so is this this the ORIGINAL that they sold at the Barrett Jackson auction for all those MILLIONS of dollars bacfk then, or is this just another one of those replicas?????
Right you are in your observation. This Batmobile is a replica. The Batmobile sold at the Barrett-Jackson Suction was, in fact, original Batmobile #1. It is owned by a gentleman in Arizona named Richard Champagne, the owner of a major trucking company. @@pizzasubs
You can have a Batmobile too, they build them at Logansport, Indiana at Fiberglass Freaks. They are the only authorized builders by DC Comics. They also rebuilt the #6 original Batmobile. See one driving around town every once and a while...
I was twelve when the original batmobile showed up in my hometown of north bay on the way to toronto cne exhibition. I would if i could get a pic of black beauty as that was my first time i saw bruce Lee and became hooked on kung fu because of him
a simpler and better time, when we didn't have the kind of social problems or national worries and didn't have to worry about social media freaks and North Korea nukes. yeah, back then, entertainment and escapement was fun. You didn't need video games. You could watch shows and then go out and practice your imagination and dress up and explore the world of creativity.
@ BobAdams You and me both brother !!! I watched the TV series growing up in the 70s and fell in love with the Batmobile. Also Batgirl and Catwoman Meeeeeeeeooow. Lolol
The original Green Hornet show car was on display @ the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles for many years. One of the interesting aspects that separates it from the replicas are the 2 brooms, one mounted above each back tire. When lowered into place they obliterated the Black Beauty's tire tracks. Robert Petersen's 1st museum was on Hollywood Blvd. a block north of Grauman's Chinese Theater, and named CARS OF THE STARS.
These cars were a huge part of my youth! And I'm thrilled that so many of the stars actually sat in and signed the Batmobile. But I have to ask... who is this guy and how can he afford to have so many amazing cars? I mean... he's got them all (well, maybe not James Bond's Aston Martin DB5... but maybe it just isn't shown here). What a "super" collection!
I bought an old 77 Mercury marquis 2 door sport that had a 460 in it. That thing would fly on the highway! It had all original adjustable air rear shocks that would lower and raise the rear. It even had the original 8 track player and rear fender skirts that came off.
About 20 years ago I was stuck in traffic in Redondo Beach CA. And saw a car drive by in the opposite direction out of my perifinal vision. When I took a second look I was amazed to see an original Batmobile
This one is missing the 2 pipes which stuck out the back, which were for creating an oil slick. Originally, the Batman TV show was to be shot in B&W, so the original striping was done in white. I learned this from the guy who worked for George Barris and did it. Then they decided to shoot it in color, so the striping had to be redone in red. The 5 original TV Batmobiles were painted in a dull black because reflection wasn't a good idea to be filmed and it would look shiny on camera anyway, without reflection. I guess that it is now years ago, but I met George Barris at the SEMA Show in Vegas. It was the first showing of the restored Monkeemobile and the restored Batmobile #2, made of fiberglass from molds made from Batmobile #1. There were 3 more completed and Barris had atleast 2 more uncompleted shells stack up in back of his shop. Batmobile #2 and the Monkeemobile were restored by the same restoration shop near Sacramento and I met the couple who owned the restoration shop at a local Autorama show on #2's first tour. Their next project was going to be Batmobile #1, which George Barris kept in his possession since he created it. Possibly, this Batmobile replica was made from one of those extra unfinished molds that Barris made?
@@Dude101p It's great when you actually get to meet and talk to the people who built these special cars! It's also been said that the first Batmobile had a top speed of only 25 MPH. It's hard to believe, but, built from the Lincoln Futura, it was made to be a show car and only driven in and out of an event. That's probably why they built 4 fiberglass stunt cars.
This batmobile, which he said was a replica made from molds taken off of the original, is probably from the Fiberglass Freaks shop. They made their own molds from the original car and they are actually licensed by DC to build the replicas. Three of the original cars (2, 3 and 4 if I recall) were mostly used for promotional tours to malls etc. Since people kept touching them and leaving finger prints on the paint jobs, they were covered in black felt while on public display. A batmobile covered in felt, could you possibly get more 1960's than that? :)
@@automatedelectronics6062 As far as I know, George Barris rebuilt the engine, drive train and suspension of the 1955 Futura so it was actually driveable. Car #5, the primary stunt vehicle, was actually a metal car according to an old interview I read somewhere.
I live in NJ...Saw two of this man's Batmobile's exhibited at Asbury Park Boardwalk some yrs-ago...Felt like a kid again 😄!...& John was quite the gentleman in showing me & a few friend's same...Hope to see him again someday!
Love both these cars! Seth Rodger’s Green Hornet wasn’t the best film, but I enjoyed it as a kid. The Imperial is awesome and is a great tribute to the original car. I hear there’s another Green Hornet film being made. Hopefully it will be more faithful.
