Poll: What do you think that the Original 1966 Batmobile is going up for auction this weekend?

after keeping the original 1955 Lincoln Futura, based on concepts Batmobile from the TV series 1966 in his collection of more than six decades, customizer legendary George Barris decided it's time to let the iconic car offering him for sale at Barrett-Jackson auction this weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona.

the famous bat car will cross the auction alongside the 5000 series of Barrett-Jackson Saturday, January 19, from 17:00 to 21:00.

is anyone guess how high bidders will enjoy the original version of the Batmobile 1966 (Barris had also built a few clones of fiberglass most during the 1960s, which some have been used in the series), but feel free to speculate in castant your vote in our ballot online, while you can also be more precise in our comments area.

the history of the Batmobile featured in the television series as well as the film starring Adam West as Batman, is more or less known, but if you need to refresh your memory, the head past the break to read a brief history of the Barrett-Jackson car.

poll: the original 1966 Batmobile will sell for...

bringing the Batmobile to life [From Barrett-Jackson]
the Lincoln Futura 1955 unique original concept car created by Ford Motor Company and a design team in the Department of design of Lincoln. The prototype of 19 feet long, two-seater, bubble-topped car touring has been entirely hand made in 1954 by Ghia Body Works in Turin, Italy and unveiled in his white gel paint finish original Pearly blue in 1955 at the Chicago Auto show.
the car featured instruments housed in the steering wheel, but also transmission push-button microphones outside to pick up and transmit the sounds of the movement of the occupants inside, and a crowd of other innovative devices. According to several reports, he has been described as a 'rolling laboratory' which would teach Ford on new technologies to be applied to their production cars. In 1959, sporting a fresh red paint job, the Futura was featured in the film, it started with a kiss, with Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford.
barris has then acquired the vehicle and kept in his garage for several years. In late 1965, twentieth century Fox Television and Greenway Productions of William Dozier contacted Barris and he asked to produce a Batmobile of the upcoming series. With only 15 days and a budget of $15,000 to build a Batmobile, Barris decided to transform the Lincoln Futura concept car in what is now widely recognized as the original and iconic fight vehicle crime.
"the Batmobile 1966 by George Barris is one of the most famous Hollywood cars in history and she became a true icon who took place from generation to generation of Batmobiles to follow," said Craig Jackson, president and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. "This vehicle brand not only significant Bat logo located in the middle of the door, but once in the history of television, where they have defied the chances of making a car the real star of the show." He revolutionized an entire industry that has followed in his footsteps and we couldn't be more proud to have cross our block in Scottsdale, as it goes up for sale for the first time. "
the car has a 390 - in 1956 Lincoln V-8 engine and the B & M Hydro automatic. Gadgets include a nose mounted aluminium Cable Cutter blade, Bat Ray projector, anti-theft device, Detect-a-scope, Batscope, Bat eye switch Activator antenna, Police Band Cut - In Switch, automatic device of tire inflation, remote Batcomputer Batphone, lever turn emergency Bat, fire activator, smoke Bat and several other gadgets Bat Bat Photoscope. If needed, the Batmobile was capable of a 'bat-"quick spin 180 ° through ten feet of mounted to the rear two parachutes of Deist.
in addition to being featured on various TV/film series, the original Batmobile has been exposed in many auto shows and museums across the nation. The car is also exclusively presented in documentary Batmobile Christopher Nolan, which can be regarded as a bonus on The Dark Knight feature rises DVD. It will go up at auction as well as souvenirs and personal records of Barris.
"there are only a few things in life that are able to capture the soul of an era and the Batmobile by George Barris did exactly that," said Steve Davis, President of Barrett - Jackson. "There is the real fans who will be advocating strongly, so far, that go home to watch the Batmobile out of the Batcave soar defines a large number of their first childhood memories." Whether you are a collector of cars, lovers of entertainment or a lambda user looking to buy his dream car, you have to witness history being made in January with the sale of this car. "