Make Your Garage Longer Funny Pics
The men that we idolize on the big screen—or even on streaming specials—seem larger than life. We often attribute outlandish traits and personalities to who we think they are (sort of fill-in-the-blanks to draw a character profile based on what we know). For comedian and actor Jeff Dunham, a unique stage act has earned him national fame and recognition for an art that is seemingly kept alive by him alone.
Not many ventriloquists are popular enough to go mainstream, and not many of those few will even turn up on an internet search. The point is that it's not exactly a booming entertainment medium. If anything, that should only strengthen the case for Dunham's comedic talent, as he's burrowed into a niche market that only he himself fits into—and nobody else would likely even try.
Despite a highly-admirable litany of career accomplishments, when he drops the act and goes home, there's a side of Dunham that would make our hearts swell up with pride and admiration, unless you're THATbig of a ventriloquism hater, that is.
Jeff may have some obscure hobbies, but one mainstream thing he does better than most (besides the whole puppet thing) is collect various pieces of classic car history to compile into an impressive collection. He seems to have no focused interest in cars aside from them having a set of wheels. The truth is, though, Jeff just really likes his cars.
He's a comic nerd, water-lover, amateur racecar driver, and generally funny guy that has his very own palate when it comes to what his cars should look like. All of this comes at a price however, and despite a net worth that would make Jay Z tip his hat in acknowledgement, Dunham owns a few collector pieces that run the risk of putting lesser-men deep into the red. Whether he can afford them or not is up to your financial expertise to decide. I'm just here to deliver information.
20 Batmobile ($1 Million)
There are many impostors, but only one original. Well, actually there are three "original" Batmobiles from the Batman Returns installment but there were essentially two "original-originals" and there's this one that acted as a stand-in. Having been built only to travel a few hundred feet at a time for a grand total of three or four times throughout the whole production. The powerplant was of the least of the vehicle team's worries and a 350 crate engine was all they gave it. It was given an appropriate power setup only after it left the set and now rides on LS running gear with an engine of the same branding. Chassis numbers cannot be identified and to the best of Dunham's knowledge, it's nothing more than two frames welded into one with a little flair.
19 Lincoln Batmobile Futura ($4.2 Million)
Fiberglass Freaks, located in Indiana, do pretty much exactly what you'd assume an outfit of such a name would do. They turn fiberglass into weird things and among those weird things is a little nugget of history from our collective childhood memory that holds a dear spot in many of our hearts: the original Batmobile. They have actually built many Batmobile replicas before in the past, so when Dunham called upon them with a 1955 Futura and a strange request, they knew where he was going with it almost instantly. Dunham got his hands on it and hired Fiberglass Freaks to begin to fully restore it into an accurate Futura Batmobile.
18 Plymouth Barracuda ($100,000)
It's hard to estimate the exact value of Dunham's Barracuda. The model has become so popular, with a few rare variations in the mix, that prices can range from $20,000 to well over $100,000 for pristine examples of such vehicles. Dunham is seemingly unconcerned with such things as market value, though, he's more the kind of guy who does things like buying this Barracuda for his wedding day (that's what he told his wife, anyway). Most people rent limos; Jeff buys muscle cars. He said he drove his wife in that car to a comedy show in 1989. The 'Cuda has been professionally appraised (by those guys that charge about $2,000 to come out and tell you what's not-so-great about your over-invested project) and got a score of 9.9. The only reason for the less-than-perfect score was a single screw not painted the proper color. (For my two grand, you'd better overlook that screw when you come judge my car, just sayin'.)
17 Challenger RT 440 Six-Pack ($100,000)
By the time Dodge got around to getting the Challenger together, the tried-and-true muscle-car formula was simple: there's no replacement for displacement. With bigger displacement however, came the need for more air and fuel. While air-delivery presented its own conundrum of physics to contend with, the formula to address fuel delivery for high-displacement engines was simple: just add a carburetor (or two). The Six-Pack 440 was not only a performance measure, it was also a statement. The Challenger also came with a variety of other appealing options, like a 383cid or a 425-hp 426 Hemi, but six-pack just sounds cooler to say. Jeff's 440 wears that Sublime Green with as much pride as a 440 with black stripes ever could.
16 Challenger Hellcat ($85,000)
When you're a guy like Jeff Dunham, good things come in pairs. Good jokes (like every Dunham gasser you know and love), Batmobiles, and of course, Dodge Challengers. What good would one be without the other? (It would be just as good, but Dunham doesn't want to take any chances.) When Dodge announced the new SRT Challenger would be available in retro Sublime Green livery—a perfect match to his 1970 Challenger 440—it may have just as well been written in the stars. After all, if you're going to take the stage planning to jam your hand up the back-end of a puppet while making weird noises, you may as well enjoy the drive to work.
