The Number 1 car was the only car used on the show. There were three additional cars built with fiberglass bodies pulled from a mold that was created from the original. They were used for shows and exhibitions. The Number 4 car was also an exhibition dragster. The fifth car was obtained by George Barris, but built by someone else. It was a steel bodied, highly modified 1958 Ford Thunderbird. It was close in appearance, but not close enough for me to have put a bat on the side. There was no sixth car.
Back in 1983, Bob Butts of "Fantasy Cars" bought no. 5 car from Barris (mashed under two other cars out back) and restored it. I was able to drive it "across the street" to take pictures. And yes, only the modified Futura show car was used on the show. Barris had to make the others to satisfy the car show circuit. One had "batfuzz" on the body.
@@paulm.newitt3246 Cool story. I've seen a couple of the show cars, one with fuzz and one without. The fuzz was an easy way to hide fine cracks in the fiberglass. I don't think any of the cars have fuzz anymore.
Jay Dee below is correct... the #1 car which was made from the Futura Concept car was the only Batmobile used when filming the entire series. with the exception of one scene in the "Contaminated Cowl" episode, in which the #4 car was on screen for about 2 seconds, sitting in the batcave, in the background of the shot.. The Futura was a steel, car not fiberglass as Randall says below... It was designed int 1954 built in 1955 in Turin Italy. and toured the world as a concept car at the new cars shows and events. It was used in the movie "It Started With A Kiss" starring Debby Reynolds and Glenn Ford, in 1959. It sat in Barris' back lot from then until it was converted to the Batmobile. The other 3 replicas that Barris built were for appearances at cars shows and such, with the #4 being built specifically to do exhibition runs at Drag Strips around the country... It was hauled to events and driven by Wild Bill Shrewsberry .. The fabled #5 car was built by a fan and purchased by Barris and also used for appearances mostly on the east side of the country.. There was no #6 Barris car.. The Batmobile that is currently at Barris Kustom City is a Bob Butts replica, which Barris Purchased. The #1 Batmobile is in Fairfax, Virginia, in the private collection of Dave Anderson.. My best guess is that the car in this video was build by Don Currie in BC Canada.
Met Adam West at convention centre car show about 1983 or 1984? and got autographed (pre autographed/massed produced photo) picture of him and the batmobile. The only part he really signed was to my pal Mark. That may have been part of the photo and all he signed was my name. Have took a real photo of him and my 3 year old sister. She says she still remembers it.
I have the same pre autographed photo. Obtained in person in Denver in 1985. A World of Wheels event. A Batmobile was close by. I asked Adam West to sign it "Doug Stewart in Denver" and he did. No one else in line. Usually people ask how do you spell your last name? Since it's either Stewart or Stuart, like Gloria Stuart, old Rose in the movie Titanic. But since he signed it correctly I just said thank you and left. Adam West didn't say anything. Why is still a mystery? Of course it would have been great to chat with him, since nobody else was waiting in line. I still have the autographed photo. It's been carefully stored over the 39 years and is a very treasured keepsake.
@@DougStewart-eg6wl My little sister says she remembers our meeting him, but it may just be me talking about it and showing her the photos. Still kinda neat!
I worked on one of these in Chicago many years ago. It had been covered in felt and every time it was shown a crew had to go around and pick the lintel off and run lint rollers over it. This car had a 66 Ford Galaxy chassis with a 427 auto. Some one crushed one of the tube header pipes and I ran pipes from the collector back to the flame throwers.
I love the Batmobile too. If you Batman fans want a beautiful model of the Batmobile there's one by Polar Lights in 1/24 scale. I'm finishing mine now!
My daughters and I met and spoke with Mr. BARRIS at the Detroit Autorama in 2001... he ALLOWED us behind the velvet ropes to sit in the Batmobile...he then turned on all the flashing lights and allowed me to push and activate the "bat beam" ... we then took pictures with my 2 girls with Mr. BARRIS in his iconic yellow coat !! Along side of the Batmobile !!! WE then met Adam West and he was absolutely marvelous to me and the girls.... 20 years ago. Seems like yesterday.
