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Monkeemobile #1, 2 & 3 Photos

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dwshine	Monkeemobile #1, 2 & 3 Photos	Lead	[-]
Posts: 175 (01/26/09 4:29 PM) *Monkeemobile Garage* More My Recent Posts	Remove this ad *Monkeemobile #1* Dean Jeffries Dick Dean ( helped with the build ) There has been some confusion as to which car is the #1 car. Well only Dean Jeffries can tell you which car he built first but most people commonly refer to this car as the #1 car since it was the first car delivered to the studio and the first car to appear in the television series. The Monkees door logo did not appear on the car till the second season. It would be larger in size and would fill the whole door. The logo on the #2 is smaller. All early promo photos of The Monkees were taken with this car (note: no logo has yet been put on the car) It was used for photos on bumble gum cards, seen in magazine articles & ads and used in the Kellogg's commercials The belt cover, blower cap nuts and dark lines on the motor are unique to this car and make it easy to recognize when looking for the #1 in photos or on TV. This is very helpful during the second season when the #2 was used in a few episodes of the show as well. After the TV series ended The Monkees toured down in Australia and the Monkeemobile made the trip down under to help promote the tour. After the tour was over, for reasons that are unknown, the car never made it back to the U.S. Dean Jeffries tried to retrieve the car but was not able to do so. Once the car was left in Austrailia the history is unknown until the car turns up at an auction in Puerto Rico in 1992. The current owner purchased the car for $5000.00 and returned the car to the U.S. where it was restored. Monkeemobile #1 returned to the small screen in the 1997 reunion special "Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees!" Today, the #1 occassionally turns up at Auto Shows and special events like the ones below as well as promotions on the East Coast. It was also the car used to produce the 1/18 ERTL die cast replica One odd thing to note about this die cast is that ERTL gave credit to Barris for the car. This may have been fine and well if this was indeed the car that Barris owned. The Barris car never used this style of door logo. This style was used by the current owner of the number one who never received the rights to use the original style logo. ERTL just copied this logo when making the model . Currently in storage *Special Thanks to John and Ben for their help in putting this together.*
dwshine	Monkeemobile #2	#1	[-]
Posts: 175 (01/26/09 5:30 PM) *Monkeemobile Garage* More My Recent Posts	Monkeemobile #2 (Please note that this may have been the first car built, still a topic of debate, but is the second car used on the TV show) Monkeemobile number two was built as a back-up car and to be used as a stunt car if needed. Stunt work though was not needed for the series. It’s main job would be the show car circuit of the 60’s. It would also show up in the 2^nd season of the show. Most notably is “The Monkees Race Again” Stand-ups of all four Monkees travel along with the car And the real Monkees on the set with the car the few times it would apear during the second season The logo on the door of number two is a bit smaller then one. This is also a good picture to see the true color of the top and the interior After the TV show finnished production, the studio offered to sell the cars back to Jeffries. He declined. Number one would then follow the Monkees on tour and George Barris would buy the number two and add it to his collection claiming eventually that he re-designed ( kustomized ) the car. This would cause controversy between Dean Jeffries and George Barris that continues to this day. It would also cause confussion as to who really built the cars among the general public. This continues to this very day as well. Barris would then make changes through out the 70’s and 80’s mostly to color, door logos and wheels combos then to the body. Note on the photo above the MPC stickers that have been placed over the Jeffries fender crest. This was done to the belt cover as well. Changing door logos and adding colors as well as removing any Dean Jeffries markings. This is also the way the car looked when he auctioned it in 1983. Winner did not pick up the car. Promotional Shows Publicity appearances The interior Note that the #2 has A/C vents in the dash. The #1 did not. Another way to tell the cars apart. Front ( note the belt cover, wide ribs ) Rear 2006 would mark the 40th Anniversary of The Monkees and the car. Mike Gray of Sacramento, CA and his team at Advanced Restoration and Auto would take on the project of restoring the number two. Removing 40 years of use Getting to the final product Once again, many more changes Saturday, January 19, 2008 Barrett-Jackson auctioned this Monkeemobile during their Scottsdale Arizona auction Sold for $360.000 The car is now in the hands of a private owner in SE Michigan where it can be seen on any given weekend out cruising the streets near Detroit. No longer original but still a great tribute to Dean Jeffries and his great design Last Edited By: dwshine 02/25/12 9:34 AM. Edited 3 times.
dwshine	Monkeemobile #3	#2	[-]
Posts: 175 (01/26/09 6:05 PM) *Monkeemobile Garage* More My Recent Posts	Monkeemobile #3 The Dick Dean Replica This car was built by Dick Dean for Barris' east coast promotions. We now refer to it as the #3. Dick Dean worked with Dean Jeffries on the original two cars back in 1966. It is not clear when this car was actually built. There have been conflicting time lines from Dick Dean himself as to the build date. We do know that it was built from a 1966 LeMans instead of the GTO. Same body style. Below are photos detailing the #3 (please note: we will be updating this post as we sort through info)

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