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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Took me 5 minutes to realize you were talking about the motorcycle.
Barris still has the origional, saw him and it at Cruise for the Cure last Saturday.
I remember that episode, it’s been a while, LOL! Whatever you say, Unkie Herb! ;)
Maybe your memories mislead you..
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying she was unattractive...I just find Newmar sexier. To each their own!
Lee Meriwheter was the third catwoman.
Julie Newmar was just off the charts.
I did not like Kitts voice, which is why a lot of folks liked her. I thought Newmar was high when she was acting. All three chicks were hot, but I liked Meriwether.
Plus I am a Barnaby Jones fan. Lee was his secretary Betty.
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