Nudiemobile

[Carfreak]

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Nudie Cohen, the famed "Rodeo Tailor to the Stars," first gained prominence in the early 1950s as the personal tailor for Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, making national headlines with the $10,000 gold lamé suit he created for Elvis Presley in 1957. From the 1950s to the 1980s, requests for Nudie's work piled up from a multitude of top stars, ranging from Gene Autry to ZZ Top.

By the early 1960s, Nudie added his signature treatment to a number of Cadillacs and Bonnevilles -- eventually creating a total of 18 Nudiemobiles. This indescribable vehicle is one of only nine that are known to exist today, each one uniquely personalized with its own arsenal of non-functional but authentic armaments and chrome-plated embellishments.

Beginning with a stock 1964 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible, Nudie removed all traces of the original interior material and carpeting, replacing it with exquisitely hand-tooled leather. Then came the application of hundreds of genuine collectible silver dollars, along with chrome-plated pistols, horseshoes, miniature horses and rifles. Some of these items acted as functional replacements for interior and exterior door handles, switches and controls. Nudie worked out the mechanics of six-shooters to the point where the pull of a trigger on the gear shift works the gears, other pistols open the doors and two more pistols on chrome stands replace the front seat arm rest. Still another pistol sounds the horn and two more open the doors from the outside. Two derringers are also employed replacing the emergency brake release and the other works the directional lights. In all, Nudie has used 14 guns in Roy's western car. Externally, the six-foot wide Texas longhorns on the front end of the vehicle leave an imposing first impression, while the rear of the car has a full Continental trunk treatment. Natural-stocked rifles are mounted on the rear of the car, one on each fender and one mounted on the trunk lid. The six-foot wide Texas longhorns on the front end of the vehicle leave an imposing first impression, while the trunk of the car is emblazoned with the name ROY ROGERS.

For an extra front-seat rider, Nudie has placed a fabulous silver saddle between the bucket seats, decorated with rhinestones and 150 silver dollars.

Nudie gave this car to Roy in the 1960s as a token of their friendship wanting Roy to know "how much he loved and respected him." Roy and Dale rode in their Nudiemobile in several parades over the years before it was returned to its permanent home at the museum

* Trigger is also for sale. 
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[DownUnderDeville]

What a way to treat a Bonneville. That year was one of the sweetest looking cars to come out of the US IMO

[Fins]

I stayed very quiet for that one. Imagine how many other cars he ruined?

Fins

[Carfreak]

SOLD!!!      $254,500

All sale prices include the buyer's premium of 25 percent for most items, or 20 percent for prices in excess of $50,000.


So that would be a total of $305,400 ?!?!?!?!?   



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sns-ap-us-roy-rogers-auction,0,6070044.story

[Russ]

That would be a big "no thank you".   At least the car wasnt build for a plumber. Can you imagine the stuff that would be hanging off the car?  A toilet flush lever for the door handle, or a toilet seat for the steering wheel?   A scrub brush for the shifter.  I can go on & on.........

[Carfreak]

At least the car wasnt build for a plumber. Can you imagine the stuff that would be hanging off the car? 

Here's that plumber's truck; he's saving up to have a Nudeimobile car built for him someday.

[EXCRUISERGUY]

I remember seeing another plumbers truck that
said "your sh#t is our bread and butter" on the side.

GJ

[DownUnderDeville]

"your sh#t is our bread and butter"

[Fins]

We have an outfit down here that has written across the back of the truck...

"Smells Like Money To Me."   

Fins

[EXCRUISERGUY]

Yea, but a full house will get you a lot of flushes.

GJ

[Otto Skorzeny]

There's a company here that says in their radio spots and sides of their trucks, We're number 1 at taking care of number 2!

[DownUnderDeville]

An Aussie guy who was with the tour I was on through the Midwest in 07 spotted this.....

We had to gently explain to an older lady from New Jersey (who was also on the tour) what root/rooter/rooting was a slang term for here in the land of upside-down

The company logo was what really did it for us  

DuD

[Fins]

What DOES the term mean in the land of the upside down.

Don't be afraid. Lay it out there.

A 'rooter' is a type of pipe cleaning system here.

But I have a feeling that there it refers to a male of the swishy persuasion.

Fins

[DownUnderDeville]

What DOES the term mean in the land of the upside down.

Horizontal dancing, shagging, screwing, f ing

Doesn't matter what way you swing, either.

I'd love to see them open a branch down here........

You dirty little rooter!

[Fins]

That would be interesting huh?

Fins