Unboxing The Black Beauty - The GREEN HORNET Loaned Us His Car!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Today's unboxing review isn't your typical review. Let's call it a special edition episode. Although this car may have started life out as a 1966 Chrysler Imperial, the Black Beauty is a heavily modified, crime-fighting version of that big, V8-powered sedan.
Our hero, The Green Hornet, who is chauffeured around by his loyal partner/driver, Kato, is a masked crime fighter who infiltrates criminal gangs in order to bring them down. The police, however, consider the pair to be outlaws. Sounds like that'd be a cool TV series or movie, right? Well, it was both. The original TV show aired for only one season, 1966-67, while the big screen adaptation came out in 2011. The Black Beauty was featured in both. This particular Black Beauty is owned by Darren Monteverde, who commissioned the build because he's a huge fan of the original TV show. Enjoy the special review!
Special thanks to Darren Monteverde and StarCarCentral: starcarcentral.com
I didn't watch the show much as a kid (hooked on Batman), but one of the coolest sights I've ever seen is when the Black Beauty pulls away with a camera view from the rear...it's like the person in the rear of the car is totally hidden, and you immediately know that he is someone super important or totally unknown.
that is not the green hornet emblem in the stering wheel that is the chrysler imperial emblem
you are correct and that was accurate to the original. Also there were no hornet emblems at the center of the hubcaps
Love the Black Beauty ! The Green Hornet , had the Comic Books also .. Great Car, thanks for sharing...
RIP Van Williams and Bruce Lee ... awesome vid on the Black Beauty BTW
My mom drove a 1966 Chrysler Crown Imperial (or Imperial Crown) four door with glass headlight covers and a gold mist(?) paint.
That is not the Green Hornet emblem in the middle of the steering wheel .That is a stock Chrysler emblem.
www.imperialclub.com/~imperialclub/Yr/1966/SpottersGuide/wheel-dash.jpg
You're right. Thanks for pointing that out.
Yeah, I noticed that too because I collect emblems. No worries though.
that is not a stock chrysler emblem, that is the emblem of imperial, a chrysler sub division.
No offense, but you are incorrect in the point you were trying to make? The Imperial was the top of the line model developed, and manufactured by Chrysler to compete with other top automotive brands such as Cadillac, and Lincoln. That is why it is called a "Chrysler Imperial". I collect hood ornaments as well, and this design is one of my favorites.
This and a 60''s Batmobile would be on my list if I ever had wayyy to much money to spend
The IMPERIAL was not A '' Chrysler". It was the product of the separate IMPERIAL DIVISION of Chrysler Corporation from 1955 on. The "Chrysler" name appeared NOWHERE on the car....nor did it carry the VIN number of a Chrysler.
All Chrysler models ( New Yorker, 300, Newport, etc, ) carried a "C" make code on their VIN number. IMPERIAL did NOT.
It's "make" code was "Y". which was the "make" code for all IMPERIAL models (Custom, Crown, LeBaron, Ghia Limousine)
If the IMPERIAL was a "Chrysler", it too would have had a "C" make code...but it DID NOT.
Thus, it was NOT a Chrysler, but a SEPARATE MAKE.
Want PROOF ?
1) www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Lit/Marque/index.htm
2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)#First_generation_(1955%E2%80%931956):_A_separate_make
3) ruclips.net/video/wOy6_uk3k3k/видео.html
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@@josephburleigh9766 Yeah...you too.
The stupidity of these experts. CHRYSLER IMPERIAL what simpletons!
The details were missed when you cannot get the name of the car right. Imperial by Chrysler Corp.
Wow. You know what your talking about willcat. So I won't be confused was the Black Beauty simply a 1966 Imperial or Imperial Crown?
forget Van Williams their is only one Green Hornet !!! & thats Terry Hansard !!!! lol
Very nice and almost original copy. I spotted the grill is different than the original BB. I would spend some money and clean up that engine. It is the only sore spot on what is a great looking reproduction. I wish for all the world it was mine. I am a huge Hornet fan. The movie sucked big time. I waited 40 years for them to make a Green Hornet movie and all we got was crap. I was looking at the grill and it bothered me. The original BB had refined pointed grill and this car's grill is flat. I am surprised the owner didn't notice that when it was put together. To be so technically accurate about so much and not get this right is strange.
I couldn't agree with you more ref that abortion of a film.
Yes the film was stupid but I loved the car! Neat sound and nice stance with the wheel tire combo.
Michael Falke Hollywood is out of ideas for new films so now they are destroying all the old classics.
Also that's not the green hornet emblem in the middle of the steering wheel, it's the standard Imperial emblem. I used to drive a 67 Imperial.
