{"id":19620,"date":"2018-05-07T09:29:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=19620"},"modified":"2018-05-07T12:15:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T19:15:38","slug":"george-barris-made-bob-hope-custom-golf-cart-looks-like-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2018\/05\/07\/george-barris-made-bob-hope-custom-golf-cart-looks-like-face\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK at Bob Hope&#8217;s custom golf cart!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The late great &#8220;King of the Kustomizers&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barris.com\/\">George Barris<\/a>, the man behind some of the world&#8217;s most INCREDIBLE custom vehicles (like the original <a href=\"http:\/\/1966batmobile.com\/\">Batmobile<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2016\/11\/23\/a-fun-look-at-some-macys-thanksgiving-day-parades-of-the-past\/\">Munster Koach<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/02\/03\/theres-vox-phantom-bass-guitar-car-sale-obviously-want\/\">Vox Phantom Bass Guitar car<\/a>), once made Bob Hope a golf cart in his likeness (the &#8220;Hope Mobile&#8221;??)!! It&#8217;s really quite spectacular (and just a tad terrifying)!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19621\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bob-Hope-golf-cart-ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bob-Hope-golf-cart-ad.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bob-Hope-golf-cart-ad-503x640.jpg 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/rip-george-barris-the-man-who-created-the-coolest-golf-cart-ever\"><em>Golf Digest<\/em> reports<\/a> that the vehicle includes &#8220;a TV, a tape deck and a rear-mounted camera so that Hope could film his swing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOOK!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1970 BOB HOPE CUSHMAN CLASSIC GOLF KART\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FKMBRWTKKPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Hey! There&#8217;s Bob Hope himself driving his special cart on a golf course in Palm Springs!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19624\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palm-springs-and-golf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palm-springs-and-golf.jpg 775w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palm-springs-and-golf-640x434.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/palm-springs-and-golf-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19633\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bob-Hope-golf-cart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" \/>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00LIXPZI0\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B0776YH8DX\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B06VSWT5RS\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B01N4V2KNL\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00VF1SF6E\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B06WLKW9F2\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><!-- A 2x5 Grid Template Layout. 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