So George Barris has some pocket money....

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:23 am

Watched the Barret Jackson auction last night and the original batmobile came up on the line and it was causing quite a buzz. George should be happy now, it brought 4.2 million. THAT was impressive to watch. 3 interesting items....

> Barris has owned the car since day one
> An "expert" predicted the batmobile would only go for ~200k. Yeah, they were off by a little

> The new owner said is was going to tear down a wall and put the car in his living room

I was a Batman fan back in the day. I remember sitting in the den where the TV was with my mom on Thursday and Friday evenings watching the 2 part Batman show for the week while eating those old school foil covered TV dinners on TV trays. The peas sucked....

Wow, I'm old :mrgreen:

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:22 pm

I wish I had caught it.

"Barris said he customized the Lincoln into the Batmobile in 15 days at a $15,000 cost."

Whoa. That's impressive.

I'm so out of touch, when I saw that on facebook I thought of the '89 version with Keaton. :lol:

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:10 pm

waitaminnit.

You mean this guy Barris converted a Lincoln into a Batmobile in 15 days... then sold it for $4.2 million? This is not an original set piece from the show, but a "tribute" car? Wow, someone used to have more money than sense. And now deservedly has less money.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:01 pm

and he looks like a genious today too!

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:01 pm

It's the real deal and he's the original builder who built it in 1965.

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/l ... ?track=rss

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:13 pm

Oh....OK. Whew. That makes better sense to me. Still wouldn't buy it, though.

<----thought the car in question was an E9 CSL

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Three notes about the Batmobile.

1) Barris didn't start with just any Lincoln, FoMoCo gave him the 1955 Lincoln Futura show car as the starting point.

2) Accounting for inflation, that $15,000 budget would be more like $110,000 today.

3) They sold the first production 2014 Corvette a little earlier in the auction. Rick Hendrick bought it for $1,050,000. Exactly 1/4th the price of the Batmobile. :lol:

George Bright · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:29 pm

My brother in law's folks lived in Atlanta back in the day when they were filming the Batman show. His Dad would see it every once in a while when they were getting exterior shots.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:13 pm

I was a huge fan of the original show when I was a kid also Rodney so I guess I'm old too. IMO the original car looks the best by a long shot. That's damned impressive to know it was built in just 15 days.

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:38 pm

RodneyWright wrote:

I was a Batman fan back in the day. I remember sitting in the den where the TV was with my mom on Thursday and Friday evenings watching the 2 part Batman show for the week while eating those old school foil covered TV dinners on TV trays. The peas sucked....

Wow, I'm old :mrgreen:

Same here Rodney. Salisbury steak and fake mashed potato TV dinners, Batman, Man from Uncle, etc...

I think Barret Jackson charges a 10% sellers fee for reserve auctions and then a 10% buyers fee, so I suppose they are the ones who really won this thing. $840,000 to sell the thing. So now the buyer hopes there is a bigger fool somewhere, sometime in the future who will pay more than $4.6M plus costs to allow him to profit. Or if he brings it back to B-J, then an even bigger fool that would pay more than $5m just so the guy could break even.

I think I want to run an auction house....

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:19 am

Rodney,

I thought of you when watching this cross the block

http://www.barrettjackson.com/applicati ... 14&aid=466

Somehow I don't think you got quite that much for your old Olds.

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:01 am

Ryan Holton wrote:

Rodney,

I thought of you when watching this cross the block

http://www.barrettjackson.com/applicati ... 14&aid=466

Somehow I don't think you got quite that much for your old Olds.

I still regret selling that car, big mistake. And you're right, my sell price was a little shy of the 350k that 442 sold for

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:40 am

I'm Batman.............. :lol:

Kraft spaghetti and meatballs here............

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

I was watching this show in syndication when I was little you old bastards.

RobLupella · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:30 pm

Steven Carter wrote:

Oh....OK. Whew. That makes better sense to me. Still wouldn't buy it, though.

<----thought the car in question was an E9 CSL

Still doesn't make sense. BJ is as big a made for TV scam as anything going. They are in part responsible for bidding up the price of cars along with their shills on SPEED to the stupid prices. People with more money than brains. It is fun to think of all the people who paid stupid money during the bubble for junk.

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