There was one of the 1966 Batmobiles at FanExpoCanada 2016 in Toronto; for $20 Canadian (about $15 US at the time) you got to sit in it & have several photos taken. Of course I did it! It was similar to this one, with the round speedometer, but I do not recall seeing any of the blue colored switches nor that smaller gauge on the dash, and the Batphone was in much better shape. I did bang the back of my head getting into it though.
@@bubbajay7522 The Futura Concept car was a Metal Car. All the conversion to turn it into the Batmobile was done in metal by Gale Black, who worked for Barris. The #1 Batmobile is all metal.. The three replicas that were built at Barris' shop were Fiberglass.
@@billsmetal correct. but the futura was not MADE BY Barris. Barris customized the car, but he didnt make it. Ford made that car. all the rest were fiberglass like you said.
The Number 1 car was the only car used on the show. There were three additional cars built with fiberglass bodies pulled from a mold that was created from the original. They were used for shows and exhibitions. The Number 4 car was also an exhibition dragster. The fifth car was obtained by George Barris, but built by someone else. It was a steel bodied, highly modified 1958 Ford Thunderbird. It was close in appearance, but not close enough for me to have put a bat on the side. There was no sixth car.
Back in 1983, Bob Butts of "Fantasy Cars" bought no. 5 car from Barris (mashed under two other cars out back) and restored it. I was able to drive it "across the street" to take pictures. And yes, only the modified Futura show car was used on the show. Barris had to make the others to satisfy the car show circuit. One had "batfuzz" on the body.
@@paulm.newitt3246 Cool story. I've seen a couple of the show cars, one with fuzz and one without. The fuzz was an easy way to hide fine cracks in the fiberglass. I don't think any of the cars have fuzz anymore.
The original batmobile didn't have a full around steering wheel.. from the 9 oclock position to the 3 oclock position was cut off
Jay Dee below is correct... the #1 car which was made from the Futura Concept car was the only Batmobile used when filming the entire series. with the exception of one scene in the "Contaminated Cowl" episode, in which the #4 car was on screen for about 2 seconds, sitting in the batcave, in the background of the shot.. The Futura was a steel, car not fiberglass as Randall says below... It was designed int 1954 built in 1955 in Turin Italy. and toured the world as a concept car at the new cars shows and events. It was used in the movie "It Started With A Kiss" starring Debby Reynolds and Glenn Ford, in 1959. It sat in Barris' back lot from then until it was converted to the Batmobile. The other 3 replicas that Barris built were for appearances at cars shows and such, with the #4 being built specifically to do exhibition runs at Drag Strips around the country... It was hauled to events and driven by Wild Bill Shrewsberry .. The fabled #5 car was built by a fan and purchased by Barris and also used for appearances mostly on the east side of the country.. There was no #6 Barris car.. The Batmobile that is currently at Barris Kustom City is a Bob Butts replica, which Barris Purchased. The #1 Batmobile is in Fairfax, Virginia, in the private collection of Dave Anderson.. My best guess is that the car in this video was build by Don Currie in BC Canada.
Met Adam West at convention centre car show about 1983 or 1984? and got autographed (pre autographed/massed produced photo) picture of him and the batmobile. The only part he really signed was to my pal Mark. That may have been part of the photo and all he signed was my name. Have took a real photo of him and my 3 year old sister. She says she still remembers it.
I have the same pre autographed photo. Obtained in person in Denver in 1985. A World of Wheels event. A Batmobile was close by. I asked Adam West to sign it "Doug Stewart in Denver" and he did. No one else in line. Usually people ask how do you spell your last name? Since it's either Stewart or Stuart, like Gloria Stuart, old Rose in the movie Titanic. But since he signed it correctly I just said thank you and left. Adam West didn't say anything. Why is still a mystery? Of course it would have been great to chat with him, since nobody else was waiting in line. I still have the autographed photo. It's been carefully stored over the 39 years and is a very treasured keepsake.
@@DougStewart-eg6wl My little sister says she remembers our meeting him, but it may just be me talking about it and showing her the photos. Still kinda neat!
