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TIL that from The Munsters, the "Munster Koach" was a hot rod built on a lengthened 1926 Ford Model T chassis with a custom hearse body. It was 18 feet long and cost almost $20,000 to build. The "Drag-u-la" was the combination of an illegally acquired coffin and a Ford Hot Rod.

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