How NOT to build a 1989 BATMOBILE - Part 3

[@charger19691]

Using the corvette as a platform to build a Keaton era Batmobile Is a fantastic idea and will be a drivable, livable size to coexist with.

[@louisetregomorgan4907]

I can't believe you drove this death trap , some owners are dreamers when it comes to the machine gun and cars in general . This is alot of work Bob, I hope he pays you well .This car is going to worth alot more once your guys have finished with it. Thanks for the update great work 👍.

[@jetmobileautodetailing8199]

I love that you inform the public why you should only display the Batmobile. It's a BIG ASS DIECAST real-life version and should be kept in a showroom and/or use it in a "parade" (like you said). Can't wait to watch your project (Corvette) build.

[@graphicsgod]

I so want to see this C4 Batmobile!!! That's going to be sick!!

[@robertott9083]

Love your idea for the Vet!!! I drove that exact Vet in the 90's and thought it felt just like the Batmobile.

[@Zzyyzzxx7]

"I don't want rivets on the side of the body cause it won't look right" *has a Chinese backup cam glued to the jet exhaust nozzle

[@garyheighway7635]

Sad when you pay someone good money and they half ass it. Glad you got your hands on it.

[@McClintockOnline]

Awesome video love the Corvette idea I always thought the 89 batmobile was a stretch Corvette lol.

[@thunderrobots1980s]

i think your plan to make a safe drivable batmobile is a great idea

[@MrBeefsteak6]

"the Batmoble lost it's wheel and Robin laid an egg"

[@1SeanBond]

Bob a excellent video,I totally agree the C4 would be the perfect platform to build off of for the batmobile, you got it figured & it makes sense leaving the dash electronics ect and utilizing the flip up headlights. That prop batmobile Sure seemed real Janky Bob I like your brutally honest run down on it as its definitely not a daily driver. Get some gloves on OSHA mite be watching lol. Appreciate the video. Cheers!

[@PlanoRednecks]

Great video! I was wondering how it was coming along. Looks like you guys are really getting it fixed up.

[@jedifyfe]

Could you mount the headlights in the machine gun bay? I’m stoked to see your bat mobile build.

[@alexmurphy888]

The front also looks like it needs spacers to push the wheels out farther flush with the body.

[@bmhedgehog2]

Thank god there's an orange tip on the machine gun. Now you know that machine gun isn't real.

[@matthewbestdfghy]

From 1979 to about 1987 the Mercury Capri was mercury version of a mustang.

[@NerdyMeathead]

Awesome Car. Glad you guys are giving it the love it deserves

[@fazedylan6832]

In Video Bob we trust.. This whole thing a death trap. But lucky it in good hands

[@1982MCI]

Those body mounts are simple Bob! I’m with the owner, do not rivet or bolt thru the fender walls! Fabricate a square piece of steel and weld 2 mounting studs on it. Figure out where it needs to be mounted and epoxy them on like your doing but once that sets, you need to lay fiberglass cloth over that steel base an imbed it’s into a minimum of 5-6 layers of fiberglass cloth and fiberglass matt. Completely imbed the steel and build up a relatively large area inside the fender well so it spreads out the load on the fender. It’s really not a hard fix. It should have had something like that when it came out of the mold. Your idea for the C4 Batmobile is a much better idea

[@gearhead4013]

Agreed!

[@carlericpickett597]

Comedian Jeff Dunham has a fully functional 89 movie car minus real guns. His car has all the safety features. His lights change for night driving.

[@lemonjellies4985]

If I had that kind of cash, I'd redo it almost from scratch. The main thing you need is the body shell and then work to make it the best it can be. To me it's screaming for some attention to detail. It's a shame so many corner were cut but then again we don't know how much they were willing to spend to have a Batmobile really worth its name.

[@diecastmodelhub]

Defiantly like the corvette batmobile idea! That would create a need for that older style car!

[@Overtakergarage]

I bought one of those kits and turned it into a bed for my kid

[@IIBLaCKBeaRDII]

No bro. I am driving this thing. I don't give a crap what you say! lol

[@cpcarroza]

Hey Bob Casey Putsch built a keaton batmobile from a c4 corvette, he went over the top and put a real turbine engine in it. But he is on youtube, i know you were asking for help on a corvette conversion.

