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judge1

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Henry J
« on: October 31, 2009, 10:01:07 PM »
Did I not read at one time the movie industry made a Batmobile using a Henry J or was I just dreaming
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Re: Henry J
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 11:55:41 PM »
The one used on the 60's TV show was made from a Ford show car, which was called the Mystere, I think.  George Barris did the modifications on it.  In some early Batman movies, they used various normal Fords or Mercurys if I remember correctly.
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Re: Henry J
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2009, 09:25:18 AM »
The original Batmobile (from the 1966 TV show) started life as the Lincoln Futura, built in Turin, Italy for the Ford/Lincoln show circuit. Barris bought the car in 1965 for $1 from Ford and turned it into the Batmobile in short order. There have been several replicas built, most on later Lincoln Chassis.

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