"My Mother the Car" the car was made by Norm Grabowski or Barris?

Premiering in 1965, what may be the strangest sitcom of all time is a reminder that borderline brain-dead TV executives have been with us for decades — and deserve no say in the big-budget boardroom. Jerry Van Dyke played a man who discovers that his mother's soul has been reincarnated in his automobile, enabling him to hear her voice through the radio http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/worst-tv-shows-100109

Hot Rod Deluxe, May 2010 issue page 69 says Norm made it, and it was owned by Kaye Trapp, Hollywood studio photographer who used it as a push car for the Zueschel, Fuller, and Moody dragster

But according to http://local.aaca.org/junior/starcars/mother.htm Barris built the car; The car's body (finished in Metalflake carnation red with a white top) was made up from various vehicles including a Model T Ford, a Maxwell (precursor to the Chrysler), a Hudson, and pieces of a Chevrolet, including drive train. The car had a custom-made hood and radiator shell.
2 were made, one is at http://starcarstn.com/index.html in Tennessee along with a lot of other cool cars like the Munsters Dragula, and a collection of Barris customs




The video is badly editted news shorts from a local tv station perhaps... it seems like it once had commercials, only the first half is really worth watching

LIFE magazine's gallery of Norm's little kid having a good time in his dad's cool hot rod

Via: LIFE magazine archives

Life magazine gallery of Norm Grabowski at the Bob's Big Boy in Burbank 1957

in the below photo just above Norm's left shoulder is Dean Jeffries Porsche points out Michael (http://magneticbrain.blogspot.com/)

Source LIFE magazine archives

You've got to see thses videos.. 1957 and in color, the Kopper Kart, the Kookie T, the Car Craft Dream Truck

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=1836

in the second one George Barris is walking around in huge monster slippers, another guy is wearign a monster t shirt, everyone was trying to get a kiss from the trophy girl

Found a cool blog, unfortunately it never posted much, but it's all about T Buckets

Above: the Geraghty-Crawford grasshopper that Von Dutch striped and lettered

Above: what the dumbasses that bought Grabowski's Kookie T did to it, two better images of it at the end of my gallery http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/replica-of-norms-kookie-t-i-doubt.html

And a couple images of Roth's Excalibur and Tweedy Pie

all of these are from http://t-bucketworld.blogspot.com/ but the guy who put it on the web only had about 2 dozen posts total.