![]() However, there was a contract dispute of some sort, and the cars were never used. Jay Ohrberg Show cars built the cars and delivered them to the studio. JOSC would then lease the cars to the studio for production and would retain ownership of the cars. Jay Ohrberg Show cars would have me design the cars, and then they would build them to those specs. Eventually, we won the competition and got the $80,000 contract. He would build the cars and I would design them. I asked Jay Ohrberg Show Cars to partner with me on this proposal. It turns out that her Boyfriend was associated with Tobor Productions and the Feature film they were working on was Orion Pictures Blockbuster "RoboCop"! I was a graduate from Art Center College of design in Pasadena as a Transportation Designer, or Car Designer, and I did that kind of work. I could hardly contain myself, but somehow I smoothed out my response. It was going to be a Science Fiction film, but they were having a hard time finding someone to design the sets, costumes, cars and props. Her Boyfriend or Fiancé was a producer or writer or something and was working on a new motion picture. This news would ultimately consume the better part of a year of my life. As we spoke she dropped an interesting bit of news. While I was there I met a very pleasant young woman. While I waited around as the video was being shot, I spent some of the time in SOM's He owned the car and since I worked for him it was my job, quite a plum assignment, to deliver it to the set and keep it safe. The Sisters of Mercy film crew had rented the, Dean Jeffries design, "Monkeemobile" from George. But this day, I was merely a car delivery person. I had helped with George Barris's design and eventually worked on "Knight Rider's" K.I.T.T. We were finishing the building process of a "Riptide" Television show speedboat. George is the man that made the Television "Batmobile" in the early 1960's. I had been an artist for George Barris for a while. If you are interested in that story it can be found on this web site. I was working on a Rock Video called "Black Planet" for the British Rock Group "Sisters of Mercy". If you are interested in seeing photos of the RoboCop Movie Director, Writer and Producer, click hereĪll of this started in mid 1985. These drawings culminated in the construction of 6 real, full size, Police Cars based on Chevrolet Camaro automobiles. The concepts and ideas were all mine as inspired by Ed Neumeier, the writer of RoboCop, and to some extent, Paul Verhoven the Director and Jon Davison the Producer. These "never before seen" concept drawings are from the first RoboCop Movie. Jon Davison, Ed Neumeier and Paul Verhoven got me first. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, eat your heart out. Any commercial use of stories, photo's or art without written authorization from Robert Webb is prohibited. ![]()
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