scaryideas (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Hard Rock Hotel : Keith Moon [Image] This is all that remains of the Lincoln Continental that The Who's drummer drove into the pool at the Holiday Inn Flint, Michigan. As legend has it, Keith wanted to celebrate his 21st birthday by the pool. When he found the door locked, Keith went berserk and hijacked the hotel limo. The rest, as they say, is history. Had Keith stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel Penang,...
Thrasher's Wheat (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Charlotte Atwood Ottenberg soloing with the Family Folk ChoraleFrom The Arlington [MA] Advocate: On Sunday, Nov. 15, the Family Folk Choral will perform “Neil Young and the Green Powered Cruiser.” It focuses on 15 of Neil Young’s songs – both his older tunes and newer pieces from his latest album “Fork in the Road” – and Young’s latest project of transforming...
Rock Turtleneck (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Happy 64th Birthday to genius, hero, iconoclast, guiding light and inspiration Neil Young , born on this day in 1945. Now that he is comfortably in the AARP target demographic, it would be easy to say " Old Man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you " or something like that. But in spirit Neil is neither Young nor Old; he is ageless and timeless. In fact, watching this 1971 clip of "Old...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
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...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
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...
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
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...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
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 [...]
DailyFun4u (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
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...
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
(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 ...
garagecar (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
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,...
ObsessedWithSports.com (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
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… ————————————————————–...
on 205th magazine (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
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,
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
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 [...]
Land of Pics (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
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.
PcBlue.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
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 … [...]
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