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Briefs: TV cars, made right here in Tampa Bay area
If you read Drive's recent "Hottest TV Cars of All Time" feature and wished you could own a car like your favorite small-screen actor drove, Bob Johnson of Odessa can help.
By Times Staff
Published February 25, 2008
TV cars, made right here in Tampa Bay area If you read Drive's recent "Hottest TV Cars of All Time" feature and wished you could own a car like your favorite small-screen actor drove, Bob Johnson of Odessa can help. His Futura Productions is finishing up replicas of the Batmobile, Green Hornet's Black Beauty, Crockett's Miami Vice Ferrari, the spy car from Man from U.N.C.L.E. ... even the Batboat. "My customers are mainly purists who desire an exact duplicate," says Johnson, whose kits are mounted on chassis consistent with each car. For example, Batmobiles work on '76-'79 Lincoln Continentals. Want to know more? E-mail Johnson at futuraproductions@tampabay.rr.com">href="mailto:futuraproductions@tampabay.rr.com" mce_href="mailto:futuraproductions@tampabay.rr.com">futuraproductions@tampabay.rr.com Call the guys: Fast cars, great cigars Looking for a fast-paced "guy's night out"? Or, well, a weekend? The InterContinental Tampa is offering a "Big Cigars and Motor Cars" package through April 30. For $550 per person/per night and there's a little asterisk there, so be sure to ask a lot of questions, you and your entourage get to choose a Maserati Grand Sport or Corvette, cigar, brewery tour, steak dinner and comedy club tickets. For more info, call toll-free 1-866-915-1558 or visit www.intercontampa.com.
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