DRAG-U-LA, along with The Munster Koach, was one of two cars designed by Tom Daniels for the TV show The Munsters. The Munster Koach was the family car that was used in the television series The Munsters. The Munsters is a 1960s American television Sitcom depicting the home life of a family of Monsters.

The Car

The fiberglass body of DRAG-U-LA was shaped like a coffin. Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. It featured a 350HP 289CI Ford Mustang V-8 engine, with a four-speed stick shift. A cubic inch (plural cubic inches) is a non- SI unit of Volume, equal to the volume of a Cube with sides of one Inch. The Ford Mustang sports coupe, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, was initially based on the Ford Falcon It had two four-barrel carburetors. A carburetor (North American spelling or carburettor ( Commonwealth spelling) is a device that blends air and Fuel for an Internal

The two rear tires were 11-inch Firestone racing slicks, mounted on custom 10-inch Radir aluminum wheels. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons buggies and other forms of wheeled transportation Each hubcap was decorated with a large silver spider. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The front tires were Speedsport English buggy wire wheels on 4-inch Italian tires. To extend the Gothic motif farther, Barris installed four Zoomie style organ pipes on each side of the car in lieu of standard exhaust pipe, and mounted antique lamps on the front and rear. The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each An exhaust system is usually tubing used to guide waste Exhaust gases away from a controlled Combustion inside an Engine or Stove.

The front of the vehicle sported a marble gravestone with the legend: "Born 1367, Died ?". The radiator was formed to look like a small brass coffin. The driver sat in the rear of the vehicle behind the engine, under a plastic bubble.

The original car is now housed in a Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where it hangs from the ceiling. Planet Hollywood, a Theme restaurant chain inspired by the popular portrayal of Hollywood, was launched in New York on October 22,

In The Munsters

On The Munsters TV series the car was created by Grandpa Munster so he could win back The Munster Koach, which Herman had lost in a drag race. The Munsters is a 1960s American television Sitcom depicting the home life of a family of Monsters. The Munster Koach was the family car that was used in the television series The Munsters. Herman Munster 5th Earl of Shroudshire (born " Herman " alone is a Fictional character in the CBS Sitcom The Munsters Drag racing is a competition in which objects compete to be the first to cross a set finish mark usually from a dead stop and in a straight line

The 1966 movie Munster, Go Home features Herman driving DRAG-U-LA in a cross-country race. Munster Go Home! is an American film based on the 1960s sitcom The Munsters.

In pop culture

Rob Zombie titled a song on his Hellbilly Deluxe album "Dragula", the Hot Rod Herman remix (by Charlie Clouser) of which was briefly played in the films The Matrix and The Watcher (film) and was featured on the soundtrack albums. Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician Hellbilly Deluxe is the debut solo Album by the former White Zombie singer Rob Zombie, released on August 25, 1998 " Dragula " is the first single from Rob Zombie solo debut Hellbilly Deluxe. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Charles Alexander Clouser (born June 28, 1963, in Hanover New Hampshire) is a musician whose activities include playing Keyboard, The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction - martial arts - Action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and The Watcher is a 2000 American thriller directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader, Keanu Reeves and

The DRAG-U-LA is a playable vehicle in the car combat video game Twisted Metal 4. Twisted Metal 4 is the fourth game in the Twisted Metal Vehicular combat high selling series released in 1999.

External links

• Pictures of Grandpa's Dragula
• George Barris' RAT-ULA page (a remake the original DRAG-U-LA)