Caped Crusader fan selling unique Batmobile tribute car on Craigslist
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Holy custom car, Batman!
(Mitch Mantell)
A 1973 Opel GT built to resemble the Michael Keaton-era Batmobile is for sale on Craigslist in New York.
The unique black coupe has been modified with a faux turbine inlet, roof-mounted air scoop and tailfins, and covered in Batman logos that strays from the original's design.
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It was commissioned in the 1990s by a California doctor who used it to cheer up kids until he was able to acquire a more accurate replica of the movie car.
The movie car is over eight feet longer than Mantell's Opel. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
The single-seat interior is equipped with a suite of vintage Sony electronics that includes a Hi-8 VCR and Magic Link PDA, a Super NES that plays the Batman Forever game and, of course, a bat phone. It also has power-opening doors and old-school underbody lighting to create a hovering effect.
(Mitch Mantell)
The current owner, Mitch Mantell, tells Fox News Autos that he is a Batman fanatic who was dreaming of owning a 1960s-style Batmobile when he came across this one on Ebay about decade ago, and drives it in his local Halloween parade and children’s charity events.
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He ended up buying an Adam West-era replica a few years later, however, and has finally decided to let this one go. He noted that younger people have more of a connection to the Opel because it better represents the Batmobile with which they grew up.
Mantell has it listed for $35,000, which is about $10,000 more than a perfect stock Opel GT is worth, according to the Hagerty Price Guide, which doesn’t have an entry for Batmobiles.
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