to be "The Beatles"but were always struggling.
The had always helped people in the show
and in real life. "The Monkees" Official Band
Uniform was cranberry with eight buttons,
and grey slacks with boots. Their
Monkeemobile had to look as just as good.
So Dean Jeffries "King Stripers" designed
the perfect car.He started with two 1966
Pontiac GTOs,then designed the custom
nose that incorporated the stock GTO
grills. However before he could make the
custom nose shell,he had to extend the
front fenders.He also had to open the
front fenders with a square opening to
let the dummy megaphone four header
show through the fenders.The custom
grill shell extends to the top of the hood,
where round hump is that comes to the
custom hood. Underneath the hood is a
Pontiac 389 CID with a four barrel
carburator and stock exhaust headers
that hook to two tail pipes and two
mufflers.Now where there is a hole is
is a chrome top which has the top part
or the radiator shell chrome with a
chrome radiator hose from top.The
chrome raditor top has a gold custom
radiator cap with wings,and a tire,was
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the hood ornament.The blower is yellow
with chrome scoop.However the whole
injector are is blacked out not just the
baffles.This is to match the blacked out
GTO grills.You will find four pipes that
are ribbed like a Deusenburg,on both
sides below the blower.These are to go
to the dummy megaphone pipes of four
to each front fender.The injectors have
three lines on each side to the blower.
Also the headlights to the custom grill
nose are oval and glass from France.
Them are custom made for The
Monkeemobiles only.The Copyrighted
color is called"Lip Stick Red" which
Dean Jeffries "King of Stripers" designed
just for The Monkeemobiles. The grills
have two small round rectangular turn
signals in both the left and right grills.
This car has a stock wheelbase.
Dean Jeffries lengthened the rear fenders
too.He also reworked the custom taillights.
Many people wonder why it is so long inside?
Dean Jeffries took out the rear deck and
trunk.It required alot of cutting. He had to do
this to make room for the rear bench seat.The
bench seat is tuck and rolled,along with the
four bench seats.The panels are all diamond
tufted to lined up perfectly with all the seats
. The gas tank has a fuel cell,with a Nascar
type chrome gas cap in the back of the car.
The windshield is cut in two, and pushed
upward.A chrome bar which,is vertical,is glued
securely to the two windshield halfs,which gives
it a angled look.The dashboard is tan just like
the four buckets seats,and the custom made
bench seat.The steering wheel has a wooden
center.The console has a chrome cover and a
chrome T Bar for shifting. The side windows
are a little oval,which spreads out a little.It has
a custom made Touring Model T Type top in
tan,with a big rectangular opening to see behind
.The tires are GoodYear Wide Oval 15" Tires on
Craigar SS Diamond Spoke Mags with matching
Craigar SS Three Pong Knock Offs.The blower
has no rotors in it because Michael Nesmith said
it was too powful,and it was hard to drive.,like
driving a tank.This why The Monkeemobile has
a dummy blower.The car has a 500 horsepower
engine.The custom rear back is also equipt with a
white parachute,when closed.But if you used it,you
will find it is white,and red.Infact,Kelloggs actually,
had a special red and white that said Kelloggs when
you pop the chute.However,that was a publicty for
advertising their product,since Kelloggs was cereal
sponsor,for "The Monkee" commercials.This car was
mostly driven by Michael Nesmith with Davy Jones
usually in the front with Mike.I believe,Micky Dolenz
sit in the custom bench seat with Peter Tork behind
