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Oct 10, 2018 · Warner Brothers introduced the detective TV drama, 77 Sunset Strip, which ran for six seasons and featured car valet Edd “Kookie” Byrnes whose personal car in the show was Norm’s hot rod that had been rented out to the producers for $50 per day. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in every episode, but I became an avid fan always hoping to catch a glimpse.
Jul 10, 2020 · The resulting publicity led to the car’s most famous appearance, a starring role in the hit TV show “ 77 Sunset Strip ,” where it was the cool car driven by star Ed “Kookie” Byrnes – hence, the Kookie moniker. By this time, Norm was also working as an extra in films and had joined the Screen Actors Guild.
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Purchased in 2018 for $484,000 on an auction lot by Pennsylvania resident Ross Myers, and with help from garage owner Roy Brizio, the Kookie-T was hardly roadworthy and a far cry from its glory days. What the duo wanted to do was restore the vehicle—also known to car buffs at the time as the Lightnin' Bug—to its prime when it made the covers of mag...
Unless you're a boomer who had to ask Junior for help on that interwebby contraption to reach this page, 77 Sunset Stripprobably won't resonate with you. But fans might recall a regular appearance of the Kookie-T, named after the show's star Ed "Kookie" Byrnes. RELATED: 15 Sick Rat Rods And Hot Rods You Need To See Myers and Brizio, fans of vintage...
Nothing was spared to make the Kookie-T as authentic as possible, a tribute to its original builder Norm Grabowski, who created the hot rod by melding pieces of a Ford Model T and Model A together into a bona fide racing machine back in 1952. The design launched what car enthusiasts call the T-bucket craze and the Kookie-T has since been hailed by ...
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Mar 5, 2020 · See All 73 Photos. In 1959, the hit song "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" by Edd "Kookie" Byrnes was the rage. Yet the accompanying 1922 Ford T-bucket found itself in the spotlight when it ...
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Jun 12, 2018 · And this record-breaking price was paid not for a perfect condition, ready-to-roll version of the car as it looked on '77 Sunset Strip'. No, this is for the later 60s show rod version of the T-bucket, modified with pearl white paint, crazy high back...
Apr 4, 2018 · It was also in this configuration that the Lightnin' Bug became most popular, serving as the ride for Gerald Lloyd “Kookie” Kookson III in the detective show "77 Sunset Strip" and as the inspiration for a number of copies, imitations, and other T-bodied street rods commonly known as T-buckets.
It was a huge hit again, and was the cover car on the April 1957 issue of Car Craft. Its fame grew after an article in Life magazine, which was followed by repeat appearances on the popular TV show, “77 Sunset Strip.” Driving the car in the series was “Kookie” Kookson, played by actor and teen-age heart throb, Edd Byrnes.
