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	The History of the Batmobile
		In the 1960s, the first full size, fully operational Batmobile was built for the TV show Batman, and had to face financial and functional questions.
		I started collecting data on the Batmobiles a few years ago while trying to research a model project I was working on (you can visit my scale model site here).
		For example, the Batmobile was subject to the interpretation and skills of the current artist throughout the comic series, often resulting in completely different cars from one issue to the next.
	www.batmobilehistory.com (783 words)

	Howstuffworks "How the Batmobile Works"
		The Batmobile used in "Batman Begins" is an icon for the movie and acts like a giant rolling advertisement for the film.
		Every single time you see the Batmobile in the movie, you are seeing a real, physical object, not a computer-generated graphic.
		The Batmobile is so real that it actually served as the pace car for a major NASCAR race held in June 2005.
	www.howstuffworks.com /batmobile.htm (0 words)

	The Bat-Encyclopaedia: Batmobile (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From Spring 1941 onward the batmobile is always dark blue, but at least one text describes the vehicle as fl and it is indeed possible to interpret the batmobile's coloring as fl with dark blue highlights.
		The batmobile remains substantially unchanged for nearly a decade, the most distinctive change being in the evolution of the tail fin, which gradually grows larger, beginning on the top of the car at the center of the roof and extending backward to end in a distinctive, deeply scalloped edge.
		In special emergencies, the batmobile can be outfitted with snowmobile equipment to enable it to travel over snow; with a special duck chassis to enable it to move both on land and in water; or with heavy steel plates that transform it into an armored batmobile, powerful enough to withstand a hurricane.
	theages.superman.ws /Encyclopaedia/bat/?entry=batmobile (1271 words)

	New Batmobile \| Strange Vehicles
		During the filming of 'Batman Begins' the movie makers used 8 different Batmobile's, four of which were drivable and surprisingly rapid.
		The Batmobiles were powered using 340 horsepower GM 350 V8's giving them a 0-60 time of around 5.3 seconds and a theoretical top speed of 220 miles per hour.
		The four massive rear tyres are 44 inch 'super swampers' and the front axle is nonexistent instead the front wheels are on separate spars.
	www.diseno-art.com /encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/new_batmobile.html (113 words)

	Batmobile - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		The original 1966 Batmobile was built by George Barris from a Lincoln Futura concept car.
		The Batmobile is also frequently referred to as being powered by nuclear generation of electricity, both by Robin in a launch checklist from the 1966 television show, ("Atomic batteries to power.
		As the 1990s Batman films were handed over to director Joel Schumacher, the design for the Batmobile climbed further into implausibility, as decorative lighting was added to the front and the wing-shaped fins reached further into the air.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php?title=Batmobile&printable=yes (942 words)

	TV ACRES: Automobiles > Ford > Batmobile (Batman)
		The Batmobiles built for the series were never bought by ABC but became the possession of their creator, George Barris who rented them out around the country.
		Batmobiles number two and three were constructed of fiberglass for easier maneuverability and stopping.
		In the 1990s the Batmobile was also featured in the Batman Forever Stunt Show, a 20-minute extravaganza at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California and Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey which pitted the Caped Crusader against the Riddler and Two-Face with pyrotechnics, karate fights and motorcycle jumps.
	www.tvacres.com /autos_ford_batmobile.htm (911 words)

	Batmobile
		Batmobile #2 The last to leave the Barris stable.
		The appeal of this 6000-pound machine endures as it is the only Batmobile built for use on film that possessed real-life functionality while stretching the imagination of all car lovers.
		The 'Futura' Batmobile, as I call it, is the type that was featured in the 1966-68 'Batman' television series.
	www.javelinamx.com /Batmobile (905 words)

	Holy Martian Batmobile!
		Engineers at Johnson Space Center in Houston have contacted George Barris, creator of the Batmobile in all its television and film incarnations, for advice on building exploration vehicles for use on the Red Planet.
		After receiving detailed background information on the vehicle, NASA is now cooperating with Barris, who has given the space agency permission to use any of his designs for real-life Mars missions.
		Beyond the Batmobile, Barris is known in genre circles for building the Munsters' family hearse and the urbane artificial-intelligence car known as K.I.T.T. His name has also been mentioned in connection with the long-awaited live-action Speed Racer film.
	www.space.com /sciencefiction/martian_batmobile_000317.html (265 words)

	Howstuffworks "How the Batmobile Works"
		The Batmobile used in "Batman Begins" is an icon for the movie and acts like a giant rolling advertisement for the film.
		When the Batmobile flies 30 feet through the waterfall to land in the Batcave, what's landing is a real, 5,000-pound vehicle.
		The Batmobile is so real that it actually served as the pace car for a major NASCAR race held in June 2005.
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /batmobile.htm (250 words)

	The Batmobile, the most famous original one - Fast Cool Cars
		Perhaps the most famous Batmobile is the Lincoln Futura customized by George Barris for the 1966-68 TV series, Batman.
		Commissioned by the producers to create a Batmobile in only a few weeks, Barris used the remains of the Ford Motor Company's Futura concept car to create the iconic design.
		This was the first "real" Batmobile, and nearly all of the bat gadgets were functional.
	www.fastcoolcars.com /batmobile.htm (159 words)

