Golden Sahara II's transparent tires??????

You know it was probably not even twenty seconds after the caveman that invented the wheel figured out fire to light the ****er up. Nothing new here.

 

Nads you sure have a way with words

 

This article was in today's Akron Beacon Journal on the illuminated tires. Pretty cool!! http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/16440071.html?page=all&c=y

 

Welcome aboard!!

You made my day with this post. How kool would it be to have
a set of these tires kruzin at night. Come on Coker, I need a set
for my Merc!!

It would be kool to find a high res picture.

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

Crazy...

 

very, very cool!

 

I'm pretty sure sure that Bob Metz from good old Shelbyville Indiana built at least one car with light up tires too. In fact, I thought it WAS the Golden Sahara? Lots of neat stuff came out of that shop and I'm 99% sure that is one of the pictures he showed me. Now I gotta find it...

 

That had to be him. He put double fins on lots of stuff. I know Bob has p***ed about ten years ago but there were still a few cars over there the last time I went by the shop. Is Troy on the board here?

 

bob metz did all the mods on the second version of the sahara....he is probably my all time favorite customizer..........very underrated in my opinion..i was VERY happy to see the recent article on him on rodders digest..finally got some of the recognition he so deserved....,,,,,hey scooby,,if i ever make it down that way,,,,could you PLEASE introduce me to his son??,,id LOVE to talk to him about his dad...

 

Sure. You need a trip to Indy anyway!
Lots of good folks and things to do here. I never get to do them anymore but that doesn't mean that you can't!
You gotta go hang out with the crew at Bubba's or you won't be getting the whole Indy experience.

 

cool....i will make it a point to get there this spring or summer,,,,,,thanks!!

 

I was just thinking about this thread the other day. I stumbled across this pic under Life Magazine Images '30 Dumb Inventions' category. I don't think they are dumb, I love them!

http://www.life.com/image/2668080/in-gallery/25371/30-dumb-inventions

Be sure to check out the other 'dumb inventions'. Some of them are crazy!

 

Kool pic, for some reason I've really started to like them... A lot!!

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Tires look like they need a dimmer switch.

 

Shoot man, that car would blow minds NOW!

 

I can see it now, the reason I pulled you over is you have a tire out

 

Im relying on a not too good memory hear but im pretty sure either Rodders Journal or Custom Rodder had a feature story on the two not all that long ago. Im thinking Rodders Journal. The author was Spence Murray and he went to talk to the owner and if I remember right they got into a heated discussion about the owner hiding them away. There was a couple pics in the story. Anybody else remember this or is my 'check liver' light flashing?

 

Worthless trivia: According to the youtube video the car was 75,000 dollars in 1962 to build. According to a couple of inflation calculators I've found online that would be roughly $530,000.00 in 2009,

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I think that the Sahara story has been mentioned here to in a thread.. I think its a cool car..

 

I saw the Golden Sahara and Kookies Car at Harry's Cadillac in Asheville N.C. in 1965.Until I read this post I did not remember the year.As I think back about it now I remember the Cadillacs were new on the showroom floor. I bought both of the pictures lost the one of kookies car. Still have the one of the Golden Sahara. I al;so Remember seeing the Car in The Jerry Lewis Comedy Cinderfella right around that same time. It was on TCM or HBO the other night. Just wondering if there are any updates on where it is now and its condition? Since the Batmobile brought in so much cash will the GS be brought out and sold off or is it a Total Ruin now?...I want to know because this Car is an icon of my childhood and memory of times with my dad.I 'd like to see it again.

 

You,me and a whole lot of other people would like to see those two cars again.