15 Amphicar ($25,000)
The Quandt Group is responsible for this multi-medium driver that isn't much to look at either on the road or in the water. But unlike other cars that tried to mix transportation modes (typically unsuccessfully), water proves to be a better place for something that's supposed to be a car but enjoys pretending it's something else on a lazy Sunday afternoon. This Amphicar is actually such a good ride on the water that Jeff takes it out to Castaic occasionally, with his senile old puppet in tow, of course, for a relaxing day of catch-and-release. (Don't ask me how he gets his arm that far over to the puppet's controls, I was wondering the same thing.)
14 Ferret Scout ($17,000)
At a humble $17,000, the Ferret Scout is possibly the best option for weathering post-apocalyptic biker gangs and fighting off zombies. That's about the only possible theory venturing to explain why he'd need an armored car in his fleet amongst the Challengers and Batmobiles. (He's delivered some questionable jokes at times, sure, but I don't think they're bad enough to warrant light armor.) Whether he's afraid of zombies or fans makes no difference because with the steel plating that encapsulates occupants of this little mini-tank, he can tell the worst jokes in the world and there just isn't much anyone can do about it.
13 1934 Ford Firepower ($25,000)
I'm going to be fair and give this thing a value that's decent enough. He definitely didn't build it for nearly that cheap, but as with all custom cars, as nice as it may look to the owner, that skull-induction supercharger just isn't working for me. That, and something about the half-rake, chassis bending action makes it look very cartoony. I either hate to love it or love to hate it, but by the looks of everything that really counts, it's a rad hot-rod (and a really loud one, at that). He could have easily spent over $100,000 to have his hobby molded into automotive art, but again, as with all custom car projects, they're never worth what you've got in them.
12 Ford GT ($500,000)
Is it a coincidence that the Ford technical leader who brought the GT40 back to life shares nearly the same name as the funny guy that happens to own one of the modern iterations of Ford's legend? Jeff Dunham owns a Ford GT and a guy named JIM Dunham brought the GT40 back to its racing glory for a Ford feature. It's almost as if the Dunham name attracts Ford GTs out of nowhere. Well, either that or he has so much money that he could buy a handful of them and not worry about losing one here and there. Ford GTs are already expensive cars, even as older models, though Dunham's is something of a small legend in itself and is probably worth a bit more for that fact alone. If nothing else, his ownership of a GT redeems any traces of Achmed's ugly mug sitting on a hot rod blower.
11 George Barris Calico Surfer (?)
Some cars Jeff has to be cool in but some cars have to have Jeff in them to be cool. Which one of those two categories does this blue thing fall under? I guess that depends on who you ask, but it's something Jeff can't live without after having owned it at least once. He obviously has peculiar taste in ultra-rare and unique cars, as you can see by now. The Calico Surfer was designed exclusively for International Surfing magazine publisher Calvin Clark in the 1960s. It cost $22,000 back then, and with a list of famous owners like the one it's accumulating, it's anybody's guess how much this thing is even worth these days. Whatever anybody is willing to pay for it, I suppose.
10 Dodge Viper ACR ($125,000)
Jeff Dunham describes his 2008 Dodge Viper ACR as "hardcore." The special-edition Viper was a limited-release, high-performance edition Viper with weight shavings to the tune of around 100 pounds. It may not seem like much, but hauling that extra mass around corners and away from a dead stop does incur a performance penalty. Is it worth the price difference? Not today. Not if you want a big, fat bang for your buck, anyways. The demand for this type of car has fallen off a bit in recent years, leading to a devaluation of nearly $20,000 on average. This one, owned by Jeff, however, was valued a few thousand dollars more than it was new. (It pays to be famous, doesn't it?)
9 Plymouth Superbird ($100,000)
The Plymouth Superbird is a short-lived version of the Roadrunner with a distinctive design and a graphics package that burned a soft spot in the hearts of hot-rodding enthusiasts nationwide. It commanded undivided attention with an aerodynamics package that was thought to be cutting-edge and a wing tall enough to give Stance Nation Civic owners a reason to keep a few extra tissues on the nightstand. None of it worked all that well because our rudimentary understanding of fluid-dynamics and how they applied to the racecar were highly unpolished at this time. It's an icon nonetheless, though, and an extremely rare version of otherwise standard 70s Mopar that occasionally gets mistaken for a small boat.
8 Chester ($500)
Don't think Jeff Dunham is some stuck-up comedian that's too good to act like the rest of us. Most of the application of the term "stuck-up"—as it relates to Jeff, at least—is more in reference to an integral function of his act, rather than his attitude. (Jeff's a really down to earth guy, actually.) The cold fact is, we question a lot of things about Jeff with the ownership of this particular vehicle no matter how swell he may be. (Who owns these type of vans anymore?) It has all the retro bells and whistles the late-70s could offer a young, misguided man: extra Daylighters on the grille in case your double-stacked headlights all happened to fail, marine portholes, and even a mild aero kit. (You know you want one.)
