Batmobile project car with alleged ties to vehicle creation crew and Barris

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BiffPow
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Batmobile project car with alleged ties to vehicle creation crew and Barris

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/355934918206

Not a show used car, but purportedly a replica located by Barris and given to Red Harden. 🤷🏻‍♂️

$17,000 “buy it now” price.

From the description:

“This is a VERY cool and rare project with ties to the original batmobile. This car belonged to Red Harden who was previously a business partner of Bill Cushenbery, the man credited with the distinct bodywork of the original Batmobile and purportedly worked alongside Cushenbery on the original car
This particular fiberglass-bodied Batmobile replica was believed to have been located by George Barris and gifted to Harden due to not just his involvement with the original Batmobile, but other Barris projects throughout the years…”
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Mark Racop
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Re: Batmobile project car with alleged ties to vehicle creation crew and Barris

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Huh. It most certainly wasn't pulled from the original molds that Barris made of the #1 car. It looks like a Bob Butts second generation heavily modified mold to me.
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Re: Batmobile project car with alleged ties to vehicle creation crew and Barris

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Mark Racop wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 5:33 pm Huh. It most certainly wasn't pulled from the original molds that Barris made of the #1 car. It looks like a Bob Butts second generation heavily modified mold to me.
Yes, not exactly connected to Barris’s Batmobile, based on how it was described. Don’t know how accurate the description is, but it sounds like Barris merely acquired the body and gave it as a gift
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