Original Batmobile sold for $4.2m at US auction

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 - 9:23

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The Batmobile used by actor Adam West in the original TV series of Batman has sold for 4.2 million dollars at a US auction.

 

The car was bought by Rick Champagne, a logistics company owner from Phoenix, Arizona.

 

The 56-year-old, who was just 10 when the high-camp TV series began in 1966, said it "was a dream come true".

 

The Batmobile design was based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura, a concept car built in Italy by the Ford Motor Company.

 



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