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Old 01-10-2010, 12:53 PM   #1
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Default Holy Smokes Batman!

Original Batmobile goes on sale

US-based company Fiberglass Freaks has released to the market authentic, road-legal, replicas of the original Batmobile from the 1960s TV series Batman.

Yes, the same beauty that actors Adam West and Burt Ward rode from 1966 to 1968 in their crusade against evildoers.

Each Batmobile sells for approximately $162,700 and features, among other things, a GM 350 crate engine, a red flashing red beacon light and a working flame thrower.

But not everything in these replicas is vintage: the Batmobiles also include a DVD player, an LCD screen and a high-end stereo with six speakers, two amps and a sub-woofer.

Each car takes six months to build, is numbered and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

According to Fiberglass Freaks, only eight cars per year will be manufactured.

Fiberglass Freaks founder and brains behind the Batmobile replicas, Mark Racop, saw his first episode of the TV series when he was 2 years old, and immediately fell in love with “the action, the music, the colour, but, most of all, the car.”
The Batmobile replicas come with the blessing of DC Comics, the company that owns all the trademarks and copyrights for Batman and all related characters, vehicles, props, symbols and other elements.


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Old 01-10-2010, 12:57 PM   #2
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Yeah, one of them would be a real chick magnet!!!!
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Old 01-10-2010, 12:59 PM   #3
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Yeah, one of them would be a real chick magnet!!!!
perfect for picking up the old bats......
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Old 01-10-2010, 01:04 PM   #4
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Atomic batteries to power.....
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Old 01-10-2010, 01:13 PM   #5
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Jay lenno will buy one, guarantee
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Old 01-10-2010, 01:51 PM   #6
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Old 01-10-2010, 01:54 PM   #7
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Coyote's coming - this must be GM's response
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Old 01-10-2010, 02:03 PM   #8
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I want one, only if it comes with "Blam" "POW" KaPOWWW" graphics down the side
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Old 01-10-2010, 02:23 PM   #9
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Old 01-10-2010, 04:28 PM   #10
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Holy fibreglass reproduction, Batman!!!
(Was the original Lincoln fibreglass)??
"To the Bat-account, Robin"
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Old 01-10-2010, 04:33 PM   #11
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I'll only have one if they come with a set of uniforms cause there's no way in hell I'm driving one of those without a mask on!
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Old 01-10-2010, 06:14 PM   #12
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**Update** to follow:
Bat Missile,
Bat Boat,
Bat Wing,

As a bonus as part of purchasing all of these products, you get a fee can of shark repellant...
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Old 01-10-2010, 06:21 PM   #13
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Did the original really have a twin supercharged 427?
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Old 01-10-2010, 06:50 PM   #14
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I remember having my picture taken in the orginal as a kid, when it did an australian tour.
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nananananananana Batman !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdu0xRmq3AY
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nananananananana Batman !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdu0xRmq3AY

What about this, "hand me down... the shark repellent... batspray"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk
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What about this, "hand me down... the shark repellent... batspray"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk
hahaha good find, that was a great show , so corny but stilla laugh a minute, ............back on topic , how would you feel hopping out of the new steed at the super market to get the groceries
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Old 01-10-2010, 11:32 PM   #18
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You wouldn't need to be embarassed as Alfred would be collecting the groceries in a sleek XR8 or XR6T thanks to the wealthy millionaire Bruce Wayne !!!
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Old 02-10-2010, 09:42 AM   #19
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hahaha good find, that was a great show , so corny but stilla laugh a minute, ............back on topic , how would you feel hopping out of the new steed at the super market to get the groceries
That's what the mask is for, no need to feel embarrassed when no one knows who you are!
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should stay in a museum, not on the roads...

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