[Tang Pgt]

Whas'nt the original Batmobile made for the TV show a 60's something Lincoln ? I forgot what year and model ?

 

[packv12]

Batmobile

The original Batmobile was the reworked Ford Futura Show car. The car was made in the late 50's and made the show circuit.

 

[Tang Pgt]

That's cool. I thought for sure it was a Lincoln. All these years I said it was a Lincoln when it was actually a Futura .

 

[Blownfuel]

Here's where it gets interesting.

I'm 90 percent sure that the Ford Futura Show car was built from a 1956 Lincoln Premier(Sp?), so you wern't exactly wrong.

 

[Guest]

...another version.....

There were several different Batmobiles made back in the 60’s. I remember reading when I was a young impressionable teenager in the muscle car era that one of the TV show Batmobiles was built on a 1966 GTO frame with a 389 and three 2-barrel carbs. The article said it would run 140 mph on the street.

About 10 years ago I saw another one in a local car museum that was built on a T-Bird chassis with a 390-4V that claimed to be one of the TV show cars. Their use to be a mid-70’s Plymouth Fury in town that some kid had tried to turn into a Batmobile complete with fins and a huge wing/tail attached to the back with a “afterburner” molded into the trunk.