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Jan 18, 2011
One of the most fabulous and iconic cars is the Batmobile. It was made famous in the comic book, then TV show and Movies. The most recognized to me, is the 1966 version for the TV show.
In 1955, the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company designed and built a futuristic concept car called the Lincoln Futura. It was built entirely by hand in Turin, Italy at a cost of $250,000, and like many concept cars, was never put in to production. In the mid 1960′s, George Barris of Barris Kustom City acquired the car for $1 directly from Ford.
Fast forward to August 1965, the Batman TV show producers approached George to have him build a new Batmobile for their upcoming show. The only catch was the car had to be ready for action in a mere three weeks. Seeing the bat-like qualities his Futura already had, George felt it was the perfect answer to the quandary 20th Century Fox had created.
Three weeks later in October of 1965, the Batmobile was born and television history was made..
But the car has a long history of versions and changes, here is the history of this car in images. Enjoy!
1941. Comic Books. Base Car: 1936 Cord. The first car that was called the “Batmobile” didn’t look like the bat-finned cars we know today. Rather it was a red convertible that appeared in Detective Comics 48.
1944. Comic Books. Base Car: StudeBaker.
1950. Comic Books. Base Car: 1950s Cadillac
1955. Gotham City’s Strangest Race.
1958. Comic Books. Base Car: Chrysler 300
1964. Comic Books. Base Car: 1950s Porche 356
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1966. Batman TV Series. Base Car: 1955 Lincoln Futura. Custom car builder George Barris had only three weeks to build this iconic car for the show.
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Get in the Batmobile”
“AntiJokeBook: What did Batman say to Robin before getting in the Batmobile?
Get in the Batmobile”
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