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[Big Leegr]

Buzz Log: Bang! Pow! '60s-Style Batmobile Replicas for Sale

Holy tricked-out ride, Batman! The '60s-style Batmobile is now available -- for those with Bruce Wayne bank accounts -- in life-sized replica form.

DC Comics has officially licensed Fiberglass Freaks to re-create, down to the flame throwers (working, snatch), the futuristic car that the Caped Crusader drove in the 1960s TV series.

For $150,000, you too could keep Gotham City safe. Or at least look really, really cool while sitting in traffic.

Each car frame is built around a 1970s Lincoln Town Car. And only eight of these hand-crafted beauties roll off the factory floor each year. Company founder Mark Racop has been perfecting the design pretty much his entire life, way before he got the official go-ahead. According to his website, the Batmobile-obsessive fell in love with the car from the show at the tender age of two.

The cars are road-ready and come equipped with a GM 350 crate engine, Radir wheels with custom bat spinners, and a paint job only a superhero wanna-be could love. And need we mention the bat-wing shaped tail fins? This car gives new meaning to joy ride.

And because these wheels are pimped up, the 1966 Batmobile also comes equipped with some very 2010 additions: a DVD player with LCD screen in the dash (to play re-runs of the series, obviously) and a high-end stereo to blast the "Batman" theme song.

Cape not included.

 

[Poorboy]

i thought the original was built on a Chrysler frame :hmmm:

 

[Big Leegr]

Nope. Lincoln Futura.
Lincoln Futura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[GearHead_1]

I thought it was a Ford Galaxy.

Goes to show you what I know.

http://www.1966batmobile.com/spec.htm

 

[Beemerboy]

I always thought it was a GTO...learn something every day

 

[Concours.John]

One was a late 50's Thunderbird, custom body and frame by George Barris. I think.

There is a guy doing fiberglass old and new here in Ohio next to a chrome shop I know. Is there a full time market I dont know:hmmm:????

 

[Ronkh]

I thought there were 2

one gto, one linclon

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

I thought there were 2

one gto, one linclon

I thought they both were Lincoln frames; one the Futura concept (that being the original) and another built on a Continental frame....

Is there a full time market I dont know:hmmm:????

Probably just like there's a market for Knight Rider "KITT" clones and BTTF DeLorean time machine clones....

Not to mention Eleanor from "Gone in 60 Seconds" -- they build and sell a BUNCH of those.

 

[Big Leegr]

There were 4 "original" Batmobiles. The first was the Futura and made of metal with a 390 engine. The other 3 were fiberglass copies.
Here's an interesting site to peruse:

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