I got to meet George Barris in the late 90s. He was signing autographs at the old car museum in Daytona Beach Florida where he had donated one of his Batmobiles. He was such a cool guy. He loved the fans and would answer any question you had about anything he had built.
I met George Barris in Southern California in the early 2000's. A truly nice man willing to talk and give an autographed a poster for me. A wonderfully memorable experience for me !!!
Years ago in the mid 80's, I was trained to prep a car for paint, from water sanding the primer, to the paint and the clear coat, by the man who originally painted the 1st batmobile: Raymond Gregoire. This is in tribute to him!!!!
'AMAZING' insight to the original and creative genius of George Barris, King of Kustoms. "HOLY-CAR CUSTOMIZING" A must for any fan, enthusiast of cars, TV and movie. BANG-WOW-ZAP...Mr. Barris remains the standard for all....and he is the kindest person you will ever meet. Thank you George for sharing.
As a six year old in 1966, I had my father take me to the NY car show thinking that of course the Bat Mobile was going to be there....I mean, why would anyone have a car show if the Bat Mobile would not be there? I recall John Lenon's 's car with a bath tub in it..but, sadly, no Bat Mobile.
I had heard that Bob Kane had heard that a Ford Futura would become the Batmobile virtue TV show, and sent Barris a design that was largely adopted. Kane's own vision of the Batmobile could be seen in Batman comics in 1968 and 1969.
man when the show came on i was always eager and ready, no idea itd impress me so much. my mama even sowed me a costume to wear of Robin. That alone deserved for me to be my utmost in life.
It's kinda cute how George doesn't know the difference to this day between ejector and injector seats. Every interview I've seen of him he says "injector" seats... cute... RIP George...
En la serie de tv de los 70's,me volvía loco de gusto,mirar el Batimóvil más cuando salían de la baticueva,lanzando fuego por la parte de atrás.Q bellos recuerdos del Dúo Dinámico,bendita adolescencia mirando las series de Batman y Robin
I'm 57 years old, in 1966, I was 5, Batman was one of my favorite shows, along with My Mother the car, Get Smart, it the Batmobile always stood w me, I've owned more Black cars w chrome wheels than I could count on both hands
this car was the one everyone my age grew up on....it was the coolest car on t.v at the time and there has not been another since,,,,,when you are young, you are influenced heavily by what you see...i`m sure there is the generation from the general lee, as well as kitt....but this car is the first and there will never be one like it because the original car was never put into production
The general Lee is just a Charger with a push bar and a number on it,its not a custom, they are not even in the same league, to group them together is a joke and it tells you something about the people who would.
The idea of welding the doors shut didn't last long. Most of the episodes they used the doors to get in. Robin would often jump out but still opened the door to get in.
Fun facts I guess, but I always wondered what they did if it was raining in Gotham? I never cared for the car and now I am addicted to the docu-videos of The Tumbler.
Ejector seats not injectors seat George. Also as much as I love this car I'd say this is the 2nd most famous car in the world. The most recognizable car across the globe is The a General Lee.
Batman: So tell me Robin - did you attend Catholic High School? Robin: Yes I did Batman! Batman: Which one? Robin: Holy Canary Batman: And I thought it was "Holy Nativity." Robin: Holy cow - my grades weren't good enough!
Adam West said that the Batmobile was a turd to drive. It was so heavy and slow the film editors had to speed up the film speed to make the car look like it was going fast. It was all for looks.
At an autograph signing with Burt Ward at a Walmart in Rosemead CA if we bought this food Burt was promoting we got to see and sit in the 1966 Batmobile, what a thrill
Who, in their right mind puts a small-block (305) V8 in a car weighing close to 3 tons; material wise ??? That was Michael Keatons " batmobile" back in the 80's....
I find it hard to believe he turned that Lincoln Futura into The Batmobile in just 3 weeks. It would seem even 3 months would not be enough time to complete the job. Why didn't the TV show makers give him more notice of time? And he only paid $1 for the Futura! That was actually a give it away. Who and why does Ford/Lincoln give a car like the Futura away for?
I believe his body shop workers did the customizing while he took the credit. I believe him to be a businessman that grew a nice business but his knowledge of the car and description of how it was created is so sketchy and incoherent. It was more like he owned the business during the build than vs being a guy who actually built it. His SHOP built it. The body men that customized it really are the ones that deserve so much of the credit. My 2 cent.
So where are the other four. Sounds great sell one for 4.2 million and out comes car #2 and so on. Let's see 4.2 million x5 = $22 million dollars. Do we hear car #6 anyone, 7,8, sounds like a racket
That's not even close to the original bat mobile. The real one is in Massachusetts which was purchased for 4.6 million. The bat mobile is black and orange not black and red
I love this car and no disrespect to George Barris, but the most famous car in the world is The General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard TV show. The General Lee rules!
this guy is more annoying than anything. He seems to remember history his own way, which always incudes him as the guy who had all the ideas, and the guy who single handedly created this car..
