What is the Black Beauty?
The “Black Beauty” is the car driven by the crime-fighting, fictional characters, the Green Hornet and Kato. The 1966 TV show featured Bruce Lee as Kato. Also on this TV production, the Black Beauty was was a 1966 Imperial customized by Dean Jeffries. The Black Beauty was first restored by Mr. J. R. Goodman. The story of his restoration was on these web pages devoted to the Green Hornet and Black Beauty memorabilia, but cannot be now located. The Black Beauty is currently owned by Louis Ringe at L.N.R. Farms. Mr. Ringe has continued restoring the “special features” of the Black Beauty and has showed the car several times in California in 1999. The editor writes: “At the Spring Fling on April 15, 2000, Louis Ringe had a very nice display showing the “Black Beauty”. As most know, this is a 1966 Imperial, customized by Dean Jeffries for the “Green Hornet” TV series. Louis Ringe has done a great job continuing the restoration of the Black Beauty (substantially restored by Dean Jeffries) an