Does anyone know where this Batmobile artwork can be found?

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mailalan
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Does anyone know where this Batmobile artwork can be found?

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I came across this Batmobile artwork, which might be related to the 1966batmobile.com site, I'm not sure. Does anyone recognize this or know if it can be purchased in a poster form or something similar? I found some tin signs on eBay which had clearly taken this artwork and stretched it wider, making the Batmobile out of proportion and losing the detail.

I'd like to find the original artwork, I really like it.

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That was the original entry point artwork to the old 1966 Batmobile dot com site.
I don't know if that site still exists.
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A google image search finds a few alleged large versions on Facebook-- I don't have FB so I can't see them, but the sizes are listed in the search

GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH

There is a version of it rebranded with the Batmania logo on Wallpapercave.com

BATMOBILE AT WALLPAPER CAVE
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Yes, I had seen all those, but thank you for the responses. They are all pretty small resolution or stretched wider or as you mentioned have had logos added to them.

I did see someone mention it in relation to the old 1966 batmobile web site, which sadly is gone. I was hoping to find a good large version of it, either digitally or in poster form. Oh well.

I did check the Internet Wayback machine site and sure enough, it was on the home page of the batmobile site back in 1999. Still looking to see if there is a large copy on there.
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The Batmobile wallpaper link that Andy posted has a credit for the drawing as Manier. Maybe look for a graphic artist with that name?
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Yes that image was used as Eric's 1966batmobile .com home page photo for many years early on, this screen grab is from October 2002, a framed example by "Mainer" presented to Adam and Frank and the original Batmobile image without the background.
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Holy artwork! That's great information. I love the way the shadow under the car emulates the bat logo.

So the framed version....was that a one-off? It's not available anywhere?
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I am seeing it posted in a couple of places, but I don’t know if the people posting it have any copyright ownership.

Here’s a pinterest link by someone named James Young:

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Right, I've seen those. I'm trying to find it in a large format, without the various logos people added later like the Batmania logo on that one.

The one Adam West is holding doesn't have any logos over the Batmobile blueprint and it mentions the "United States Patent Office" at the top.

I sure would like to find that original version Adam West is holding.
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The drawing of the Batmobile in the poster appears to be based on this photo, found in this webpage about the Barrett Jackson auction of an original Batmobile:

https://insidetherockposterframe.blogsp ... n.html?m=1
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