7 Vox Mobile ($216,000)
It's called the Vox Mobile and it's hailed as the fastest guitar in the world. (I doubt there's much competition outside of the Mad Max: Fury Roadsoundstage.) Unless you have extremely large hands, it's not likely you're going to be producing any sound from the quarter panels. But if you're sitting in the driver's seat, it's equipped with the sweet sounds of a 427 Cobra engine. This is a roadster that you can actually jam in as you cruise down the boulevard. (You never know when you're going to need to jam on the fly.) It hardly makes sense unless you accept the fact that the late-60s were primarily about psychedelic rock and the nefarious accouterments that went along with it. The adjusted $30,000 build figure equates to over $200,000 in today's dollars, though it seems dubious anyone not in the midst of a serious flashback would ever buy it.
6 Bradley GT ($10,000)
The Plymouth, Minnesota, kit car company started hawking their wares in 1970 and, thankfully, ceased all operations by 1981. Now, I don't mean to be a hater here, but I'm just going to say it: this thing is one seriously ugly pile! BUT before you can hate on it (like I do) understand the genius of the Bradley GT scheme. It may be a terribly underpowered kit car but you have to admire the business savvy of the company founders: they ran ads in performance magazines and charged people $1.00 for a brochure about a car that didn't even exist yet. They also offered 80,000 shares of the company for $1.00 per share. Is this wise business? Well, they got off the ground long enough to permeate the market with a bunch of Volkswagen-powered buggies, and Jeff Dunham owns one.
5 High Value Real Estate (More Than You)
Here, the Batmobile in its first variation can be seen in the background with a few Mopars and a woody taking up some space, as well. The sheer economic security it takes to build a car collection even a fraction of the size of Dunham's takes much more than your average fellow can even hope to aim for. Dunham's net worth ranges wildly depending on where you source the number from—it even reaches the triple-digit millions, by some estimates—and he's reported to make over $25 million annually. So don't feel bad when you look upon a row of cars that costs more than anyone alive would pay for your ransom. It's just that your jokes aren't as good as Jeff's. (Or mine, for that matter.)
4 The Collection (Priceless)
After the long walk through Jeff's personal car collection, one can only begin to wonder if there is some sort of underlying connection between what he's chosen for a profession and some of the automobiles that he's selected to present his auto-affliction to the world. Admittedly, many of them are little more than gag-cars (if not prohibitively-expensive gag-cars) and the reasoning behind his purchases is as much as anyone could have assumed. He says he's just always enjoyed making people laugh, and driving around cars with character lets people have fun. Whatever, Jeff! Nobody buys two Batmobiles because they want to make other people smile. With car-boats and tanks next to rows of Challengers, it's safe to assume he's got an incurable addition to cars that would border on self-destructive had he not been financially well-off. Well played, Mr. Dunham.
3 Ultra-Violet Challenger (Dunham Edition)
As a Challenger connoisseur of sorts, Dunham is a popular-enough guy that his affinity for a good pavement-pounder is well-known. Dodge knows this and decided to leverage his Mopar love as they created a truly unique concept for SEMA. It was a special-edition Challenger equipped with a 426 crate engine slamming over 500 horses through a six-speed on the way to the rear wheels. You may not like his taste in jokes, but it's extremely hard to argue with his taste in cars. Just a corner of his garage would bless the average car guy's entire remaining days with rays of sunshine. Dunham owns about as many cars as you'd expect a fellow worth hand-over-fist millions.
2 Woody ($64,000)
What good wood any car collection be without a woody? (See what I did there?) Safe to say, my jokes are almost as good as Jeff's, although my car collection is sadly lacking a great deal compared to Jeff's inventory of automobiles. Just to top it off, he owns a classic woody in impeccable condition. And this is no Griswold family vacation station wagon that handles like a slow boat and looks even worse—although woodys came in all flavors, Dunham's clearly got an eye for the good stuff. Though the trend led to wood being tacked onto models from Cadillacs to Packards, Dunham's woody is one of the prettier ones to look at.
1 Time Machine ($30,000-$541,000)
"Activate your time circuits," he says. "Don't even worry about those Indians," he says. I've always thought that if you're the type of guy to trust a wild-eyed professor when he tells you "those Indians won't even be there" as he instructs you to floor the gas pedal and accelerate straight into a wall, you deserve whatever's coming to you. Also, if you can't find a stretch of road long and straight enough in the desert (of all places to find a road long and straight enough) to get up to 88mph, you really should have also stolen a Ferrari from the Libyans with all of that plutonium. Then many of these problems you're having to fix wouldn't have ever happened, Marty.
Sources: Adam Carolla CarCast, Carscoops, Motor Trend, CarBuzz, Motor Authority, and Hot Rod Network.
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