	Batmobile - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		The Batmobile's history is a dark one indeed, immortalized in the haunting rock epic, "Lame Batman Jingle Bells Parody", by the lovable Igniz.
		The end of the song commemorates The Batmobile, as it lived a long and wasteful life after the Mothra-fight-accident, as a charity head for FPWCA (Foundation for Paraplegic Were Cars Anonymous).
		Among those who attended its funeral are Mac Daddy Mcgee, and Johnny Depp, who provided the funding for The Batmobile's dying wish: To have its ass shot through a cannon, thus raining ass over the audience and covering them in its charred glory.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Batmobile (458 words)

	Classic Car Sales and Restoration at The Guild of Automotive Restorers
		The Batmobile is one of the world's most recognized and certainly one of the most fun cars of all time.
		With its first appearance on the series, the Batmobile became a hit and has continued to be one, as each new generation sees the series in syndication.
		The car was equipped with all its original Batgear, including the chain cutter in the front of the nose, Anti-Crime Computer in the truck, Batphone (an original), view screens, locators, smoke screens, rocket launchers and a burner in the tail which launches a fifteen foot flame.
	www.guildclassiccars.com /Batmobile.htm (350 words)

	Batmobile (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The future Batmobile was the brainchild of Lincoln Mercury's postwar chief stylist, Bill Schmidt.
		Dean Jeffries, another famous customizer of the 60s, was contracted to build a "Batmobile" for a fall, 1966 TV series in the works at 20th Century Fox.
		Barris reveals, "the number one and number five were metal cars, with the stunt car being number five (Number 5 has never appeared on film and was not built by Barris) - Number two and three are Fibreglass cars ".
	www.lasplash.com /Vehicles/printer_Batmobile.php (424 words)

	OAFE - Batman Begins: Batmobile review
		Nicknamed "the Tumbler," the Batmobile seen in Batman Begins is very similar to the Batmobile seen in Frank Miller's seminal The Dark Knight Returns, which was based on a tank, although the similarity is not intentional; rather, Nolan simply wanted to modernise the vehicle.
		In the same way that the streamlined, finned Batmobile was modern in the 1950s, his was to be the Batmobile of today.
		Measuring 12" by 8", the Batmobile is a nice big toy that seems to be in perfect scale with the 5" figures (our very own Rustin Parr has seen the Tumbler in person and swears that it is smaller than it looks onscreen - about nine feet by 15 feet).
	www.oafe.net /shocka/batbegcar.php (879 words)

	The Batmobile, the most famous original one - Fast Cool Cars
		Over the next few years, the demand for exhibitions of the Batmobile dictated that Barris build five copies [actually three copies were made by Barris].
		In 1973, former Batman star Adam West toured the country with the Batmobile that became the centerpiece for a special showing at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
		The original Barris Batmobile still shines like the super car hero it really is. Every time it is shown, the crowds of fans eager to take a look at the most recognized car in history are proof alone that the Barris magic is timeless.
	www.fastcoolcars.com /batmobile-3.htm (187 words)

	Batmobile project - TRIX RODS AND RACERS - CHOPPERZ BY TRIX - TED WALTERS
		Our Batmobiles are specially modified for use in shows, and the information concerning their manufacture is "top secret".
		Batmobiles with electric engines are used for indoor filming, commercials, and for shows at Six Flags.
		Batmobiles are a licensed product which is not for sale to the general public.
	www.rodsandracers.com /trix_batmobile1989.html (839 words)

	Batmobile Replica 1950's ED :: Batman :: B :: Collectibles :: Cosmic Clutter
		The Batmobile measures approximately 11" long x 3 1/2" tall x 4 1/2" wide, on a base measuring 9" deep x 12 1/2" long x 2" high, and is set on an art-deco-themed base.
		The Batmobile features light-up headlights, taillights and the eyes of the Bat-emblem on the front of the vehicle, and is removable from its base, but does not have rolling wheels.
		Also included is a 3 1/2" x 5" Batmobile "title" document and a 16" x 22" blueprint of the Batmobile.
	www.cosmicclutter.com /store/Batmobile-Replica-1950-s-ED-pr-601.html (260 words)

	Batmobile: Gotham Knights
		I haven't worked on the Batmobile GK, AT ALL since the last page update, and I don't plan on doing any more major work on it for a while because I'm focusing on the MKC2 for now.
		This is the "2000 model year" Batmobile, it is what Batman drives in the post No Man's Land Gotham City (except for in the current "HUSH" storyline).
		It may be a personal preference as Robinson is one of my favorite Bat-pencillers, but I found that he is one of the few artists that can draw the Batmobile consistently from panel to panel.
	www.angelfire.com /comics/cooper/2000GK.html (199 words)

