Video: Homebrew Batmobile ready to fight crime, compensate for your rotten childhood
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted April 27th 2009 2:49PM
posted April 27th 2009 2:49PM
Of course, the Batman Tumbler we saw a year or so ago is totally bad-ass, but sometimes you need something more suitable for black tie events: cotillions, charity functions, and so forth. This Batmobile (circa Batman Forever) is hand-built by a sculptor named Bob Causey and features a retractable hard top, a high-tech interior (including three LCD displays) and, the builder assures us, is actually road worthy. If anything, this guy should provide the perfect vehicle for your neurosis. Because, let's face it -- this whole donning Lycra Spandex and looking for people to beat up act? It's a cry for help. Video after the break.
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Neurosis, now thats an awesome band.
Needs more nipple.
If you're in the Tallahassee Florida area, you can stop in the Tallahassee Antique Car Museum just off I-10 and see the real original of this Batmobile, along with the original Batcycle, and two other movie Batmobiles. You can also see that stupid Duck that DeVito rode around in as the Penguin. And a bunch of other cars, some very cool, some kind of weird.
The Joel Schumacher movies sucked, though.
This reminds me of the car from The Ambiguously Gay Duo.....doesn't this thing look a *little* phallic?
Truly impressive!
My pal did this one from scratch all by hand, fully drivable with a big block engine.
http://www.thalondesign.com/ - Click 'batwheels'.
This is actually done by the friend of the guy who made the Tumbler. There's a gallery of pics on here of that batmobile http://www.dullam-causey.com/ and the site for the original tumbler is here: http://www.bobdullam.com/
Notice that Dullam is in both, meaning that Bob was a part of both. Really great sculpture work.
Probably can't catch anyone with those 1998 Ford Escort tires...
Why remake a car from one of the worst movies ever?