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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 07:13 AM
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http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/buzz-log-b...e-replicas.html

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Bang! Pow! '60s-Style Batmobile Replicas for Sale



Holy tricked-out ride, Batman! The '60s-style Batmobile is now available -- for those with Bruce Wayne bank accounts -- in life-sized replica form.

DC Comics has officially licensed Fiberglass Freaks to re-create, down to the flame throwers (working, natch), the futuristic car that the Caped Crusader drove in the 1960s TV series.

For $150,000, you too could keep Gotham City safe. Or at least look really, really cool while sitting in traffic.

Each car frame is built around a 1970s Lincoln Town Car. And only eight of these hand-crafted beauties roll off the factory floor each year. Company founder Mark Racop has been perfecting the design pretty much his entire life, way before he got the official go-ahead. According to his website, the Batmobile-obsessive fell in love with the car from the show at the tender age of two.

The cars are road-ready and come equipped with a GM 350 crate engine, Radir wheels with custom bat spinners, and a paint job only a superhero wanna-be could love. And need we mention the bat-wing shaped tail fins? This car gives new meaning to joy ride.

And because these wheels are pimped up, the 1966 Batmobile also comes equipped with some very 2010 additions: a DVD player with LCD screen in the dash (to play re-runs of the series, obviously) and a high-end stereo to blast the "Batman" theme song.

Cape not included.

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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 07:43 AM
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Would I buy one? Nope headshake.gif
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 07:48 AM
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there is one of those replicas around here in ABQ that I see driving around every so often.. looks like a pretty good replica too as far as how extensive it resembles the original inside and out.. but the work on it doesn't look anything CLOSE to 150k$ worth. the one around here is most likely one of the cheaper kits around the web, but still looks like the original.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 08:15 AM
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No thanks. For $150k I could get something I'd enjoy MUCH better...
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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QUOTE (turbosocks @ Sep 30 2010, 08:48 AM)
there is one of those replicas around here in ABQ that I see driving around every so often.. looks like a pretty good replica too as far as how extensive it resembles the original inside and out.. but the work on it doesn't look anything CLOSE to 150k$ worth. the one around here is most likely one of the cheaper kits around the web, but still looks like the original.


lol last time i saw that one

it had a cloud of white smoke dumping out of one of the exhaust pipes...

and he was cruising it like he was king sh*t
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