	Trivia - Famous Cars - Batmobile
		Created by cartoonist Bob Kane in 1939, Batman is one of the most popular comic-strip heroes of all time, distinguished by his fl bat-mask, cape and the sleek Batmobile.
		Although the Batmobile's dual canopy in a distinctive bubble design, and long, fl body with red pinstripes and trademark bat-emblems remains characteristic throughout, there were no less than five of the fl Batmobiles built.
		The Batmobile - a custom-made Futura - was originally the creation of George Barris, and one of the most famous cars ever to be produced.
	www.cybersteering.com /trimain/famous/bats.html (163 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'No-nonsense' Batmobile roars into pop culture (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The new Batmobile is all business, from its menacing face to its 44-inch off-road rear tires.
		The Batmobile's 5.7-liter Chevy V-8 is mated to a jet engine that enables the car to leap tall buildings in a...
		Transporting the Batmobile around North America to promote the movie is Dave Ragan, a driver with Warner Bros.' transportation division.
	www.usatoday.com /money/autos/2005-06-13-batmobile_x.htm (635 words)

	CNN.com - The real Batmobile - Jun 28, 2005
		The four fully driveable Batmobiles the crew built are powered by a 340-horsepower General Motors V8 engine.
		Two more Batmobiles, empty rolling shells, were shot out of huge air cannons to create leaping shots like those in which the car jumps through a waterfall into the Bat Cave.
		For all of its capabilities, one thing the real-life Batmobile did not have was air conditioning.
	www.cnn.com /2005/AUTOS/funonwheels/06/24/batmobile/index.html (0 words)

	1966 Batmobile / Lincoln Futura
		The real story of the Batmobile begins in 1955 when the Ford Motor Co. took delivery of their latest "car of the future", aptly named "The Futura".
		It was a 19 foot long two-seat grand touring car which featured instruments housed in the steering wheel, push button transmission, exterior microphones to pick up and transmit the sounds of traffic to the occupants inside and a host of other innovative devices.
		After it came to rest the crew rushed over to the stricken "Batmobile" to find its driver miraculously unhurt, however the same could not be said of his costume.
	www.cloudster.com /RealHardware/Batmobile66/Batmobile66Top.htm (1219 words)

	Definition of Batmobile
		Eventually, the predominate designs that would remain the norm included being large, dark coloured and often having large tailfins that are scalloped to resemble a bat's wings.
		Although vehicles for the Batman films have been custom built for the purpose, perhaps the most famous Batmobile, the one from the 1960s television show, began life as a concept car called the Lincoln Futura, built nearly a decade earlier.
		The newest version, said to be the Batmobile of the 21st Century, owes more to military vehicles and SUVs than to cars in its design.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Batmobile (384 words)

	The First 'real' Batmobile was a Cadillac! [Archive] - Cadillac Owners (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lacking the funding of later Batman projects, the "Batmobile" was simply a factory-stock convertible.
		For the 1943 serial, a 1939 Cadillac was used as both the Batmobile and as Bruce Wayne's personal car.
		06-13-05, 04:11 PM I heard that the batmobile in the 60's was a Lincoln concept car that the guy bought from Ford for $1 because the guys at Ford thought it was useless.....
	www.cadillacforums.com /forums/cadillac-forum/t-42876.html (281 words)

	Mattel recalls more than 300,000 Batmobiles - Apr. 15, 2004
		Mattel is recalling the Batmobile B4944 after reports that the pointy rear tail wings caused injury to young children.
		The rear tail wings of the Batmobile are made of rigid plastic and come to a point, which pose a potential puncture or laceration hazard to young children, the agency said.
		So the Batmobile toy revs up at the same time that the cartoon car is ready to go on the TV screen, and the Batman action figure interacts in real time with the new Warner Bros. Batman series out this fall.
	money.cnn.com /2004/04/14/news/fortune500/mattel_batmobile/index.htm (477 words)

	Batmobile Die-Cast Cars \| Cool Stuff \| SCI FI Weekly
		Perhaps the most famous Batmobile owed by the Caped Crusader was the one he used in his TV show in the 1960s.
		Many companies have produced Batmobiles since that time, the most famous being from the recent series of films, but within the past year Corgi has re-entered the fray with a series of Batmobiles in 1:43 scale.
		The 1940s Batmobile is a bulky, round vehicle indicative of its era, with sleek red stripes along a glossy fl body.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/cool/sfw1270.html (0 words)

	www.myspace.com/batmobillly
		In 1985 the first Batmobile album was released, which led to international recognition.
		Batmobiles own contribution on the album is called Baby Go Back Home.
		In 2003 'A Tribute to Batmobile part 2' was released and the band recorded the song Deep Down for it.
	www.myspace.com /batmobillly (762 words)

	The History of the Batmobile \| MetaFilter
		May 24, 2005 11:04 AM The History of the Batmobile "Batman first appeared in May of 1939 in Detective Comics #27, and although the first true Batmobile did not appear for another two years, it has become one of the Dark Knight's best known weapons." (via)
		I love that in the early serials the difference between the Batmobile and Bruce Wayne's normal car was top up vs. top down.
		The pinnacle of the batmobile is this one from the 1989 movie starring one of the best bat men ever, Michael Keaton.
	www.metafilter.com /42242/The-History-of-the-Batmobile (526 words)

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