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The "Fireball 500" is a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, heavily customized by George Barris, with a standard 273 cubic inch V-8 engine that develops 275 h.p. [10] At one point in the film, the car is referred to as the Batmobile, prompting Frankie Avalon's character to quip, "I had mine first.”
The 1966–1968 television series Batman was so popular that its campy humor and its version of Batmobile were imported into Batman's comics. The iconic television Batmobile was a superficially modified concept car, the decade-old Lincoln Futura, owned by auto customizer George Barris, whose shop did the work. [11]
Batman — car designer, The Batmobile (uncredited) (1966) Supervan — King of the Customizers (1977) Smokey and the Hotwire Gang — Billy The Kid (1979) Jurassic Park — car modifications (uncredited) (1993) Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie — car customizer (1997) The Batmobile Revealed — Video documentary short, as himself (2001)
This original Batmobile used in the 1966 ABC “Batman” TV series and film sold for a staggering $4.6 million at an auction in 2013. Designed by acclaimed Hollywood car customizer George Barris ...
There have been a lot of Batmen on the big screen over the decades, and all of them have had a Batmobile. And, just like the actors that have inhabited the Batsuit, the Batmobiles in live-action ...
Batman (also known as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film directed by Leslie H. Martinson. Based on the television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character of the same name, the film stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the last ...
A picture of a Batmobile 1992 from the film "Batman Returns" ahead of the Batmobile's appearance at the 71st annual Meguiar's Detroit Autorama at the Huntington Place March 1-3 in Detroit.
The Batmobile from the 1960s Batman' TV series. In 1966, Barris was asked to design a theme car for the Batman television series. [10] Originally the auto stylist Dean Jeffries was contracted to build the car for the show in late 1965, but when the studio wanted the car sooner than he could deliver, the project was given to Barris. [11]