Car customizer Dean Jeffries was originally approached by the producers of Batman to build the Batmobile.  Jeffries was going to use a 1959 Cadillac, but ultimately turned down the project

The Lincoln Futura was originally stored at Barris Kustom City in the early 1960’s.  George Barris took ownership of the car, since Ford owed him money for storing it and Ford no longer had an interest in the car

Production artist Eddie Graves at 20th Century Fox designed the Batmobile and gave the sketch to George Barris

The Batmobile was a modified 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car

The Batmobile was built by Barris Kustom City in October of 1965

The Batmobile was built in 3 weeks

The original pinstripe color was fluorescent cerise.  It was originally painted on and then a vinyl sticker was used

Bill Cushenbery reworked the hood, opened up the wheel wells, modified and scalloped the rear fins

Gale Black customized the front saw blade, rocket tubes and orange driving lights

Richard “Korky” Korkes customized a 5 gallon paint can into the rear turbine exhaust

Herb Grasse painted and pinstriped the metal bat-spinners

The Bat-Beam or Radar antenna was originally painted silver and was later changed to gold around February ’66 as seen in episode number 19

The front steel blade was removed from the car because the producers of the TV show thought it was unsafe and was never utilized during the show

In October of 1966, the Emergency Bat-Turn lever was shortened and relocated back a bit.  In 1967, it was relocated even further back on the arch.  This was done to give the camera a less obstructed view of Batman & Robin

In 1966, a round antenna base replaced the teardrop shaped base.  This antenna was located at the rear of the car

The pair of red antler lights next to the beacon light never lit-up

In 1966, in episode #22 you can clearly see the steering linkage break

The 3 Batmobile copies were built on ’67 Ford Galaxies that Ford provided

In 1967, the arch was raised to give the camera a less obstructed view of Batman & Robin.  A pad was also added to the center of the rear canopy

There were 4 license plates used during the TV show.  2F-3567, TP-6597, BAT-1, & ZEF 451

Batman, Robin, Penguin, Riddler, King Tut, Alfred, Catwoman, & the Bookworm all drove the Batmobile during the Batman TV show

Hubie Kerns was Adam West’s stuntman and he drove the Batmobile dressed as Batman

The Batmobile’s engine was never seen during the Batman TV show

At different times during the show you could see a non-functional movie camera mounted to the bottom of the rear turbine exhaust

Originally the Batmobile had red door bats with a white outline.  In 1967, the design was changed to solid red

In 1967, George Barris was paid around $5,000.00 to display the Batmobile at various car shows

In 1967, an unmodified 1958 Ford Edsel steering wheel replaced the “U” shaped original.  Adam West complained it was difficult to drive with the original modified wheel

In 1967, during Season 2, episode #35, you can see the #4 Batmobile being used for a brief stand-in

In 1967, in episode #76 you can clearly see a dent in the passenger side door