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Variants
- Salapatas-Barris, George
- Salapatas, George
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1925-11-20
Death Date
- 2015-11-05
Birth Place
Field Of Activity
- Field Of Activity: Automobiles--Customizing
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Sources
- found: The big book of Barris, 2002:CIP t.p. (George Barris) data sheet (b. Nov. 20, 1925)
- found: Barris, Brett. King of the kustomizers, 2015:title page (the art of George Barris), page 16 (George Salapatas-Barris was born in Chicago on November 20, 1925 ... settling in Roseville (a suburb of Sacramento), California in 1928)
- found: Barris, George. Barris kustoms of the 1960s, 2002:title page (George Barris)
- found: Wikipedia, October 12, 2015:George Barris (auto customizer). (George Barris (born November 20, 1925) is an American designer and builder of many famous Hollywood custom cars ... Batmobile ... Munster Koach ...) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barris_(auto_customizer))
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 6, 2015(in obituary published Nov. 5: George Barris; b. George Salapatas, Nov. 20, 1925, Chicago; raised in Roseville, Calif.; the Barris name was fashioned from Salapatas and another family name, Badacardes; d. Thursday [Nov. 5, 2015], Encino, Calif., aged 89; one of the pioneer car customizers immortalized in Tom Wolfe's essay The kandy-kolored tangerine-flake streamline baby and the designer of the Batmobile, the Munster Koach, and other specialty cars for television and film)
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Change Notes
- 1986-11-17: new
- 2025-08-04: revised
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