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the 1960's and a gto. It was a 1966 gto but there a batmobile created for the 1943 movie serial. It looked like a jag but had one fin like a whale fin per my friend who is a real movie buff

2006-09-20 18:28:11 · answer #1 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 0 1

Before the familiar bat-finned cars, the title "Batmobile" was first used on a red convertible in Detective Comics #48 in February 1941. Most of the design was based on the 1936 Cord, though the nose of the car looked more like that of a Lincoln or similar car. The bat mask did not exist yet, but the car did sport a small "bat" hood ornament.

2006-09-21 01:28:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

In 1955, the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company designed and built a futuristic concept car called the Lincoln Futura. It was built entirely by hand in Turin , Italy at a cost of $250,000, and like many concept cars, was never put in to production. Legend has it that sometime in the 60’s, George Barris of Barris Kustom City acquired the car for $1 directly from Ford.

Fast forward to August 1965, the "Batman" TV show producers approached George to have him build a new Batmobile for their upcoming show. The only catch was the car had to be ready for action in a mere three weeks. Seeing the bat-like qualities his Futura already had, George felt it was the perfect answer to the quandary 20th Century Fox had created.

Three weeks later, in October of 1965, the Batmobile was born and television history was made...

2006-09-21 01:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

it was based on the 1936 Cord and came into existence in the comic world in 1941 in the #5 issue.

2006-09-21 01:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by Rach W 1 · 1 0

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