Original Kit Issued: 1964-1967

Re-Issued: 1971-72

Here's a cool and creepy hot rod with its own diabolical diorama. It's Carl Casper's Undertaker dragster, and it's a complete gas!
Paul Burke's Stunning BU
    
The real dragster was designed, created and owned by famous custom car and rod builder, Carl Casper. It was used for show as well as competition and was America's 1963 National Sweepstakes Champion show dragster.
     
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An MIB Kit
ORIGINAL SPECS:
KIT # 570
SCALE: 1/25
PLASTIC: White, Black, Clear, Chrome
BOX SIZE: 11"X9"X4.5"
RE-ISSUE SPECS:
KIT # 832
SCALE: 1/25
PLASTIC: Lime Green, Black, Clear, Chrome
BOX SIZE: 11"X9"X4.5"
     
The UNDERTAKER Returns!

Back from the grave and brought to life in all its glory, the Undertaker Dragster breathes again thanks to our good friends at Polar Lights. It returns as a newly tooled reissue of the original, highly collectible Aurora model kit from the 60s. The kit features excellent detail and includes a lot of chrome-plated parts.
PL Factory BU
PL 1997 Box
You may not know the name, but you know the work. This innovative designer brought you K.I.T.T., the General Lee, the Burton Batmobile, and several classic novelt show rods like the Paddy Wagon and the Popcorn Wagon. Carl Casper has been going strong for 40 years, and shows no sign of slowin' down!
The Real Undertaker
Visit Carl's Official Site
The Real Ghost
Another Angle of Burke's BU (below)


Above is "...extraordinary...reference material pertaining to Aurora's quest to produce a scale model of well-known show car builder Carl Casper's newest hot rod masterpiece, "Casper's Ghost"...one showing Casper shaking hands with Joseph Giammarino (one of Aurora's founding partners)...This was to be the followup to [the] successful [Undertaker] model. Unfortunately for kit builders then (and collectors now!), this kool kustom kar never made it past the master pattern stage."
................................................from Mark S. Gustavson's CustomClinic.com
   
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