page_title: Monkeemobile
section_title: The car
hierarchical_section_title: Monkeemobile / The car
caption_attribution_description: Photo of the music group The Monkees from their television series.
context_page_description: The Monkeemobile is a modified Pontiac GTO that was designed and built by designer Dean Jeffries for The Monkees, a pop-rock band and television program. The car features a split two-piece windshield, a touring car convertible top, modified rear quarter panels and front fenders, exaggerated tail lamps, set of four bucket seats and an extra third row bench where there was originally a trunk, a rear-mounted parachute and a GTO emblem on the front grille.
context_section_description: Two cars were contracted, one for the television program and the other as a promotional car, for touring car shows around the United States. Both cars were built in the span of four weeks. The first version originally featured a 6-71 supercharged engine, a solid mounted rear axle (no springs) and extra rear end weight. This was to enable the car to "pop wheelies".  Because the car had too much power and was difficult to drive, the original blower set up was removed and a dummy blower was fitted, over a stock Pontiac Tri-Power. The second car was used as a touring car for auto shows and promotional events. Before its transformation into a Monkeemobile, the second car was first seen on TV as Major Nelson's GTO in I Dream of Jeannie.  Both were used on The Monkees TV series, one during the first season and both throughout the second season.
  Several notable differences between the two cars exist, such as the size of the door logo and the styling of the fan belt cover and blower lines, which can be used to tell the difference between the two cars.
caption: The Monkees in 1966
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