The GM Batmobile

[puddingwrestler]

For Batman '66, George Barris customized a Licoln Futura concept car into the Batmobile. The futura was a very futuristic and over the top car to start with, but it just got more so.
Now consider this; Barris used the Futura because it was available. What would thing have been like if a certain General Motors concept from 1958 had been available? One which looks even more bat-like and over the top without any moifications.
I refer of course, to Firebird III.

[kerick]

Paint it black with red pinstripes!  Change the tail fin to a bet wing and you are there.

[Go4fun]

Got to have the mags with the 'Bat Spinner' center caps.

[rickshaw]

"Atomic Batteries to Power, Turbines to speed!"   

[Rheged]

The  ideal  vehicle  if you have   just had a row  with your car  share partner!   Can they  communicate, other than by making  gestures at each other?

[McColm]

No windscreen wippers, did they use hot air to clean the screen?

[kerick]

I would love to have the bubble top so I can better see the nitwits who always walk out in front of me in the parking lot.

[Mossie]

Extend the front chines down to the fin.  Fair in the front wheel arches similar to the rear to give a more rocket like look, it's a prop so doesn't have to steer much.

For a change, how about blue piping instead of red?  The screen Batmobiles have always been back, but the comics have often used blue.

[McColm]

I suppose some colours work better on the small screen than others.

[Joe C-P]

Phwor. 

Well, with this model Bats and Robin couldn't talk, nor could they carry a passenger between them.

I could also see Gerry Anderson using this in UFO as a flying car.

[McColm]

There's a model kit up for grabs on one those auction sites in 1/24 scale.

[McColm]

or there was a 1/24 Monogram Lincoln Futura on eBay until I bought it. Got an idea for a 'Thunderbird' car FAB3, which I've already mentioned in another topic.