Thread: What car??

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A person would sure turn some heads driving one of those.
Of course that may not be such a good thing.
Me and the wife pulled in to a gas station after I had bought her
our 2007 Mustang GT and this guy came up talking a bunch of crap.
This guy started yelling out to other patrons that only people that were
dying for attention would drive a car like that, and started walking around
the car. We have extremly dark tint on the windows and the wife was in the
station and I was sitting in the car,not sure if he knew I was even in there.
Anyway he was driving a beat up mid 80's montecarlo that faded brown and had
tires and rims on it that were two sizes to small. Anyway here are some photo's
of our attention getter. The color is grabber orange. HE! HE! HE! Kurt


http://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtvara/page6/

Okay... Three minutes to answer, and no Googling! :-)

What was the Batmobile... before it was the Batmobile?

I had heard it was a pontic Bonnoville but then I was corrected.
But I can't remember what it was!!!
Kurt

The three minutes is up! :-)~

The car was formerly a factory showcar called the "Lincoln Futura". If you look close you will see that Merc styling from the '50s.

The movie company had George Barris convert it. He also pulled molds for fiberglass copies, which were also used in the production of the series.

As A kid in the late '50s/early sixties I bought the Revell model kit of the futura. I got back into modeling about 15 years ago, and when the kit was rereleased, I put a new copy on the shelf. :-) Who says you can't go back? I'll see if I can post a picture....

I would have never guessed that.
Kurt

I guess it depends on when you started watching. I remembered their car as a '53 Ford. Here's a photo of our beloved crimebusters peeling out from the police station garage on their way to fight the bad guys....

An 1966 Imperial called Black Beauty