Here she is as Stupifyin' Jones in 1959:
Posted on 09/29/2010 10:16:29 PM PDT by Abin Sur
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, natch), 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.
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I am shocked at the amount of Julie Newmar fans there are. I really loved Lee Meriwether. Granted it was in the movie, but she was still the hottest of the three. Kitt sucked.
Here she is as Stupifyin' Jones in 1959:
I wouldn't go that far. Granted, she didn't have Newmar's looks but her voice was wonderful. Once Kitt took over the role the network made the writers take out all the flirting between Catwoman and Batman. No interracial romance allowed on TV in the 1960's (Captain Kirk and Uhura don't count, they were forced to kiss each other by the Platonians).
Yeah, but if the police tried to pull someone over for driving one of those things, I'd hope the drive doesn't pull over right away. It'd make for a really funny car chase.
Want!
Holy Cow... the Mach 5.
OK... now I officially feel old.
This was built from a 1966 Yamaha 250 Catalina (a bike I have)
http://blog.motorcycle.com/2008/12/11/manufacturers/harley-davidson/batman’s-original-batcycle/
>I wouldn't go that far. Granted, she didn't have Newmar's looks but her voice was wonderful. <
Kitt was the most feline Catwoman of all, in the series or in the movies. And she was very beautiful and IMHO, hot (can you tell she was my favorite?).
Maybe your memories mislead you..
Wow! You’re a guy!
Okay...stupid comment, but you surprised me. ;o)
I saw one of these Mark 5 on the 5 freeway here in Santa Clarita, Ca. about a month ago. Awesome looking in person!
"Close.."
And the winner... Hello Kitty rules. You all know that's true.
When they duplicate the family car from “The Munsters” let me know! The Batmobile is very cool!
>>They just poured her into that outfit, didn’t they...? <<
Nah, they just spray-painted it onto her.
I just looked it up — she is now 77 (ad still alive — sadly Eartha Kitt passed in 2008).
I think Eartha Kitt was excellent also. I liked Julie Newmar and Lee Meriweather also in fact. Eartha Kitt in her 20’s was really something to behold. Santa Baby indeed!
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