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Original Batmobile Sells for $4.2M

Customized 1955 Lincoln was on Adam West TV show

By the Associated Press

Posted Jan 20, 2013 10:08 AM CST

(AP) – The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series Batman has sold at auction for $4.2 million. A spokeswoman for Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. says the winning bidder has not been disclosed following yesterday's auction. The 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car was used in the Batman TV show that starred Adam West as the Caped Crusader. The car's owner—famed auto customizer George Barris—transformed a one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine.

On the show, it boasted lasers and a "Batphone" and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks. Barris' publicist says his client is pleased with the auction result.

In this October, 2012 photo, famed auto customizer George Barris poses with the original Batmobile in Los Angeles.
In this October, 2012 photo, famed auto customizer George Barris poses with the original Batmobile in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Courtesy Barrett-Jackson/George Barris)
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Bosda
Feb 14, 2013 9:43 AM CST
Now, why doesn't Detroit take the hint, and give us something that looks like that?
Captain_Obvious
Jan 21, 2013 11:55 AM CST
That's a FAKE. The original has red trim. Although I watched in B&W and couldn't tell.
Liberal-Lib
Jan 21, 2013 9:50 AM CST
Sure, the cars in the batman films are cool ( I especially liked the ones in the Michael Keaton movies and especially the ride in "Batman Begins"), but when I think of the batmobile, this sleek-but-cheesy car from the campy series always comes to mind first. As a kid of the 60's and 70's, who wouldn't want to get a ride in this car?  Although, my memory may be a bit faulty here, I thought the car had red piping not yellow.

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