Holy Hot Rods Batman!
Batman, aka “The Caped Crusader”, was apparently inside checking out the SEMA Show; perhaps looking for crime, or possibly seeking a new ride. Either way, we were strolling the SEMA parking lot when we noticed his car innocently parked among the other cool rides of mere mortals.
Coming or going - this car is a classic slice of television history, and clearly a car ahead of it’s time.
The famed Batmobile was created by the great George Barris. You may remember that we met up with Mr. Barris, the King of Kustomizers, at the Temecula Fall Car Show & Old Time Cruise 2006 a while back. He had the Munsters Coach with him then. This time it’s the Batmobile and the Monkeys Mobile, which we’ll bring you in an upcoming post. We’re told by the people at Barris Kustom Productions that this may be the last time the Batmobile will be shown in its original, yet well preserved, condition. It, like many of Barris’ creations are being restored to their former glory (or maybe even a notch or two above). We’ll bring you more as we get it - that and the recently restored Monkeys Mobile. Hey, Hey… it’s the Monkeys - riding in style.
Cheers for now.
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November 4th, 2006 21:18
[…] A couple posts back, we showed you the original Batmobile from the 1960’s TV series. Ever since, Batman has become a virtual “Where’s Aldo” of super heroes at the biggest car show going. Figures too, since there are a lot of heroes at SEMA Show. The automotive industry is full of them and a show this big is bound to have a few - bo famous and infamous customizers alike are everywhere. How can anyone - super heroes or mere mortals - ever resist checking out the cars of SEMA? So we wondered… if Batman where looking for a car, where would he go? Then we found Project Gotham; once a humble Ford Explorer, and now… […]