publishing the greatest Radical Riders fantasy Illustration books on planet earth haha. Check them out. Wish I could find someone out there who I could hook up with to have my work published and made into trading cards among other things. www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CKKM89PV/allbooks
Absolutely mesmerizing! It brought back shades of my childhood! Thank you so very much and props on such an awesome restoration.
Thanks bro! Was glad to make this video for historic reference.
Totally awesome sir!
Thank you so much. I wanted to make this video doc memorable.
Very cool, I remember seeing the show, I'm surprised guys aren't banging your door down wanting to feature this treasure. The old Batmobile seems to be more featured sad.Thanks for the post and memories. 🤗👍👍✌
I agree my friend. I think too much time has passed now. Most people living today never seen the show or have no idea about this car. The last movies with Seth Rogan killed The Green Hornet for sure.
@flatlineracer3207 unfortunately GH never got the syndication time that Batman did. I was that wierd kid that liked GH over Batman but to be honest 2 of the shows that helped make me the nerdy man of culture I am today GH and Man From UNCLE I cannot remember seeing in rerun once they left the air until METV added GH to part of it's Scifi Saturday Nights and MFU to their Spys Who Love METV block years ago.
Was less that pleased with the GH movie as well but helps to look at it as millionaire playboy late 60s= sauve, debonair, classy. Millionaire playboy late aught = obnoxious asshat jackwagon.
It did win a few redemption points in that the look of both Hornet and Kato were preserved, Beauty was easily identified as such with some definite improvements ( and some detractions) and the beautiful homage to a classic episode. Sad thing is if they could have played down the trademark jsckassery a bit more it may have been able to move on beyond an origin story.
Marvelous restoration job and video. I also enjoyed your use of the music from the TV series. Some folks create interesting videos, only to choose music that isn't right for the particular video.
Thanks my friend. I went all out making sure I did justice to the car and show.
You can be proud, fine job that honors the car and the series.@@flatlineracer3207
Love it thank you for saving the BlackBeauty,always wanted that car and the Batmobile
Thanks for watching and your reply
You're very welcome thank you for being a steward.
For the car.
Brings back great memories.
I really liked Van Williams and Bruce Lee And Windy Williams.
Great video and car! This makes me want to watch some episodes of the Green Hornet.
Sure. All 26 are on TH-cam. th-cam.com/video/aGlb1eHTeUU/w-d-xo.html
@@ranger_a6953 cool, thanks!
Really cool watch!!! Freaking piece of history right there! That's awesome you were apart of the Black Beauty! That paint job
Just to think Bruce Lee was sitting in that driver’s seat and driving that car on camera first is amazing. 😁
I know. 😁
@@flatlineracer3207 Unfortunately probably not the original seat but Bruce driving it and the director of that show put the car there in the first place. 😁
not even 007 got a tricked car like this one, with o many gadgets!
You got that right! 😄
LOVE the rotating garage floor ... wonder how they kept the fluids in place?
Ha Ha very funny 😆
Think that might have been what sealed the deal for my 5 year old butt being a GH fan. Of course we get older and start asking those questions easily answered use of the Hornet Antigrav Field Generator.
Probably will pick up a second kit one to build with all the bells and whistles and one to display locks in place and the " daily driver" upside down below the floor
Thank you so much!
The Green Hornet was my favorite show in 1966!
I even had a metal version of it in 1:14 back then!
I did too my friend
The Corgi BB. There's a guy that does a restoration of one of those here on TH-cam.
I have one thing to say. LETS ROLL KATO.
Aside from Kitt from Knight Rider, my favorite car was the Black Beauty.
Now we talking. Love cars and silver
Whenever you'd see the cars revolve, you could definitely tell they were models
Interesting. Thanks.
Stomping GOOD!!!!!
Thank you my good friend!
Fantastic resource material for builders of the old Aurora/Polar Lights ( now Round 2) 1/32 scale plastic kit and the just released new tooling AMT (now also Round 2) 1/25 kit. Curious if you're buying one (or more like me!) I noticed car #2 had the George Barris graphic touches or mods but was taken back to the Dean Jeffries/TV show spec. That answers the debate you didn't cover in detail of how George claimed he designed and built the Black Beauty when actually he put his graphics or mods on Jeffries work for the custom car shows circuit back on the day. There was enough promotion by Barris he built a "Black Beauty" to create the confusion that there was a 3rd car. Your video including the restoration documentation proves there was only 2. It is now part of my TH-cam Saved Library. Thank you again! Congrats on your new Ghoul Car Comic books! IDK which I'd choose but I may seek to buy one or more in the future! Consider that an endorsement dear comment readers!!!
Thanks for your reply. Yes I know back in the day there was so much confusion and lying about who built the green hornet Car. I assure you it was on ly Jefferies. Thanks for looking at my books. They are killers. I need to find a person in the big leagues to look at my work for using in other formats like Trading cards or more. Spread the word please.
Exact reason my eyes were wandering all over for detail references here as well
@@flatlineracer3207 Had the pleasure of calling Barris out on the subject at a "World Of Wheels" show, in Chicago.
He was told what a great build he did. I just looked at the guy and said "Dean Jeffries" built the "Black Beauty".
Barris gave me a "Drop Dead" state. I looked him in the eyes and said "Tell me I'm wrong". He refused, and just turned away.
@@karltork6040 He knows the truth! 😆
7:37 uhh did he say now listen to me trUmp? . Just my imagination .
YEP...LOL😆
65 imperial crown
Ah the 1966 Chrysler Imperial. Still I'd wish to re$tomod suspension frame brakes, frame, and, engine especially.
Not a Chrysler.
IMPERIAL became a SEPARATE MAKE/BRAND of CAR
in 1955…a product of the new IMPERIAL DIVISION of Chrysler Corporation.
It was SPUN OFF from the Chrysler Division…into IT’S OWN DIVISION.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)?wprov=sfti1#
What a great video you made and I love the actual green hornet tv show background music.
I watched every episode when I was a kid and now own every episode. I watch them all a few times a year and just admire that car. And I have always been a huge Mopar fan. 1966 first year of the 440. I loved the show because it was serious plots and not silly like Batman.
To me this was the classiest custom TV car ever created. I love this car a lot more than the 66’ Batmobile.
Thank you so much for liking the video and watching it. I had a great time making it. It was a dream come true for me back then.
Brit Reed . Kato pronounced it as. Bwit Weed.
You got that right! haha
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