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'Monkeemobile' Creator Dean Jeffries Dies
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5/10/2013 3:53:42 PM
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Dean Jeffries, the car customizer who created the "Monkeemobile" for The Monkees TV show, "Black Beauty" for The Green Hornet and who painted two famous words on actor James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder, died last weekend at his Hollywood home. He was 80. A son says Jeffries died in his sleep . As NPR's Nina Gregory tells our Newscast Desk, Jeffries was a legend of California car culture.
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Dean Jeffries dies at 80; legendary car painter and customizer
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5/9/2013 3:13:30 AM
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An automotive jack-of-all-trades, Dean Jeffries worked as a stuntman, car builder, and race car painter and pinstriper. He made the 'Monkeemobile' for the Monkees and 'Black Beauty' for the Green Hornet. During the car-crazy 1950s in Southern California, Dean Jeffries was one of the first hot rodders to chop, channel and soup-up automobiles. His distinctive paint jobs and sculpted body work ...
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'Monkeemobile' Designer Dean Jeffries Dies
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5/9/2013 6:57:59 PM
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80. His son, Kevin, tells the Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/1913hRl ) that Jeffries died in his sleep on Saturday at his Hollywood home. In 1955, Jeffries custom painted Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder. Dean died in a wreck less than a ...
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Eight Amazing Facts About The Man Who Created The Monkeemobile
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5/9/2013 4:53:22 PM
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As you likely know, famous auto customizer Dean Jeffries died this weekend. While many of the cars and techniques Jeffries created are well known, Jeffries himself was a bit more reserved about his own accomplishments than certain contemporaries of his, and as a result, probably isn't as well known as he deserves. Let's try to fix that, starting with these eight facts: 1. He was the first guy to ...
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Dean Jeffries, car customizer was 80
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5/8/2013 4:59:12 PM
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Kevin Roderick: Jeffries was one of Los Angeles car culture's "preeminent automotive sculptors and engineers." He began pinstriping with Von Dutch in the early 1950s and settled into the Valley.
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The Derby and Film (Part 2)
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4/30/2013 2:35:23 PM
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Yesterday, I took a look at past Derbys and movies that go along with each era. Yesterday, I took a look at past Derbys and movies that go along with each era. For the whole story visit the above headline link to Louisville.com.
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