The TV and auto industries have flourished side by side for 70 years, so it’s only natural that the vehicles driven by characters of the small screen are as etched in our memories as the costumes they wore and the places they called home. Here are a dozen celebrated TV rides that still get our motors racing.
’Munster Koach‘ Model-T Hot Rod/Hearse Hybrid
’The Munsters’ (1964-66)
Cannibalize parts from three Model Ts and one hearse, combine them in a creepy, kooky way and add details like casket handles, “blood-red” velvet upholstery and spider-web headlights, and you’ve got the Munster Koach, the ideal car for a spooky sitcom family whose patriarch worked in a funeral home and looked like Frankenstein. A creation of renowned Hollywood car customizer George Barris—who was given three weeks by the studio to make it—the 18-foot-long Koach nonetheless included many hand-formed elements, like the brass radiator and fenders. Powered by a 289 cu.-in. Ford Cobra V8 engine, the long, low-slung ride was a tight fit for star Fred Gwynne, who stood 7 feet tall in his Herman Munster costume. The seat cushion had to be removed for him to get behind the wheel.
’Munster Koach‘ Model-T Hot Rod/Hearse Hybrid

’The Munsters’ (1964-66)
Cannibalize parts from three Model Ts and one hearse, combine them in a creepy, kooky way and add details like casket handles, “blood-red” velvet upholstery and spider-web headlights, and you’ve got the Munster Koach, the ideal car for a spooky sitcom family whose patriarch worked in a funeral home and looked like Frankenstein. A creation of renowned Hollywood car customizer George Barris—who was given three weeks by the studio to make it—the 18-foot-long Koach nonetheless included many hand-formed elements, like the brass radiator and fenders. Powered by a 289 cu.-in. Ford Cobra V8 engine, the long, low-slung ride was a tight fit for star Fred Gwynne, who stood 7 feet tall in his Herman Munster costume. The seat cushion had to be removed for him to get behind the wheel.