Gotham Go Kart: Man builds mini Batman Tumbler in backyard, offers plans to DIY [w/VIDEO]
Batman Tumbler go kart - Click above for high-res image gallery
So, you jumped at the chance to pick up a full-size replica of the Batsuit as worn by the Caped Crusader during his cleanup of Gotham City in The Dark Knight. What's next? Might we suggest a fully functional replica of Batman's Tumbler... albeit somewhat downsized and powered by a 6.5-horsepower engine?
That's right, you can now purchase plans to build your very own Tumbler go kart on eBay or on T-Man's official site. Pictures of the finished product can be seen below, so there's no worry that it can't be built – assuming you've got the welding chops to make it happen. Full 31-page thread of the build available here, and a video of the (mostly) finished product in operation can be viewed after the jump. We can only hope a removable Batpod is up next.
Gallery: Batman Tumbler Go Kart
[Source: T-Man's Go Karts]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Patrick 8:13PM (8/25/2009)
Uh cool?
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Quantumphysics 8:18PM (8/25/2009)
No Tumbler will ever be street legal. If Chinese manufacturers had gotten in on it, they could build a Tumbler the size of a Little tykes Cozy coupe. That would sell like hotcakes.
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Farmboy 8:19PM (8/25/2009)
Nice, but does it come with a mini Batcycle crotch rocket?
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Marlon 8:32PM (8/25/2009)
A 'busa engine in this thing would be pretty epic
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mike 9:08AM (8/26/2009)
+1 Just what I was thinking.
Geekengineer 8:40PM (8/25/2009)
My spidey sense is predicting a decapitation in the near future...
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Venom 8:42PM (8/25/2009)
Not quite as cool as the Bumblebee costume, but pretty cool.
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Clavius 9:14PM (8/25/2009)
I was gonna say Epicaly Cool! But alas after watching the video its a fail. Good attempt don't get me wrong just yeah.. expected more.
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Chris 9:19PM (8/25/2009)
Holy masturbating loser, Batman!
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Russell 9:34PM (8/25/2009)
part of what made the original tumbler cool was the scale of it
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Jim 9:34PM (8/25/2009)
just don't drive this thing while wearing hockey pants.
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Aloysius Vampa 9:40PM (8/25/2009)
Pads
Jim 10:25PM (8/25/2009)
well, crap.
kal326 9:04AM (8/26/2009)
Or anywhere that you might need to backup. Because hoping out to push it backwards kind kills off the intimidation factor.
Quantumphysics 9:43PM (8/25/2009)
I'd have built it on an ATV frame to make it big enough to get my whole body in. Doesn't have to be as large as a Ford Expedition...just big enough to look intimidating.
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jcar302 10:09PM (8/25/2009)
I think he should of waited till it was a finished product before putting the video on the internet.
I'd also be curious what happens if it rolls over, the sharp metal shears your head off?
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Geekengineer 10:52PM (8/25/2009)
Like I said earlier...
"My spidey sense is predicting a decapitation in the near future..."
metaleric84 10:10PM (8/25/2009)
I bet his neighbors love him
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nuggetsmcduggets 11:01PM (8/25/2009)
Thank goodness he provided a 31 page DIY manual, if I didn't have very concise, detailed directions as to how to build this, I might just go nuts.
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namegamesame 11:58PM (8/25/2009)
Betcha $20 he still lives in his parents' basement...
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