The second shows the car driving on the street with another car behind them. I believe both of them have some sort of celebrity as a passenger.
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Monday, May 18, 2015
1960s Batmobile on the Street
Interrupting my posts on Disneyland to showcase another cultural icon of the 1960s, the Batmobile from the television show. The car was created by George Barris and was a featured "character" in the show starring Adam West and Burt Ward. During the run of the Batman TV show, the car toured the United States appearing at various events and car shows. I recently found two snapshots of the Batmobile driving the streets of Denver. Unfortunately they are a little blurry, being shot by a person riding in a car, but they are still really cool. The first shot shows the car accelerating through an intersection.
Forget the Batmobiles from the Burton/Nolan movies. The 1960's Batmobile was and still is the coolest of them all.
ReplyDeleteI was so into the Batman show... I would have flipped if I had seen this Batmobile on the street!
ReplyDeleteThe original Ford Futura Batmobile (there were several duplicates built for car shows, drag races, etc) sold recently for 4.6 million....
ReplyDelete....and yes, no Batmobile before or after was nearly as cool...
ReplyDelete....oops, I meant Lincoln Futura...Sorry!
ReplyDeleteI have a photo of my wife and I in one of the replicas more than 20 years ago. Always been my favorite Batmobile.
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