Designed especially for the hit 1966 Television show "Batman" starring Adam West and Burt Ward. This automotive wonder was styled and engineered using the many diverse special effects innovations from Barris Kustom Industries. Initially it costing is a $250,000 of a concept car 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura.
With a deadline of three weeks this Lincoln was transformed into the earth's most well-known auto.
Weight is 5500 pounds and contains totally hand formed steel body. Wheel base is 129 inches; overall length is 206 inches and the top height is 48 inches. Powered by a 429 Ford Full Race Moon equipped engine, NitroOxide Thrust Front-end design characteristic will be the face of a bat using the hood scoop expanding down into the frontal location accentuated the nose. Right and left eyes extend in to the ears with double 450 watt lasers placed in amber deep lenses. Hood dipper follows the leading area with a hydraulically operated cable cutter blade and steel chain.
The grille void is the mouth from the bat using the inner mounted rockets. Double 84 inch back bat fins have been in line with industry standard steel as additional protection for Batman and Robin. Operable red reflected taillights are mounted in the rear from the bat fins. Four 6 inch blaze eyebrow bullet proof controls are formed and employed as tire protection. Ten inch broad Rader wheels produced of power and steel push alloy use grip traction Oval Firestone tires. The rear upper panels have triple rocket tubes and are on an automatic theft control system with shooting colored fire rockets. Turbine drain finned air cooling back tube is installed on the V hole rear grille part with both parachutes installed on each side. Twin plane streamlined plexi-glass simmer windshields and leading section are created industry standard and matching in design.
The middle safety roll bar arch is made of alloy steel and designed with operable flashing lights, correct and left trouble shooters and miscellaneous warning lights, and then attached to the double bubble leading. Twin corpse contoured air fluff bucket spaces are created into the cab section of Scottish naugahyde grain black into horseshoe design, rolls and pleats, safety belts and black nylon shoulder body are fixed for Robin and Batman. The center consul includes the ability accelerator T arm along with the Batman fire extinguisher. Controls incorporates proper and left turn display buttons made in two designed aircraft with all of the speedo, dials and gauges set up in center hub.
The dash is equipped with several different Batman innovations for example the Batscope which is hooked up with a spinning closed circuit antenna to create the Batman full vision plus the Bateye switch for anti-theft control, the antenna is for an info radio wave pickup of messages and comparing from the Batcave with an electronic unit installed in trunk. A Detect-a-scope is employed to figure out the region in which Batman or Robin have been in, also the Batray reactors and laser beam button controls, plus several flashing warning lights and directional electronic systems.
Attached to the anti-fire theft control systems are swivel 5-way nozzles that get rid of any fire all through the automobile. Add double cable runs exhaust outline system is used for sound level. To end off this different one of the type cars are 40 coats of fine gloss black after which is trimmed within an outline of fluorescent cerise.
