"Quick, Robin, to the Batpoles!" Whoosh! "Atomic batteries to power... turbines to speed". The hidden cave door drops, a sign falls, and it's 14 miles to Gotham City. "Da da da da da da da da da.....
"Quick, Robin, to the Batpoles!" Whoosh! "Atomic batteries to power... turbines to speed". The hidden cave door drops, a sign falls, and it's 14 miles to Gotham City. "Da da da da da da da da da... 'BATMAN'!"
There have been "Batman" cartoons and comic books and TV shows and movies, but the one vehicle that carried the Dynamic Duo and won the popularity vote is George Barris' 1966 TV Batmobile. Originally a car show concept car, a 1955 Lincoln Futura was the donor vehicle for the Batmobile.
There would be 3 more copies later, built from fiberglass molds onto stretched Ford Galaxie frames for public displays and such. Ghia of Italy built the Futura; it was used in "It Started With A Kiss" with Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford.
The Futura was sold to Mr. Barris for the whopping sum of one dollar, since Ford had no use for it and was storing it at Mr. Barris' shop anyway. The 21-day conversion included enlarging the tailfins, black paint, red trim, red flashing lights, new headlight fins, and new Bat-trim.
Wayne Enterprises (and Hollywood) added a high-energy Bat-beam, Bat-ray, nose-mounted chain cutter, direct connection to the Batcomputer in the Batcave, a mobile Batphone, Bat-zooka, Bat-tering ram, a portable inflatable Batmobile, and parachutes for the much-anticipated Bat-turns. A mobile "Batmobile Parachute Pickup Service" van would immediately dispatch and retrieve the discarded silk after each daring traffic maneuver. "Holy turn-on-a-dime, Batman!"
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