Filed under: Convertibles, Auction Action
eBay Find of the Day: The Bat Car
What happens when you take a perfectly good first-generation Miata and start grafting other car parts as disparate as the headlights from a Toyota Celica and a the rear clip of a1959 Cadillac? Well, you get this, the appropriately dubbed Bat Car. This one-of-a-kind includes fins from a 1959 Cadillac, 2003 Celica headlights, shaved door handles, and its own special VIN just for being so freakishly weird. Even though this car is almost completely stock underneath that unique exterior, we would never think of calling it a Miata now, and apparently neither does the state in which it was titled.
This would be the perfect car for scaring the neighbors around Halloween. We have to thank Mike for creeping us out this morning with this tip.
[Source: eBay]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Hamud 12:51PM (10/23/2006)
OMFG, it's a joke isn't it?? Where are the cameras, it has to be a joke...
The guy couldn't even align the the thing wrapped around the wheel.
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JCWhitless 12:53PM (10/23/2006)
The bondo must be slathered on that thing by the ton!!
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Howard Kerr 1:09PM (10/23/2006)
BAT!!!!!!!!!!
Looks more like a FISH.
BTW, this car is registered in Pennsylvania, for those that wish to see it in person...or avoid it if possible.
Look at the trunk badge...Ronco, as in the pocket fisherman?
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hurricane andrew 1:18PM (10/23/2006)
wow what a waste of time and tin. Some people have WAY too much f*cking time on their hands.
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TheClassi 1:23PM (10/23/2006)
Look at the second photo (with the two guys looking on). Is it just me or is the one guy gagging himself?
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Andrew Chatman 1:43PM (10/23/2006)
Dude, I think they misspelled "Buttcar"!
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Richard Warren 1:49PM (10/23/2006)
What a beautiful car! A class act!
KIDDING! REALLY, JUST KIDDING! ROFLOL
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Fabulo 1:58PM (10/23/2006)
This is by far the ugliest automotive contraption I have ever seen. Wow.
I would suggest the 'craftsman' keep his day job and stay away from automotive 'design' or 'customization'.
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Joe 2:35PM (10/23/2006)
I find it fascinating that not only did someone think to take all of those components and put them together, and that they put so much effort into making it look flush, and yet at no time during the process did he think to himself, "damn, this is looking like a really bad idea."
The again, perhaps he was, but that thought was followed by, "oh well, I bet I could sell it to some shmuck on ebay at least."
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Sean C 2:38PM (10/23/2006)
This looks like what Robin would drive when Batman is using the Batmobile....
Wow, that is so damn ugly. Whoever thought it was good idea needs to know they were very, very wrong.
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christopher 3:08PM (10/23/2006)
I think when sports car enthusiasts are sent to Hell, they are given the keys to this car.
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Ethan84ae 3:39PM (10/23/2006)
Automatic Miata's deserve this treatment. No loss there.
-Ethan
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Blake 3:53PM (10/23/2006)
I don't like the celica lights, but the fins on the back are pretty unique!
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A Gupta 3:59PM (10/23/2006)
What's the "special" VIN?
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Mr_Oak 4:49PM (10/23/2006)
Good eye Ethan, I was so astounded, I missed the slusho-matic shifter.
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ron 5:06PM (10/23/2006)
This would be an outstanding car entry in our annual 4th of July DOO-DAH parade! This parade is a send-up of all other holiday parades! Everything is made fun of; nothing is sacred. If you're easily offended you're urged NOT to attend this event.
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John 7:58PM (10/23/2006)
Saw this at Carlilse Import a few years back. Owner/builder was proud. Car is better looking in person, better but not even remotly looking.
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toronado455 3:42AM (10/24/2006)
I wonder what effect the weight of all the extra metal on the tail has on the normally supurb Miata driving experience.
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Jay Evans 11:38AM (10/24/2006)
I also met the builder at Carlisle a couple of years ago. I asked the guy why? His reply was, "Wait until you retire."
He has actually built two. This is the second one IIRC, it used to be silver.
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tekdemon 4:33PM (10/24/2006)
Oh...my.......
What in the....
WHY?!
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