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Do you want to get yourself a sidekick, ask him to do the low jobs and pay him peanuts? Get an intern, they’re great! But if you want to also wear tights, call your sidekick Robin and say “to the Batmobile”, than you’ll need one of these bad boys.
Well, not this particular one, because even if you’re interested in buying the very first Batmobile in cinematic history, it will probably cost you an arm and a leg. Yes, the original 1966 Batmobile will be up for grabs at the Barret-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ, on January 19, 2013.
Built by legendary car customizer George Barris, this Batmobile appeared in TV series that aired between 1966 and 1968, 120 episodes of butt kicking, crime fighting action.
Legend has it that car was put together in record time by celebrity car builder George Barris. He says that he was given 15 days and $15,000 to build the car after another company failed to deliver the goods in time for the show. So, instead of starting from zero, Barris used the Futura Concept that he had owned for about a decade and repainted it black.
There is no record of this monster build actually taking place in that short an amount of time, but what we do know is that is Barris never sold the car, and now he stands a chance of making a fortune at auction.
In 1966, there were no computer generated special effects, so every feature on the car had to be real. But all the crime fighting gadgets were a bit silly, named with humor: the Batphone, the Emergency Bat-turn Lever, the Batray, the Bat Beam and best of all, the Bat-tering Ram. It even comes with a working parachute from a drag racer.
“The 1966 Batmobile by George Barris is one of the most famous Hollywood cars in history and it has become a true icon that has been carried from generation to generation of Batmobiles to follow,” said Craig Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “This vehicle not only marks the significant Bat logo that sits on the middle of its door, but a time in television history where they defied the odds of making a car the real star of the show. It revolutionized an entire industry that followed in its footsteps and we couldn’t be prouder to have it cross our block in Scottsdale as it goes up for sale for the very first time.”
“There are only a few things in life that are able to capture the soul of an era and the Batmobile by George Barris did exactly that,” said Steve Davis, President of Barrett-Jackson. “There are the real fans that will strongly advocate, till this day, that coming home to watch the Batmobile soar out of the Batcave defines a lot of their first childhood memories. Whether you're a car collector, entertainment enthusiast, or an average Joe looking to buy his dream car, you’re going to want to witness history being made in January with the sale of this car.”
Built by legendary car customizer George Barris, this Batmobile appeared in TV series that aired between 1966 and 1968, 120 episodes of butt kicking, crime fighting action.
Legend has it that car was put together in record time by celebrity car builder George Barris. He says that he was given 15 days and $15,000 to build the car after another company failed to deliver the goods in time for the show. So, instead of starting from zero, Barris used the Futura Concept that he had owned for about a decade and repainted it black.
There is no record of this monster build actually taking place in that short an amount of time, but what we do know is that is Barris never sold the car, and now he stands a chance of making a fortune at auction.
In 1966, there were no computer generated special effects, so every feature on the car had to be real. But all the crime fighting gadgets were a bit silly, named with humor: the Batphone, the Emergency Bat-turn Lever, the Batray, the Bat Beam and best of all, the Bat-tering Ram. It even comes with a working parachute from a drag racer.
“The 1966 Batmobile by George Barris is one of the most famous Hollywood cars in history and it has become a true icon that has been carried from generation to generation of Batmobiles to follow,” said Craig Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “This vehicle not only marks the significant Bat logo that sits on the middle of its door, but a time in television history where they defied the odds of making a car the real star of the show. It revolutionized an entire industry that followed in its footsteps and we couldn’t be prouder to have it cross our block in Scottsdale as it goes up for sale for the very first time.”
“There are only a few things in life that are able to capture the soul of an era and the Batmobile by George Barris did exactly that,” said Steve Davis, President of Barrett-Jackson. “There are the real fans that will strongly advocate, till this day, that coming home to watch the Batmobile soar out of the Batcave defines a lot of their first childhood memories. Whether you're a car collector, entertainment enthusiast, or an average Joe looking to buy his dream car, you’re going to want to witness history being made in January with the sale of this car.”
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