According to the Dragula's license plate, Grandpa was born in 1367.
When Herman asks Mr. Baylor what kind of race car he has, Baylor replies, "A rail." Herman then says, "A rail? Oh yes, one of my wife's relatives was once run out of town on one." Being "run out of town on a rail" refers to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The subject was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.
First in-episode appearance of the "Drag-u-la" car.
Edsel is a discontinued division and brand of automobiles that was produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1958 to 1960 model years. Deriving its name from Edsel Ford, son of company founder Henry Ford.
DRAG-U-LA was built from a coffin that Richard "Korky" Korkes, Barris's project engineer, was able to purchase from a funeral home in North Hollywood. Korkes said in 2013 that it was illegal to sell a coffin without a death certificate, so he made a deal with the funeral director to pay in cash and have the coffin left outside the rear door to be collected after dark.