Well, today is Edd "Kookie" Byrnes' birthday.
Are you ready for this? Kookie's 80 years old today!
I wonder if he still drives his T-bucket to work?
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The roadster was the famed Norm Grabowski-built T-bucket from 1958. And although it's a '22 Model T with a Caddy engine and 4 Stromberg 97s, it does have a Mopar connection: the paint is 1956 Dodge Royal Lancer Blue.
Need some more big names from vintage hot rodding? The red interior was stitched by Tony Nancy and the paint, flames and pinstriping were done by Dean Jeffries.
Oh yeah, it was rented out to Warner Bros. studio for $50/day - big money when the show was originally aired on TV from 1958-64. And the car wasn't seen on every episode.
A little Edd Byrnes trivia: He was hired by Merv Griffin in 1975 to be the original host of "Wheel of Fortune". He was the host on the first two half-hour pilots. NBC bought the show but didn't want him as the host so Griffin replaced him with Chuck Woolery. Who knows, we might have had Edd and Vanna.
Are you ready for this? Kookie's 80 years old today!
I wonder if he still drives his T-bucket to work?
View attachment kookie.jpg
The roadster was the famed Norm Grabowski-built T-bucket from 1958. And although it's a '22 Model T with a Caddy engine and 4 Stromberg 97s, it does have a Mopar connection: the paint is 1956 Dodge Royal Lancer Blue.
Need some more big names from vintage hot rodding? The red interior was stitched by Tony Nancy and the paint, flames and pinstriping were done by Dean Jeffries.
Oh yeah, it was rented out to Warner Bros. studio for $50/day - big money when the show was originally aired on TV from 1958-64. And the car wasn't seen on every episode.
A little Edd Byrnes trivia: He was hired by Merv Griffin in 1975 to be the original host of "Wheel of Fortune". He was the host on the first two half-hour pilots. NBC bought the show but didn't want him as the host so Griffin replaced him with Chuck Woolery. Who knows, we might have had Edd and Vanna.
