1960s Batmobile Restored

by Andrew Lococo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnq93b_y0Eg

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Before…

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…and after

And to promote this one particular Batman product, Batman ice-cream, they rolled out a replica of the 60’s Batman Mobile, and had it tour and promote the product in New England.  After the tour, the car fell into obscurity and began to fall apart, unnoticed for half a century. One year ago, the Car showed up on Ebay from a seller in Florida, looking like a shell of it’s former self, completely worn and destroyed by decades of neglect.  Mario Borbon, a auto fabricator from Sacramento California, bought the hunk of junk for $19,000, and repaired the car over the course of one year. He had to rebuild the body but worked to keep it as close to it’s original design as possible. Although not for sale, he intends to take the car on the road to show it off it in expos, starting with the 64th annual Autorama.

Source: USA Today via Youtube




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