The original Batmobile from 1966 was built by car customiser George Barris, who based it on a 1955 concept car called the Lincoln Futura which he had picked up cheaply. Barris designed and rebuilt ...

It’s far from ordinary. A custom-built, one-off creation by legendary US car designer George Barris—the same man behind the iconic 1966 Batmobile—this Caprice is anything but bland.

In fact, George Barris had the Futura concept in his possession at the time since he bought it directly from Ford, using that to make the first car. He was able to whip together the Batmobile in ...