doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 The bike from the best Star Wars Movie, ROTJ and the Spinner from Blade Runner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,324 Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, doner24 said: The bike from the best Star Wars Movie, ROTJ and the Spinner from Blade Runner As I recall at least one of them became a real smash hit........ Edited May 5, 2023 by Tabonga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tabonga said: As I recall at least one of them became a real smash hit........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,204 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 57 minutes ago, Tabonga said: George Barris was a famous car modifier and he bought the car from Ford for $1 and other considerations (which I assume was work on other cars). (It was not unusual for car companies to lose interest in concept cars (most, like this one, were the only examples built) once they were done with them for promotional shows, testing ideas etc.) There was a problem though - Ford never created a title for the vehicle so it was uninsureable. So Barris parked it behind his shop and more or less forgot about it and it was totally exposed to the elements for a number of years - hence the condition. Barris did the work of transforming it into the Batmobile (which he kept possession of after the show was done) - so I imagine he had that photo taken just before starting work on it. I know there were some replicas made over the years but I have never followed the history of those. Right on. Very interesting. I was just joking but I appreciate the informative reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,324 Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: Right on. Very interesting. I was just joking but I appreciate the informative reply. One of the advantages of being an old geezer is that many things like this are more immediate for me than most peeps here so it is easy for me to pass it on. Glad you liked it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,808 Events Team · Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Yeah, all the George Barris cars. Absolutely in love with the Golden Sahara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,924 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 And just to bring it full circle for me, KITT was a George Barris vehicle as well. We could probably put every single custom car he made for TV and movies on here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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