Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/30/batmobile_for_sale/
Buy your own Batmobile
$150k for a caped cruise-aider
Posted in Science, 30th September 2010 15:57 GMT
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The original 1960s Batmobile was the dream car for a generation of superhero fans. Now for $150,000, American company Fiberglass Freaks [1] will build you one.
Officially licensed, the Batcar [2] take six months to build and features a red flashing beacon, a radar screen, a retractable gold coloured Batbeam and a dashboard DVD player - presumably to watch Adam West while you act like him.
For an added touch, the flamethrower effect, caused by the Batmobile's turbine engine has been reproduced with a boot-mounted propane tank.
Holy insurance premium, Batman!
The original Lincoln Futura [3], on which the Batmobile is based, never saw production, but Mark Racop, founder of Fiberglass Freaks, fulfilled his lifelong dream to produce one in 2004 after he picked up a body shell on eBay. This formed the basis for the design.
100 per cent road-legal, the chassis and mechanical parts come from a Lincoln Town Car, while a decorative fibreglass body completes the look.
They don't come with a butler unfortunately, so you'll have to get your own Alfred to do the cleaning.
The license from DC Comics [4] only allows eight cars to be produced per year, and the first is up for auction on eBay. So go on, be a bit batty, get your wallets out, put your pants over your trousers and start to feel like a Superhero.
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