Btw, it was green ;) and fun to drive with that huge engine. Had a footswitch to scan the radio dial. It was the largest production car on the road at the time. Felt like it took up the whole lane.
Where's the chrome accents? The 1966 show the hood had a centered short strip of chrome and down each side chrome trim ran the length of the car. Chrome must have been removed when someone painted it gloss... the tv car was semi-class for stealth reasons. Also, aluminum accent around the door windows is missing. There should not be a glove box, that should flip down to show scanners and more high tech controls. Looks good but he has a ways to go before it's screen accurate.
That is so cool.
She’s beautiful...nothing like that crappy Seth Rogen movie version. Love this original Tv version.
Excellent!
Wow real green hornet car
Love this car and the tv show since I was a kid.if I have money I buy this car only for show driving and cruise. Love it ,love it!!.my girl say if you get this car sted not marrie me ,I leave. Ooooo!! I will miss her.lol
So cool!
Car phones and drones in 1966🤔
Cool TV show and way cool car. Too bad it only ran 1 season. The movie with Seth Rogan sucked the big one.
In fact the correct name is a 1964 Chrysler Imperial Crown You missed so much. I have never heard of this guy. Somebody reworked the car. To view the REAL CAR my I suggest you google the THE BLACK BEAUTY FEATURETTE done in 2000. I know the real car is was used in the short film and I OWNED IT AT THE TIME. YOU ALSO MISSED THE BROOMS AND THE GUN PORTS. AND THE ROCKETS ARE WRONG ALONG WITH THE GRILLE Louis Ringe Temecula, ca. Google me and see.
Wish I had that car
I had the toy car of this cast.... I think I remember pressing a button and a man shooting a gun out of the side window
Corgi 1/43 scale! There’s been a re-release with only a stand alone Kate figure. I have an original with original box from the 60s. : )
This is a pretty damn close replica, but there are some minor cosmetic areas which are not accurate to the original hero car, and the number 2 car from the show
there is another fan built replica in so cal. you can see it on 'fireball tim Lawence"s' channel. search Fireball tim lawrence episode 618.
I believe this one may be for sale.
you should find the original black beauty i think is was a 36 ford. not sure of the year but it was i movie series in the early 1940s.
How is the door glass closed and if it is closed, how can it it opened since there no door handle on the outside.. Then again, is it bullet proof, what about air conditioned??? Finally, what is the cost??
The door handles are on the inside. You really think a replica is bullet proof? Not sure about the total cost of the job, however, but it was anything but cheap.
The doors on the real Black Beauty are electrically activated. Either Van Williams or someone off camera with the remote activated it when necessary. From the inside they used the standard door handles.
Real, bullet resistant, windows are 2"+ thick. The Suburban I drove in Albania was an Ogara and Hess construction. The only windows that could roll down were the front ones...and that was only about 4" down because the glass is too thick to fit inside the door as it goes down. So...no...not practical to put real bullet resistant glass in a Hollywood car. I say bullet resistant because, the window will still break and with enough rounds fired on the same spot, will eat their way through.
If they re-did it over with today's technology, who would they use???
I saw some prototypes under consideration for the Seth Rogan's Green Hornet movie one was a black Chrysler 300C it was the closest to looking like a modern day Black Bueaty
It was a imperial not a Chrysler
Real/ original green hornet car not a fake one ihear there was two for tv show
an Imperial Crown by Chrysler
Superficial copy, front grill totally wrong, typical younger persons view of what actually happened and what it was about. Made to make money, not to be accurate.
I agree. The grill was the BEST. came to a point. Slanted. This is not a good copy of the Black Beauty.
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the real black beauty was a 65 imperial, not a 66. cars are basically identical regardless.
It was a 1966 Chrysler Crown Imperial
65 imperial is from the 2011 film.
Omg
Early (awsome car)
Sorry, but to me that voice is really annoying, liked the video though.....;-)
Not a great replica. None of the authentic (fake) bells and whistles of the original. The scanner being in the trunk--and not able to come up THROUGH the trunk, the lack of any moving parts (rockets) on the front grille, etc. Unacceptable. At some point the narrator asks the viewer to imagine machine guns emerging from the rear of the car. How about actually creating/installing fake versions back there? I know it's a private fan's version, but if you're going to do it, do it right. Google online and find a video of the man who owns one of three Black Beautys used by the original television production. His car was used by the TV show as a touring car for promotional and marketing occasions, and it has all the goodies of the other two that appeared in he TV show.
Dean only built 2 cars. there are many flaws with car
@@louringe Barris "claimed" he built that shit show 3rd car, he stole the credit from Jeffries for both the 2 cars he built for the show