jaunty75

Somebody here buy this.

Anyone care to speculate on what it will sell for?

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/feature...12&rid=3400133

DENT

Cool car , take it to your local cruse night . As far as price? could go anywhere,I'll guess $145.000.

jaunty75

I agree that it will be north of $100,000. Maybe $250,000?

jensenracing77

This will also appeal to markets outside of car collectors. I bet it goes north of $250K. But i am also not a very good betting man.

slantflat

At 87 years old I guess George Barris has decided it's time to thin the collection.

I hope there is copious amounts of documentation that goes and stays with the car, as there are several people already that claim they own the original Batmobile. I'd hate for this car to be lost to history, right in front of our noses.

stan 65 cutlass

my favorite car of all time. there is a few copies around town here actualy, saw this outside work one day. have seen em getting gas too, thats a real headturner


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stevengerard

This thing has too much provenance (Fixed)and fan following not to capture big bucks - I'm guessing over 500K

Radarman68

check out http://www.1966batmobile.com/background2.htm for some interesting background and pictures..

UK RUSS 1960 OLDS

Hi Guys,

Had one sell over here in the UK last year at the Brooklands Historic Car Auction 03-03-2011.

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Cheers.

Russ.

cutlassjim

I'm going way out there and guessing 2 mil.

stevengerard

Youse talken to me? Fixed

jaunty75

I'll delete my post, then!

Redog

It will go for 7 figures, easy

Allan R

I don't think so. Other custom work done by Barris has been flogged on the web over the past couple years and never brought the money you guys are suggesting. The only thing that will make that car $$ skyrocket is a bidding war between Commissioner Gordon and the Joker. IMO? 6 figures very likely, but not high. Although he's easily recognized for his unique talent and creations, I don't think Barris has the popularity he had back in the day.

cutlassjim

Some of the people who liked the original show from the 1960s' have very deep pockets now, and we are talking about the original, what all the others were copied from. From the original customizer, who all others copy from. We will see in a month or so.

tru-blue 442

Ummm, Uhhh, 325K?

UK RUSS 1960 OLDS

Hi Guys,

A lot of the old Barris cars are over here in the UK and all belong to a guy i know, Gary Hillman. Another mate of mine, a friend of some 35 years, Dave Woodfield does a lot of the maintainence and restoration work on Gary's cars.

Unless anything has changed recently Gary owns, Sand Draggin, Alvins Acorn, Sidewinder, Pool Hustler, Bunk Beds, Bugaloos, Snake Pit, plus a couple of Andy Saunders creations, Runaground and Indecision, he has also got a couple of Amphicars, a couple of speed boats, 1957 Performer Speedboat, 1953 Chris Craft 17' Rocket known as "Gee Wizz" which was built at the Cadillac factory in Michigan to be the star exhibit at the 1953 Boat Show here in the UK. Gary also bought the Peel Motor Car company a few years back.

I have got a few photos of some of the cars which i can post up if anyone is interested. My mate Dave did a lot of the restoration work quite recently on Sand Draggin and Alvins Acorn. Sand Draggin has got an Olds Tornado engine sitting out back, the Hillborn injection was dumped in favour of quad downdraft webbers.

Cheers.

Russ.

aliensatemybuick

I saw this less than 100% faithful replica in Lambertville, NJ about a month and a half ago:

Allan R

Ha, an owner with a sense of humor. Like the costumes

chrisneu68olds

Well that is one thing you can do with an old busted up Ford Escort.

oldsonharmont

Seven figures? 2 Mil.? $325.000? Sorry, not unless you're batsh*t crazy!

citcapp

I wonder if the original Lincoln concept car in original condition would have been worth more. Not many concept left the factory intact

Dave Siltman

I was at a sale at Manheim some years ago and that car was bid to around $200,000.00 (196k to be exact) and did not sell. At that time it was supposedly owned by a museum in Washington D.C. That was at about 10-12 maybe 15 years ago. That car is one of my all-time favorites. There is a company selling bodies to make your own "Gotham Cruiser" and the kits sell for around $7000.00
I think the car will do well, but it really depends on how many people want it and how bad one or two of them REALLY want it.
Barrett-Jackson has a lot to do with how much it will sell for by assigning a prime time slot or just a regular run number. If it is presented with other mega-dollar cars during "Shatter-Day" then the sky is the limit.

