If you’re old enough to know what Playboy Magazine was all about in 1980, you’ll remember Dorothy Stratten –– the Playmate killed by her insane husband, Paul Snider (frighteningly well played by Eric Roberts in the 1983 film, “STAR 80,” named after Snider’s personalized license plates).
What we weren’t so familiar with was a certain photoshoot by a certain William LaChasse with a George Barris custom ‘80 Firebird. Which quickly led to the discovery of a few more images that really prove an equally frighteningly accurate representation of the world of custom cars and bikes in the late Seventies. The unforgettable Dorothy Stratten and the forgettable showcars of that era: bittersweet, ain’t it?
The Firebird was an MPC model kit.
I think John Travolta had one just like
it too.
Ant droppin’ knowledge! Right on, man –– that’s one model kit I never had (out of the bazillions that ran through my chubby little kid fingers), but now I want one…