I worked on one of these in Chicago many years ago. It had been covered in felt and every time it was shown a crew had to go around and pick the lintel off and run lint rollers over it. This car had a 66 Ford Galaxy chassis with a 427 auto. Some one crushed one of the tube header pipes and I ran pipes from the collector back to the flame throwers.
RIP ADAM WEST LEGEND YOU GAVE ME A LOT OF FOND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
I love the Batmobile too. If you Batman fans want a beautiful model of the Batmobile there's one by Polar Lights in 1/24 scale. I'm finishing mine now!
I remember seeing every single episode of "BATMAN" when Batman had to drive the Batmobile
My daughters and I met and spoke with Mr. BARRIS at the Detroit Autorama in 2001... he ALLOWED us behind the velvet ropes to sit in the Batmobile...he then turned on all the flashing lights and allowed me to push and activate the "bat beam" ... we then took pictures with my 2 girls with Mr. BARRIS in his iconic yellow coat !! Along side of the Batmobile !!! WE then met Adam West and he was absolutely marvelous to me and the girls.... 20 years ago. Seems like yesterday.
Can't get enough of this BATMOBILE
OH would I love to try driving the Batmobile. Truly the realization of my boyhood dreams.
The dude looked so Happy when he was behind the wheel cruising around. I know I would have spunked...
Such a beautiful car..
The Batmobile started and ran like a 1960 Chrysler 383 Golden Lion Windsor. I rode in the four door Batmobile.
There was one of the 1966 Batmobiles at FanExpoCanada 2016 in Toronto; for $20 Canadian (about $15 US at the time) you got to sit in it & have several photos taken. Of course I did it! It was similar to this one, with the round speedometer, but I do not recall seeing any of the blue colored switches nor that smaller gauge on the dash, and the Batphone was in much better shape. I did bang the back of my head getting into it though.
In one episode Batman was slipped a mickey and Robin was taken by the Riddler and police said to Batman give us the key you are in no condition !
That has to be the coolest car ever
None of the Batmobiles had the top spoils lit up like this one does.
This is one of The Best Batmobile of All Time ☺️
How cool would it be to drive the Batmobile. I would love to do that myself. Cool video.
Amazing metal work by Barris !! A long lost art !!!!
That's right !
I was born many years to late in 1961 😢
But still love it since my childhood . Why there are not more fans around this world ??
Barris never made any metal- body batmobiles.
@@bubbajay7522 The Futura Concept car was a Metal Car. All the conversion to turn it into the Batmobile was done in metal by Gale Black, who worked for Barris. The #1 Batmobile is all metal.. The three replicas that were built at Barris' shop were Fiberglass.
@@billsmetal correct. but the futura was not MADE BY Barris. Barris customized the car, but he didnt make it. Ford made that car. all the rest were fiberglass like you said.
The original Batmobile was sold at auction for $4.6 million dollars..
I was out bidded 😁
That's it, back to Winnipeg!
Excellent Beautiful Sublime Inmortal the Batman Rules Forever 🦇🦇🦇
Thank You Very Much
In one video I heard there were two originals from the TV series, then three, and now in this one they say 6 originals. What?
Wow most exciting TV car ever
Good looking car...
Not the original car.
Looooove your video,I have a beautiful Metal Model of The Batmobile from the TV show,& it lights up 👍
You want to sell ?
Acker Schnacker , no it's not for sale
Go to Google Maps on the search go to 138 Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park, NY you will see the Batmobile parked out side
Awesome.
not any more.
@@bubbajay7522 its there- click on the little blue circle & it brings up the pic
newsman, you're not sitting in 'The" car ..lol
AWESOME!!!
I'll bet it's a trip on the freeway!
Replica
Wish I had the money
a v3 model, but large
That can't be the original car ....
He said it was one of the replicas used in the show. There was the Number 1 car, and they made 5 more for different purposes when filming the show.
I will pay for a drive test in the Batimobil 5 minutes is ok
I don't believe that even the original car was "all metal" because the Lincoln Futura was fiberglass.
the #1 car, made from the Futura was metal, all the other ones after that were fiberglass.
Not even a "Good" copy!
I can’t stand when people say suposibly.