Well, that was exciting. We just watched the original Batmobile sell for
a shocking $4,620,000, after all fees have been assessed. That makes
this the most expensive vehicle sold (so far) here at the 2013
Barrett-Jackson car auction. Impressive.
via: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/19/original-1966-batmobile-sells-for-an-amazing-4-620-000-at-barre/
El coche futurista utilizado en la famosa serie de televisión Batman ha
sido vendido en una subasta por 4,62 millones de dólares (3,5 millones
de euros). El vehículo utilizado por el superhéroe de los cómics para
combatir el crimen fue construido por George Barris, quien en 1955
compró un Lincoln Futura en un depósito de chatarra por solo un dólar y lo transformó en uno de los coches más reconocibles de la historia
del entretenimiento. El Batimóvil fue utilizado en la serie Batman
emitida entre 1966 y 1968. Aunque el comprador no ha sido identificado
formalmente, algunos medios de comunicación estadounidenses se lo
asignan al millonario dueño de una compañía de logística con base en la
ciudad de Tempe, en Arizona, Rick Champagne.
The one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was originally created by a design team at Ford Motor Co.'s
Lincoln styling department. The 19-foot-long, two-seat, bubble-topped
grand touring car prototype was entirely hand-built in 1954 by Ghia Body
Works in Turin, Italy, and unveiled in its original pearlescent
"frost-blue" white paint finish in 1955 at the Chicago Auto Show.
In late 1965, 20th Century Fox
Television and William Dozier's Greenway Productions tapped Barris to
come up with a car to foil Batman's enemies. Barris, who also made the
Munster Koach and "Beverly Hillbillies" jalopy from the 1960s TV shows, turned out a monster.
The car features bulletproof Plexiglas bubble windshields and the Bat
Ray (dual 450-watt laser beams that blasted obstacles to bits). It also
has a Bat-O-Meter, which identified the location of the bad guys, as
well as oil squirters (fashioned from lawn sprinkler heads) to foil
evildoers.
Barris said he transformed the Lincoln in just 15 days for $15,000.
"I saw the script and it said, 'Bang,' 'Pow,' 'Boom,' " Barris, now
87, said. "That's exactly what I wanted the car to do. I wanted it to be
as big a character as the actors."
Selling the car is bittersweet for Barris. It's been his trademark
for years. His cellphone's ring tone is a familiar theme song: "Na na na
na na ... Batman."
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