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1955 Lincoln Futura: The '66 Batmobile's Secret Identity

The 1955 Lincoln Futura was a one-off, a concept car that demonstrated Ford Motor Company's space-age imagination. And in a way, it did come from the future. A decade later, the Futura became the most famous car on TV as the Batmobile, driven by Adam West's not-so-Dark Knight on the campy Batman series. Indeed, the Lincoln Futura is better known as the Batmobile than it ever was as the Futura.

A Time Of Optimism And Technical Innovation

In the mid-1950s, Americans saw a limitless future ahead of them. It was the so-called Atomic Age, and there was a sense that science was changing our lives faster than ever, and for the better, and Ford’s concept car, the Lincoln Futura, embodied that optimistic spirit.

The Atomic Age or mid-century aesthetic often found inspiration in science fiction. Kitchen appliances looked more and more like robots, chandeliers looked like molecules, and cars aspired to be spaceships.

The Futura was designed by Bill Schmidt and John Najjar. It was hand-built by Ghia in Turin, Italy at a cost of $250,000 or more than $2.3 million in 2019 dollars.

The Lincoln Futura Becomes The Batmobile

In 1965, 20th Century Fox contracted Barris to create the car for the television show Batman, but he was only given three weeks and $15,000 to do so. He decided to work with the Futura, modifying it so that it could appear on the show. The modifications were simple: the fin was extended to the windshield, bat-details were added, and it was painted black with fluorescent cerise trim. The customizing crew also added gadgets, such as the “jet drive,” which was simply a butane tank, and the chain cutter that popped out of the car’s nose.

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1955 Ghia Lincoln Futura

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1955 Lincoln Futura

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1955. Lincoln Futura

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1955 Lincoln Futura concept car

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Bricklin SV-1, 1974. An example of the 1970s Canadian-built, composite-bodied sports car is being offered on Bring A Trailer. It has travelled only 62 miles since it was delivered 48 years ago. Some maintenance has been carried out to keep the car in good working order. Fun fact: the Bricklin was designed Herb Grasse, a graduate of the ArtCenter College of Design who had worked with George Barris on the conversion of the 1955 Lincoln Futura show car into the television Batmobile. Current bidding is at £32,250

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THE BATMOBILE THAT NEVER WAS...The Batmobile that ended up in the late ’60s Batman TV series was a highly customized 1955 Lincoln Futura. But there was also a chance it could have been a Chevy Corvette. According to Randy Leffingwell’s 2012 book Corvette Sixty Years, before the show went into production, its creators approached General Motors’ designers to create their take on the Dynamic Duo’s ride.

The result was this rather silly looking 1967 Corvette. That’s famed GM designer Chuck Jordan sitting on the hood of the Batvette. The modded Corvette’s most prominent features were its not very practical circular rear spoiler, stick-on Bat logos, hood-mounted machine guns, and an enormous 427 engine protruding through its hood.

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1955 Lincoln Futura was the basis for the original 1966 Batmobile

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From the car files: the Lincoln Futura concept car - 1955.

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THE BATMOBILE THAT NEVER WAS...The Batmobile that ended up in the late ’60s Batman TV series was a highly customized 1955 Lincoln Futura. But there was also a chance it could have been a Chevy Corvette. According to Randy Leffingwell’s 2012 book Corvette Sixty Years, before the show went into production, its creators approached General Motors’ designers to create their take on the Dynamic Duo’s ride.

The result was this rather silly looking 1967 Corvette. That’s famed GM designer Chuck Jordan sitting on the hood of the Batvette. The modded Corvette’s most prominent features were its not very practical circular rear spoiler, stick-on Bat logos, hood-mounted machine guns, and an enormous 427 engine protruding through its hood.

#batmobile

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Lincoln Futura concept car, 1955.

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57 years ago today...

"Batman" premiered on ABC TV, January 12th, 1966. The series quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Children were able to watch it as a straight adventure series, while adults could appreciate it's camp sensibilities and dead-pan humor. The series had a colorful pop art style that was unlike anything else on TV. The series also had a huge impact on sales of Batman comics, as well comic books in general, and helped launch Batman into his current status as the most popular comic book character of all time.

The series was originally intended to be an hour long, but ABC only had two half-hour time slots available, so the episodes were split in two. Which the first part of the Episode would leave our Dynamic Duo in a cliff hanger for the BATFAN’s to stay tuned into the the second part of the story and wonder how their Heroes will escape from the rogues gallery of villains

Batman ran three seasons 120 Episodes and the

series spun-off a motion picture in 1966 featuring most of the TV cast.

