Lincoln Futura Batmobile For Sale. Nowhere in the above opinion is reference to the 1955 lincoln futura showcar. The current owner, batman fan rick champagne, paid around $4.62 million for the batmobile back in 2013, which made it the most expensive television and movie car ever sold at the time.
Under pressure from 20th century fox to produce a car, barris decided to refurnish a lincoln mark ii as opposed to reinventing. Indeed, the lincoln futura is better known as the batmobile than it ever was as the futura. Barris had only 3 weeks to complete.
Despite the original cost of $250,000, ford motor company sold the lincoln futura to barris for one dollar.
Barris had only 3 weeks to complete. This is the iconic batmobile made by legendary car customizer george barris for the 1966 batman. This is the first time that the original batmobile has been up for sale. $250,000 build cost for lincoln futura concept, $1 barris sale price, $15,000 conversion to batmobile.