Murilee's Animatronic Screaming Skull Brake Lights were impressive, even by her high standards . It made us wonder about attempts at automotive greatness made by you, our readers. What's your most ambitious automotive project? As it stands now for us, Wojdyla's seemingly never finished (but always slowly progressing) 1964 Lincoln Continental is still the most ambitious project we've got going. It's...
Grab your cape and tights, and stop telling Robin you want to see the inside of his bat cave. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a homage to the Dynamic Duo's car, and that's no joke. Riddle me this, what's the most iconic car of 1960's television? The Monkeemobile? Munster Hot Rod? My Mother the Car? Not even close. The car that is seared into the consciousness of the Baby Boom generation is non...
Was on my way to work and spotted this awesome batmobile replica on the street. It’s built by Leif Garvin from Stockholm. It took him over 20 000 hours of work and $1 million to finish it. The engine is an 460 Ford big block V8, 700 hp and it’s built on a 1973 Lincoln Continental. @ [...] Related posts: 10 Quotes Against Work Le Trung’s Fembot – Aiko Landmark Tower implosion...
Cars from the post-war swing period right through to be-finned Goliaths from the Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll are taking pride of place at this year’s Classic Motor Show . From austerity period Ford Populars to jet-age influenced late-‘50s American beauties, the Classic Motor Show fondly remembers the days when a cup of tea cost about a tanner and even Rank Studio starlets saw...
1. The Cadillac V16 Concept – If GM had dared take the brand way up market, where it belongs, things would have been different for the “standard of the world.” But the nettle was not grasped, and the brand continued—and continues—its long march downmarket, into extinction. 2. The Lincoln Continental concept – There was a time [...]
An impressive replica of the original Batmobile has been turning heads on the streets of Sweden, recently. Batman undoubtedly one of the most comic-book hero of all times and fans are always trying to find or build the coolest memorabilia. Not long ago we featured some photos of a home-built Batman Tumbler built from scratch and of a Tumbler built from a Go Kart. Now a Swedish dude apparently spent...
The Lincoln MKZ, named the Lincoln Zephyr is a midsize, entry-level luxury car division of Ford Motor Company Lincoln. Lincoln revived the Zephyr name in the fall of 2005 as a platform-mate for the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, vehicles are based on the CD3 platform, which is derived from the Mazda 6. The propulsion system only Zephyr was a 3.0 L DOHC Duratec V6 mated to an Aisin 6-speed automatic...
(Credit: Likecool) This isn't the first Batmobile we've spotted, but that doesn't make it any less cool. This Batmobile retrofitted from a 1973 Lincoln Continental may have cost Leif Garvin from Sweden more than $1 million and 20,000 working hours over a span of 3.5 ...
Put those resources to good use and create your own Batmobile, like this industrious Swedish guy did. Car, 1973 model, built on the Lincoln Continental. Full 3.5 years, has continued to be finished. Effort was more than 20,000 hours. The car's 700 horsepower with a value of 1 million dollars. Intelligent navigation system, which monitors all aspects of control HD cameras, fully automatic doors, transmission,...
How in the crap do you build a Batmobile?! Apparently you start with a 1970 Lincoln Continental. Add in about $1 million in cold hard cash and you too can live the life of the Batman. [via Jalopnik] Got some actual sports stuff after the jump–college football games and all… ————————————————————–...
Got 20,000 hours, a shitton of money, and a hard-on for Batman? Then you and this Swedish guy really need to exchange Facebook account URL's.The 700-horsepower techno-sportster is a one-of-a-kind creation, three-and-a-half years in the making. Oh yeah, and it cost over $1 million to construct.It is built on a 1973 Lincoln Continental chassis. It has machine guns, rear-view video cameras,
Photo: Simon Måssebäck Simon Måssebäck of Sweden spent about $1 million building his own Batmobile. It’s built onto the chassis of a 1973 Lincoln Continental and has a 700 hp engine. Like the, uh, real Batmobile, it’s loaded with all sorts of gadgetry: There’s sat-nav to help you find the scene of the crime (and [...]
It took Leif Garvin more than 3.5 years, 20,000 hours of work, and 1 million US dollars to convert a 1973 Lincoln Continental into a Batmobile. Spotted in Stockholm, the car features voice recognition, DVD player, height adjustment, and rear view cameras.
Check out that full sized Batmobile replica that is definitely a labor of love, although it won’t epitomize the specific word. Still, let us not take away any credit that deserves since it has a 1973 Lincoln Continental as its base, taking more than a cool million dollars to built by the course of … [...]
A Swedish man wanted to be Batman so badly, he spent three-and-a-half years and $1 million turning a 1973 Lincoln Continental into a 700 HP fully-functional Tim Burton Batmobile. Why'd he start with a '73 Lincoln in Sweden? We've no idea why he started with the Continental, but we do know he ended up with a vehicle supposedly equipped with machine guns (no word on whether or not they work), but definitely...
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