After over 30 years in hibernation, the iconic customized roadster, The Voxmobile, is once again getting ready to see the light of day. After years of silence, the completely functional car, AND Vox amplifier, will take to the road. Owners Kevin Ryan and Brian Brock are readying it to take it to parades and guitar and car shows.

Conceptualized by the King of the Kustom Cars, George Barris, maker of The Batmobile and The Munstermobile, and Dick Dean, the vehicle resembles a Vox Phantom guitar in silhouette. The car can handle up to 32 guitars, and has a Vox Super Continental organ mounted in the rear. It cost $30,000 to build in 1968 and is well-stocked with vintage Vox Beatle equipment.

The hidden speakers and special chrome steps allow for three guitarists and an organist to rock out and play the music of the flower power era right from the car. If a band is not available, a Muntz 8-track player is used to supply the tunes.

The car is no slouch either. It is powered by an original 289 Cobra engine (used in early AC Cobras) and is reportedly able to reach 175MPH. Ryan and Brock are not sure they want to test that.

It had a part in the 1968 movie Psych-Out, starring Jack Nicholson, and was in a Beverly Hillbillies episode, and the California shows Where the Action Is, and Groovy.

Ryan and Brock say this car will only be allowed to play the music of the 1960’s because, after all, it symbolizes all that was good in the ‘60’s – peace, love, great music and fast cars.