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The Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson Batman is and probably always will be my all-time favorite movie, and the ostentatious Batmobile was one of my most cherished Hot Wheels. Owning the flat-black exotic has always been a less than realistic goal, but thanks to eBay, someone will have that chance. If you like the Batmobile as much as I do, and unlike me have at least $500,000, you can actually purchase the Dark Knight's superhero-mobile on eBay.
The Batmobile on auction is number five of five, and with only 54 miles on the odometer, it is one rare bird indeed. It has no doors, and the only way to get behind the wheel is to jump in through the roof. The 20-foot long Batmobile hides a 5.7L Chevy small-block under-hood that hasn't been driven in five years, and judging from the pics on eBay, it's an automatic, too. It does make sense for Batman to fore-go manual shifts, since he needed to use his free hand to fire 50-caliber machine guns. Somehow we have the feeling that heavy artillery isn't included in the auction, but at least you can look like your car can blow things up. Nobody has bid on the item yet, and at 500-large we're guessing this auction has a chance of reappearing soon at a lower starting price.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
j.tuck 8:07AM (5/06/2008)
Ah yes... Jack Nicklaus played a mean joker. ;^)
There is one of these in the Kruse collection in Auburn Indiana, and I've been told by a number of people that it has been seen at W.O.T. on the local interstate!
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Jake Steed 8:06AM (5/06/2008)
piece of sh!t.
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ishamj 8:07AM (5/06/2008)
Was the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicklaus version better than the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson version? Can't wait to see that one
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C.D. Ward 8:08AM (5/06/2008)
Jack Nicklaus? Was that a joke? I didn't know the first Batman movie was about golf.
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SPG 9:34AM (5/06/2008)
Your clues should of been: The Joker's car was a golf cart, Arnold Palmer played Bruce's butler, and Batman had golf balls and tee's on his utility belt.
Of course it was a joke.
M 9:02PM (5/06/2008)
actually I don't think it was a joke. I get these names mixed up and have to think for a sec
geo.stewart 8:25AM (5/06/2008)
wasnt there some rider attached to these that you cant be seen in public driving them? or was that the original batmobile?
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Dolemite 4:43PM (5/06/2008)
I hate to break this to you, but no, this is not the "original" Batmobile.
I know this because, well, I'm Batman.
Corey W. 9:05AM (5/06/2008)
Loved the movie and the ride, there's just toooooo many better vehicles I'd rather be seen in for less than 500K.
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Allan 9:11AM (5/06/2008)
Looks like more a gloss black to me...
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Shipey 9:24AM (5/06/2008)
"i hate how nobody on this dahm website knows anything about cars. the only downside to this is that a chevy 350 4 cyl. makes only about 150 hp. i have one in my pt cruiser/ and its actually fast"
LOL.
Benfolio 9:26AM (5/06/2008)
Please stop posting while drunk. Thank you.
Benfolio 9:32AM (5/06/2008)
Why do all these high dollar custom movie cars keep popping up on eBay being sold by seller with little or no feedback???
I smell a scam.
You'd think if you owned the Batmofreakingbile you'd at LEAST have an auction company with a good rep or a friend with more better feedback list it for them.
$500,000???
His last two (and only two) sales on eBay?
A $4300 POS Hooptie Lincoln, and a 1952 Dodge police car for $3500
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Rocketboy 9:38AM (5/06/2008)
It was the coolest batman car, and the best batman movie, until the Tumbler, and until Batman Begins.
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yomo 10:43AM (5/06/2008)
Batman drove stick in that one, even while shooting machine guns in that little compartment... hmm
bobby joe 11:00AM (5/06/2008)
You know u want it...
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Bah 12:09PM (5/06/2008)
Anyone else notice the "V4" and "V8" indicators on the dashboard? Prop mans sense of humor?
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simianspeedster 12:36PM (5/06/2008)
To please Hollywood's "green" hypocrites, it's been retrofitted with cylinder deactivation technology. That said, if you buy the car, you get a free, international solo flight on any of Travolta's private jets. :)
-SimianSpeedster
N 12:24PM (5/06/2008)
Hmmm...
A batmobile or a black 599 GTB and some change left over for gas, insurance and a set of furry dice... choices...
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r33 12:45PM (5/06/2008)
hummm....the batmobile!!!
no!no!wait!