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    Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2 million

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    Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2 million Empty Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2 million

    Post by Neno Sun 20 Jan 2013, 3:02 pm

    Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2 million 2013-01-20T055314Z_1_CBRE90J0GDP00_RTROPTP_2_TELEVISION-US-USA-BATMOBILE





    PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man with a special
    fondness for caped crusader Batman and his sidekick Robin bought the
    original Batmobile driven in the iconic television series with a bid of
    $4.2 million at an auction on Saturday.

    Rick Champagne, a Phoenix-area logistics company owner, came away
    with the black, futuristic two-seater featured in the "Batman" series
    starring Adam West and Burt Ward from 1966 to 1968, following a flurry
    of spirited bidding at the Scottsdale, Arizona, auction.

    "I really liked Batman growing up and I came here with the
    intention of buying the car," Champagne, 56, told Reuters in a brief
    interview moments after he bought the car. "Sure enough, I was able to
    buy it. That was a dream come true."

    The Barrett-Jackson auction was the first time the car was put up
    for public sale. In addition to the $4.2 million bid price, the buyer
    will have to pay an additional roughly $420,000 in premiums.

    The Batmobile is based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura, a concept car built in Italy by the Ford Motor Co.

    In 1965, the concept car was bought for a nominal $1 by noted
    customizer George Barris, who had a mere 15 days and $15,000 to
    transform the vehicle for the show. He has owned it ever since.

    Barris told Reuters he had supplied vehicles for movies and
    television shows before, but this one had to be markedly different than
    the others.

    "With every pow, bang, wow, wee, I wanted the car to do something
    just like the actors," said Barris, 87, in an interview before the
    auction. "The car had to be a star on its own. And it became one."

    The car has a V-8 engine and instruments in the steering wheel, plus innovative items like a push-button transmission.

    But generations may remember it best for Bat gadgets added for the
    series, including a car phone and the ability to deploy such things as
    oil, smoke and nails to thwart villains - not to mention twin rear
    parachutes for quick Bat turns.

    Barris said the vehicle toured the country after the series and a
    movie and then was housed in a private showroom in California. He said
    it was time to part with the popular car and let a new owner have the
    Bat keys.

    (Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Beech)



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