| The Making of the Batmobile |
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| Saturday, 09 April 2011 08:10 |
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Barris's credits, for the record, include Back to the Future's DeLorean, the A-Team van, and Knight Rider's Kitt.
"I wasn't really aware of Batman before making the car," he says. "I knew the comic books, I guess, but had no idea it was going to turn into such a big thing. I had three weeks to conceptualize and build it. The only idea they had was to cut out a bat face and stick it on the front of a Lincoln. Ridiculous!"
Explains the article, "Barris had a long-standing relationship with Ford and owned a concept car called the Lincoln Futura — an outlandishly long, bubble-windowed coupe hand-built in Italy. It became the base."
From there, wings were added thar rose over the beltline, having begun at the middle of the doors, leading to a sharp rake Read more: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/mediageek/news/?a=34919&t=The_Making_of_the_Batmobile |
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