Original Batmobile Sells For $4.2 Million....

[Hardrock69]

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20633073/original-batmobile-from-tv-series-sells-for-42m


LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Holy windfall, Batman!" The Batmobile just sold for $4.2 million.

The original 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car used in the 1960s "Batman" TV show sold at auction Saturday.

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., revealed the selling price but says the winning bidder has not been disclosed.

The car's owner - auto customizer George Barris, of Los Angeles - transformed a 1-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine. It boasted lasers and a "Batphone" and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks.

The iconic car was used by Adam West who starred as the Caped Crusader and by Burt Ward, his sidekick Robin known for exclamations beginning with -"Holy."

Barris' publicist says his client is pleased with the auction result.

[cadaverdog]

Barris got the car for one dollar from Lee Iacocca. And stuck a bunch of bullshit on it. I wonder if this one was covered in felt. They did that to cover up shoddy body work.

[DONNIEP]

Is that a record for Barrett Jackson? It's more than an original race provenance Cobra sold for..

[twonabomber]

No. From Jalopnik:


But while $4.2 million is a lot, it's not a record, according to Barrett-Jackson's Twitter feed. That's held by a Shelby Cobra that once sold for $5.5 million.

I might have seen the Cobra, i remember an unrestored one that still had the original paint and tires.

[Matt White]

BRILLIANT!

I'd drive it everywhere!

[DONNIEP]

No shit! To the mall, to the grocery store, to the school every day. I'd drive that fucker every day!