"Ah, it feels good to be in a bear's natural habitat... a Studebaker" - Fozzie Bear

Here is Fozzie's 1951 Studebaker Commander from the original Muppet movie in its original rusty condition. It should fit Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog, but I make no promises on the banjo fitting for the “Movin' Right Along” musical sequence.

 

Sadly, the roof is very hard to remove (and this being reddish brown of unknown vintage) that I fear removing the roof to place the two figures inside will shatter parts. The Muppet CMF's my dad bought will thus just have to stand next to the car. (Its not like you can see inside the car to see them driving anyway!) Even if I could get the roof off, Kermit has to sit in the backseat as there isn't enough room up front for both side-by-side. In fact, they have to be centered in each row of seats to fit at all, due to arm constraints.

In a show I saw about this film they mentioned the following factoid: The car seen in long-distance tracking shots was an identical second car, while the one with the closeups / scenes of Fozzie visibly driving had the steering re-connected to a wheel in the trunk, along with the relocated pedals and shifter. They also mounted a TV camera in the nose of the car, and a monitor in the trunk, so the driver could see where he was going.

...and that's all I've got. But before I go, I'll leave you with this:

“Someday we'll find it,
The LEGO Connection,
The Designers, the MOC-ers and Me"

Edited June 15, 20222 yr by Murdoch17

The first post has been updated with two real world pictures!

Sadly, I do not own the two CMF's going to be used with the car, or even the car itself. (A family member paid me to build it for him.) Otherwise, I'd have them included in the pictures.

an amazing build! i built one myself as i have the Fozzie minifig

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hSlxWvPDCoE22wHhjFjE9ej7Lsa76HVg?usp=share_link