Logansport team recreates Batmobile (Very cool story!)

WTHR-13 (Indianapolis) ^ | 12/28/10 | Jeremy Brilliant

[DemforBush]

Logansport - While the auto industry gradually gets back on its feet, there's one Indiana car maker that hasn't suffered during the recession. In fact, business is booming in a Logansport workshop.

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"It's really, really cool. I pinch myself daily to remind myself that this is not a dream," said Racop.

It continues with passionate craftsmen who help reincarnate a relic from the past. Racop and Sanberg reproduce exact replicas of the 1966 Batmobile at their small workshop in Logansport, Indiana.

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[DemforBush]

I want one. I. WANT. ONE!

[Red_Devil 232]

I can’t beleive thay have sold 14 of them!

[Red_Devil 232]

Believe

[WorkingClassFilth]

If it isn’t nuclear powered and equipped with missile launchers, it ain’t doo-doo.

Real men drive these: http://tank-books.com/images/Tiger_APG_Front.jpg

[RingerSIX]

Sweet! I remember when Batman was my favorite show. When my father was on his way home from Vietnam I couldn’t wait for him to get there so he could watch Batman with me.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Could you imagine all the heads you would turn driving around in one of those things? lol.

[freedumb2003]

$150K is a lot but not THAT much. People who can afford Porches and Mercedes SLs can afford that...

[Red_Devil 232]

But, Why?

[Boiler Plate]

Logansport IN, home of the spoonbill.

[omega4179]

Why.

[RegulatorCountry]

I believe the original was based upon a '56 Lincoln Premiere convertible. You can still see hints of it in the headlight area, not much else.

[buccaneer81]

Why not? They’ve sold 14 at $150k each. Better than my local Dodge dealer’s sales.

[buccaneer81]

I read the basis was a 1956 Lincoln Futura concept car.

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, 56 and Lincoln. Could be that the starting point for both the concept car and the Batmobile was the Premier convertible of the same year. I sort of doubt they butchered a concept car for it.

[buccaneer81]

No, I’m sure they simply copied it. Butchering that Futura would have been a crime, it’s pretty cool.

[reagan_fanatic]

I would give up a testicle for one of those. Really. Maybe two. I don’t plan on having any more kids anyway...

[grame]

Hey, I work in Logansport, Ind.

[Secret Agent Man]

It was the Futura. You are correct.

[Ohio Hermit]

Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed! Ready to move out, Batman!

[Astronaut]

Hell yeah, I want one too! I’d love to drive around town in the Batmobile!