Principal Cast

Adam West as Batman/Bruce Wayne

Burt Ward as Robin/Dick Grayson

Alan Napier as Alfred

Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon

Stafford Repp as Chief O'Hara

Madge Blake as Aunt Harriet Cooper

Yvonne Craig as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (Season 3 only)

And what would Batman be with out his Villains who portrayed by the Big Names of Stage and Small screen

Main Recurring Comic Book Villains

The Joker (Cesar Romero)

The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)

The Riddler (Frank Gorshin and John Astin)

Catwoman (Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether (motion picture), and Eartha Kitt)

Other villains were used from DC Comics

The Mad Hatter (David Wayne)

False Face (Malachi Throne)

Mr. Freeze (George Sanders, Otto Preminger, and Eli Wallach)

The Puzzler (Maurice Evans)

The Clock King (Walter Slezak)

The Archer (Art Cartney)

Some Villains that were created for the show which also some came Fan Favourites To BATFAN’s

King Tut (Victor Buono)

Egghead (Vincent Price)

Shame (Cliff Robertson)

Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (Carolyn Jones)

Olga, Queen of Cossacks (Anne Baxter)

Lord Ffogg (Rudy Vallee)

Lady Penelope Peasoup (Glynis Johns)

Freddy the Fence (Jacques Bergerac)

Other show Villains

The Bookworm (Roddy McDowall)

Ma Parker (Shelley Winters)

The Minstrel (Van Johnson)

Black Widow (Tallulah Bankhead)

Zelda The Great (Anne Baxter)

Chandell and Harry (Liberace)

The Sandman (Michael Rennie)

Siren (Joan Collins)

Louie the Lilac (Milton Berle)

Lola Lasagne (Ethel Merman)

Colonel Gumm (Roger C. Carmel)

Nora Clavicle (Barbara Rush)

Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft (Ida Lupino)

Minerva (Zsa Zsa Gabor)

Calamity Jan (Dina Merrill)

Cabala (Howard Duff)

The other things which made this Live Action TV Series Great was the Bat gadgets such as the Ironic Batmobile which was designed and built George Barris using 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car he had purchased from Ford for $1.00. Ford had used it for many years to promote "the car of tomorrow"

And Mr Barris had only three weeks and $15,000 (US) to turn it into the Batmobile, which included adding a Ford Galaxy chassis

Even to when people see the Original TV Batmobile it turns heads it’s the most Famous car from TV and film History

This past last year we lost the legend Batman himself Mr Adam West 9th June, 2017 at the age of 88

I was so grateful to had meet Mr West while attending LA Comic Con 2016 I was able to have a few laughs with the Man himself who was a kind and friendly gentleman it only lasted a short time meet and greet but I will never forget it as I Met My BATMAN

Mr West will live on as he made TV History and worldwide fans young and old and he will always be in our heart

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1955 Lincoln Futura concept car

The car in the image is a reimagined version of the 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car. The original 1955 Lincoln Futura was a one-of-a-kind show car with a futuristic design for the time. It had a double, clear-plastic canopy top, exaggerated hooded headlight pods, and very large, outward-canted tailfins. The Futura was powered by a 368 cubic inch Lincoln engine and had a chassis that came directly from a Lincoln Mark II.

The car in the image is a blue, customized version of the Futura with a lowered suspension and larger wheels. It also has a different roof than the original Futura.

The 1955 Lincoln Futura is best known for being turned into the Batmobile for the 1960s Batman television series.

#Lincoln Futura #Lincoln #Futura #car #cars #concept car #concept #ford

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The Batmobile that ended up in the late ’60s Batman TV series was a highly customized 1955 Lincoln Futura. But there was also a chance it could have been a Chevy Corvette. According to Randy Leffingwell’s 2012 book Corvette Sixty Years, before the show went into production, its creators approached General Motors’ designers to create their take on the Dynamic Duo’s ride.

The result was this rather silly looking 1967 Corvette. That’s famed GM designer Chuck Jordan sitting on the hood of the Batvette. The modded Corvette’s most prominent features were its not very practical circular rear spoiler, stick-on Bat logos, hood-mounted machine guns, and an enormous 427 engine protruding through its hood.

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Lincoln Futura - 1955

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Lincoln Futura 1955