tru-blue 442

I was thinking the ORIGINAL car from the 60's.
The one I used to watch on tv after school.
Not that PIECE of freaking Ecort, you batty boy.. BLAMO!

oldsonharmont

I WAS referring to all the price estimates being quoted for the original TV car, not the priceless Escort/Batmobile picture. Who's batty now?

cutlass xombie

The good replicas like the Gotham Cruisers usually go for around $140,000. This being the original #1 I am betting high six figures for sure. I believe the number 3 car went for around half a mil. Should be intersting to see what it goes for....just love this car.

aliensatemybuick

I think whoever buys it should convert it back to the original Futura appearance. If I won the lotto, I'd do it just to watch everyone go batchit crazy!

jaunty75

$4,200,000.

My original prediction was off by only $3,950,000.

ent72olds

The guy who bought it is gonna put it in his living room....I just had to explain to my 7 year old that that car cost about 12X our house....

cutlassjim

I said 2mill, and I was still too low, but I'll take my "BATS''T BOW".

jaunty75

I thought George Barris sounded and looked pretty good for being 88 years old. I hope I'm half that energetic and half that loud when I'm that age, assuming I ever am that age.

tru-blue 442

Ha ha, X12!

Allan R

I had to laugh at Steve Davis saying to George Barris: "Tell us more about the features on that car - we need to make you some more money". Remember that when the bidding 'stalled' at a paltry 2.2 million? I read that as "We're not making enough commission - help us get more". I never in my wildest dreams thought it would go for that kind of money. George looked a little like a deer in the headlights at times, but heck, at his age that's ok especially with the stress and frenzy of the auction right in his face. Now you just have to wonder about the other Kustom Kreations that George has done that just didn't have this exposure? Maybe they'll be showing up on BJ next year and the year after .... They may even become more valuable when he passes. Sort of like the Shelby's (RIP Carroll) I only saw the Batmobile auction in part - Curling was on TSN and it got preference. So I only saw the beginning and snippets in between till the skins game was over.

Buyer premium 10% - 420,000
Seller premium 8% - 336,000
BJ's take on the BMB? 756,000. Not bad for a fifteen minutes of bidding. Anyone know what their overhead is?

After the sale Craig Jackson said he's expecting letters of apology from those who said it was only worth 200K.

krooser

Years ago read a funny story about one guy who worked for Barris and he was hauling that thing around the country when Barris would do personal appearances.

They were somewhere in northern Illinois and the guy had to drive the thing a couple blocks from where the hauler was parked to where they would set-up... got pulled over by the cops. No license... no title... owned by Batman... from Gotham City... funny stuff.

slantflat

Oh but Allan, they said that with just about every car up there tonight. They'd stop the bidding to say, this car should be going for this much... Or, this car is worth more than that. Actually, no, it isn't. The car is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

Allan R

Exactly Mike! Fortunately I've seen enough actual train wrecks I could look away.....

oldcutlass

On a side note, just think of how many really nice cars you can buy for that amount, hmmmmm.

aliensatemybuick

Hopefully now Barris can afford to buy some Polygrip.

stevengerard

Although I think that is absolutely stupid money it doesn't surprise me. This was one of the first iconic cars in television history, only one made in the same hands of the original designer for 40 some years. There were dozens of general lees and even more that can be made to look like it.

And that's the job of the auction house - get more money for the buyer and themselves, the more money they raise the more clients that go to them the richer everyone gets. You either need to be very very disciplined or have enough not to care. Clearly who ever bought this car has the means, would be cool to see it in my living-room. Though if I had that much money to buy that car I'd make an addition to my house that looks like the bat cave with a door that opens up just like the show and I'd drive the heck out of that car (on nice days of course)

Allan R

Yeah, I get that Steven. But that's why the car had a reserve. That's the amount the seller was comfortable with letting it go. You're right, anything after that is gravy and sure more is better. I just never in my wildest dreams expected that kind of coin when I've seen other Barris offerings not even get a sniff in the past. This one was kind of like a feeding frenzy of hungry sharks...With that kind of disposable $$$ I guess it really comes down the the buyers whims. Must be nice.