Template:Golden Country Western Car (1961), Alabama Music Hall of Fame - description
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Golden Country Western Car ➢ This 1961 custom made convertible has over 1500 pounds of silver from bumper to bumper. ➢ There are 248 silver dollars, 1 Walking Liberty half dollar, 1 Ben Franklin half dollar, and 10 silver quarters. ➢ 16 silver plated hand engraved pistols and .... ➢ Pistols saplace ? does ... and ... ... operate the ... ... ... ... ➢ S... ... ... the doors h... the inside. ➢ A ... ... ... shift gears when the trigger is ... ➢ 1 ... ...ger replaces the emergency brake ... ... ... operates the directional lights ➢ Brakes and gas pedal are covered with silver dollars and silver plated horseshoes. ➢ A head-...ed saddlebag ... been the dashboard dou?irs as a ... ➢ Front seats are ... and ... ... ➢ the back at the ... seats are ... with ... ... ..., 8 Colt 45's with pearl handles and leather holsters. ➢ The special design on the extension of the car features an exclusive contoured wheel cover with unique hand brushed painting ➢ 4 silver-plated horseshoes are mounted on the rear bumper area. ➢ The Texas Longhorns mounted on the front of the car came from the Jimmie Rodgers Ranch ? in Kerrville, Texas
References
- Golden Country Car. Encyclopedia of Alabama."The Golden Country Car, an exhibit at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, is a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville convertible adorned with more than 500 silver dollars and 17 silver guns. / Photograph by Justin Dubois [image] "
- Terry Pace (2003-02-04, updated 2013-05-01). "Happy day: New exhibits pay homage to country-Western legend". Times Daily."TUSCUMBIA - Happy Hal Burns always lived up to his name. ",
" A new set of exhibits at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame pays tribute to Happy Hal, a Birmingham native whose wide-ranging career in country-and-Western music encompassed movies and live concerts as well as national radio shows in the 1930s and ’40s. ",
" The centerpiece of the Happy Hal exhibit is a stretch-length, silver-laden, cowboy-themed “Golden Country Western Car” that carried the smiling, positive-preaching singer to music jamborees across the country. The eye-catching antique is valued at more than $150,000. / "It’s a 1961, custom-made Pontiac Bonneville convertible that’s over 19 feet long,” said David Johnson, the hall of fame’s executive director. “It’s decorated with 1,000 pounds of silver from bumper to bumper." / The vehicle is inlaid with 250 silver dollars. Thirteen silver-plated, hand-engraved pistols were installed in place of door handles, gearshift levers, the emergency-brake lever and the directional-light lever. / "Three silver rifles are mounted on the back and on both sides of the car,” Johnson said. “Two Colt 45s with pearl handles and silver bullets were mementos from cowboy legends Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. They adorn the back of the hand-tooled leather seats." / Texas longhorns mounted on the front of the car came from the Texas ranch of the “Father of Country Music,” Alabama native Jimmie Rodgers. The convertible was customized by Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors of Van Nuys, Calif., a company famous for designing sparkling rhinestone costumes for Western stars. / "There were two cars similarly designed, and both were originally owned by the late country-music legend Webb Pierce,” Johnson added. "Webb Pierce donated this car to Happy Hal Burns years ago as a gift. Mr. Burns used the car to travel all over the country with his wife and their country-Western jamboree shows." "
