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.

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.

6 comments:

K. Martinez said...

Forget the Batmobiles from the Burton/Nolan movies. The 1960's Batmobile was and still is the coolest of them all.

Major Pepperidge said...

I was so into the Batman show... I would have flipped if I had seen this Batmobile on the street!

stu29573 said...

The original Ford Futura Batmobile (there were several duplicates built for car shows, drag races, etc) sold recently for 4.6 million....

stu29573 said...

....and yes, no Batmobile before or after was nearly as cool...

stu29573 said...

....oops, I meant Lincoln Futura...Sorry!

Chuck said...

I have a photo of my wife and I in one of the replicas more than 20 years ago. Always been my favorite Batmobile.