The original Batmobile from the 60's TV show sold at the B-J auction for $4.62 MILLION!



Built from a Ford throw away!

 

And that's a lot of money to throw away too. It's no wonder why the average joe can't afford things when the rich can drive the prices up like that. I wonder if he dresses up like batman too,lol

 

Now he just needs to pickup a Batcave. I read on another forum he was going to store it inside his house.

What model Ford did it begin as?

 

Don't be so bitter about being outbid John.

 

I watched that unfold and the interview with the guy afterwards. While he paid 4.2 million for it he basically stated he would have paid much more. His comment was to the effect of " I wasn't going to leave without it".

I like seeing the different cars come across at B-J and there are plenty I would love to have. I could have bought every car on my wish list for $4.2 and had money left over to build a place to house them. I also thought of it in terms of some of the more expensive cars to come across the block. $200k is pretty serious money and buys a very nice classic. I could have bought twenty - $200,000 cars for what he paid for the Batmobile. Holy Cobras and Corvettes, Batman!

 

Did you see the custom 56 Ford pickupgo for 200,000 !!!

 

It was originally a Ford styling show car, the Futura, from 1954-5.



Batmobile | Hemmings Blog: Classic and collectible cars and parts


I watched the auction, too. It was interesting as the guy who won was bidding against a guy sitting right in front of him. After the bidding got up to 4.2 mill, he pulled out a coin and asked the other guy if he'd flip for it and they agreed. He flipped the coin, asked the other guy to call it and the caller lost. The guy was happy, and his wife seemed even happier. Later, the tv folks interviewed him asking what he was going to do with it. Initially he said he was going to keep in in his garage, then jokingly said he would park it in his living room.

The 4.62 mil price tag published is after auction fees added.

 

All I can come up with is WOW!!!

 

Reportedly FoMoCo sold the Futura to Barris for $1.00!

 

Barris got gypped IMO

 

Man! You guys bring this up and don't post a link to it. Where are your heads.
The Original #1 Batmobile | Salon Collection
Be careful going to the Barrett-Jackson site. There are lots of pretty cars.

Then you search for trucks and find this:

and this:
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...ln=142&aid=466
And check out the color on this one. Not sure I like it, but it is unique.
1956 FORD F-100 Lot 156 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
For all you panel guys check this one out:
1948 FORD F-1 Lot 411 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company

What were we talking about???? I got distracted with truck ****.

 

The dude that bought the Batmobile owns a trucking company I read...

 

I suppose it's an icon but living in Cali, I've seen the car up close over the decades. It's pretty crude.

I read today that George Bush auctioned off his farm truck and raised 300K for a military charity.

 

It always was rough, it was built in just two weeks to meet the studio deadline. The Futura was already about 15 years old and pretty rough by the time the conversion started. Barris didn't build it he subbed it out to Cushenbury because he could meet the deadline, but he always took the credit for it. The studio hated working with George Barris, but since he owned the Futura they had no choice.

 

I seem to recall the same story with the monkey-mobile. He didn't build it but took credit for it.