Having owned the #1 CAR i much prefer it over this reworked model. The orginal car was lent to the Petersen's by me for display. It was later sold by to Petersen's
Before the Batmobile became a big deal , I attended the Beverly Hills car show, held on the lawn of the high school. Barris was there in a brown one piece jumpsuit, where he stayed between the monkee mobile and the bat mobile. This Batmobile in this video is much nicer.
The original builder of the "Batmobile" I believe his name is "George Barris" the top speed was 45 mph he said that they just sped up the film to make the car look like it was going fast..When your a little kid it looked like Batman was flying around going 100 miles per hour it's amazing the tricks Hollywood has even in the 60s..All great cars...👍
My youngins would Absolutely LOVE it!! So would a lot of their teachers. They're all pretty cool there! And come outside to see everyone off and to make sure they leave safely. That is really nice!
People give so much credit to George Barris for building the Batmobile. But just watch the Glen Ford movie "It Started with a Kiss" to see how it looked as the concept car it started as. Barris did so little to it, you can barely tell the difference.
The Green Hornet TV show ran in 1966-1967. I wish the original TV Black Beauty could be recreated. This 2011 Movie Black Beauty isn’t any thing like the original.
12/20/2022{||} Back in the mid-80s, I got to sit in the Bat Mobil when it was in Rapid City, SD for a car show. I was I Hollywood heaven, so to speak, as I sat there. 19 years old, I think... It's too long ago to be exact.
Two awesome cars that I got to relive my childhood with. I live in the next town over and have seen his Batmobile at the Millstone NJ Cars and Coffee. To say it’s a hit is an understatement!! Great video Dennis!!
My dad got to mess around with a Batmobile Barris brought to Detroit in '66. One of my siblings has a Polaroid of George and my dad sitting in the thing, Dad behind the wheel.
Agreed that the TV Batmobile will always be the standard cool as some others might be. The BB was always my favorite. It was my usual car to race on my old Aurora slot track. (also, I like the Green Hornet and Kato as a character team better than Batman & Robin)
I think John was puckering up as Dennis was blowing thru stop signs and doubling the speed limit on those side streets. When you have a few thousand hours into a car it's hard to let someone else drive. Hats off to John he is a true hero!
Holy Toledo Batman I seen someone named Dennis Driving your Whip. As a 7 year old in 1969 I never missed any reruns of Batman series. At least 10 times each episode. Lucky Man Dennis.
The original TV “Green Hornet” show was on ABC for 1/2 hour starting at 7:30 on Friday nights. It was followed by “The Time Tunnel”, a one hour show which also lasted only one season. I’m disappointed to hear that they trashed 25 1966 Imperials in the making of the 2011 movie, especially since they had (Computer graphics imaging) CGI available. Granted, CGI would not have been quite as realistic, but after having seen “The Aviator”, the 2004 biopic about Howard Hughes, movie maker, aircraft developer, and test pilot from the 1920s to 1940s, I say that CGI was good enough.
Fantastic. My favorite car of all. The Batmobile. What a beauty. Saw it 4 times thru the years. Once with Adam West... he was wonderful to my kids with pictures and autographs.
I showed this to my wife so she doesn''t think I'm so nuts for buying a toy of the TV batmobile a year or so ago. At least I didn't have to have the real thing.
I highly doubt they used 29 Imperials. The 4 that "survived" were most likley Imperials to start with. The rest were probably Crown Vics or some other car similar in size to the Imperial that they made to look like the car seen here. That is what has been done in other movies to save money and avoid outrage of car guys who wince at seeing great cars like the Imperial being destroyed.
At 5:57- "Because the driver was Cato (Bruce Lee) the graphics are all in CHINESE!" I don't speak ANY version of Chinese, but I CAN see that ALL of the green lights, toggle switches, red buttons, HAVE IDENTICAL CHINESE TEXT!!!
As a kid in the 70's George Barris kept the Batmobile and Munster cars in his shop storefront on Riverside Drive for years, a friend of mine would kick it at his shop sometimes.
Thanks Dennis.. ALWAYSSS ENJOY you showin off these Cool old cars!!!!! LOVE My Classic Car!!!! (I'm a Car Girl!!! ) Now... off to watch... Warner Brothers. Batman/The Batmobile the Documentary
It's amazing that this guy does all his own filming, sound, editing, producing and directing! At least I assume he does because I've never seen any credits on these shows.
Not really. The production company is MadStache, Inc. and a lot of talented people have been involved over the years in the production of the show. We just never ran credits.
@THROTTLE POWER like where on EARTH would one be able to get such an insider look at such amazing and rare vehicles? I'm sure Dennis can easily make more videos from this gentleman's collection as he seems to have TONNAGE of cool stuff.
Love the Green Hornets car. So super nice. Lots of customization. Beautiful green lights, everything. Awesome!! The Batmobile is incredible!! How amazing. Thank you for this amazing video. 😁🤛👍
The shackles were for rotating the car on the garage floor and where is the Hornet scanner ? Came out of the trunk for Aerial surveillance great time to be a kid !
This was the car that toured the Autorama car shows . I saw it in Detroit the year of the movie. Supposedly this was the only one with guns on the hood .