[@gearhead4013]

I like the idea. I would definitely have to somehow incorporate a blower in that turbine. Horsepower matters!

[@evjpgarage4976]

I'd imagine .... what if..... you VB built this bat mobile..... OCD like you are..... would be absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!

[@richardgreene3460]

Extraordinarily honest video! REFRESHING in these times!

[@Jones12ax7]

I live in Brazil and here is almost impossible to find a Delorean at a reasonable price to make a Time Machine replica. So I decided to make a Prop instead of a replica, using a car with similar dimensions and make a stainless steel and fiberglass body for it. Then I can fill it with Time Machine pieces as accurate as possible. I'll have double the work. Never gave up your dreams!

[@amywintz6860]

Thanks!

[@alexc1287]

You drove that in downtown Dallas? That must’ve been fun!

[@joes9954]

You want to drive a Batmobile? Get a 1966 TV show repro. I have seen a few of them on the road over the years and other than in the rain, easier to drive.

[@Gamertillthegrave]

I don’t care if I get stabbed in the chest with the steering wheel it’s worth it😂 coolest death ever is death by batmobile.

[@Jason_Phillips3679]

In the words of EdBassmaster : “Just look at it”

[@rockeroller]

Fiberglass body, plywood interior,no seat belts, 10 feet of rod aimed at your chest? DISPLAY ONLY

[@BjornHarmsRC]

I luv the 89 keaton mobile, but i fully understand what you mean. I have build 1 remote controlled BTTF delorean and currently working on the 6th KITT replica (which will be the 3rd remote controlled KITT i have build) There are alot of DIY guys that really dont know.....or DON'T CARE!...about safety features....how the body or dash panels are holding on. They don't give a shit on how it drives. They just want the looks. I am restoring my 6th KITT now, and it was exactly the same thing....gravity was holding the parts in place. I took out maby 7 screws, for the ENTIRE INTERIOR! If a nice looking car drives like crap....you will not be happy! Period. Many TV and movie cars......drive like shit.

[@bencoleman1893]

Casey Putsch has an actual turbine driven one of these.

[@wisdomSP]

I was about to say the same thing. That car is nutty!

[@marcuscoquer5958]

Casey also used Corvette suspension.

[@marcuscoquer5958]

@@hedlund88 What! He made it longer with his bare hands by just pulling on each end?

[@nicholasherrera2641]

Love that elvis necklace.

[@creightonfreeman8059]

The air gap under the canopy is easy to fix. You just need to install a rubber gasket for the canopy to close against. You should be able to modify a rear hatch or hood trim gasket to work. You may need to fabricate a rail to mount the gasket on. Why in the hell didn't they put this body on a real stretched automobile chassis? What shoddy workmanship! The prop maker for the '60's TV Batman series used Cadillac chassis if my memory is correct --- and that wasn't exactly a high budget production. You'd think whoever made this thing could have done better.

[@johnstubbs1585]

Batmobile looks cool but that one would never pass a SVA test in the UK that all kit cars or custom built cars have to pass before been allowed on the public roads its a very strict test they go over everything

[@ELight-ku1zy]

Videobob , the truth is a lot of people are lonely , they need something to show off to the world , so they don’t feel lonely anymore… it’s a crazy world we live in … lol

[@toolzshed]

It's going to cost a lot to make this a good bat mobile 🤔 but Bob and his team has the skillz 🤘🏽

[@knytrydr73]

The Corvette might be a good platform for the 66 Batmobile.

[@albertvonschultz9137]

Well one way to solve the wheel issue is to straighten out those areas make them so they won't touch just like an automobile. That was one guy exaction made a decent one he's got a turbine engine in it and propane-fired machine guns

[@Shane55able]

It was only ever just a "prop on wheels" but boy is it cool looking....and always will be! 1989 Micheal Keaton Batman is cool as f**k, forever. Amen 😎🤘😎

[@ibanezleftyclub]

At best it’s good for dressing like Batman and bringing it around to the childrens hospitals.

[@cookieman0916]

I believe you can cut the existing frame on the rocker you step over to get in? I think that’s how Jay Leno made his Toronado?

[@brainzbabes5983]

Building a street legal 89 batmobile isn't that hard. I can do it with collapsible steering and the works. I'd use turbo exhaust on the outside running into the flame thrower(it be exhaust tip)

[@wjhmh]

It's like you said before, it's basically a parade float.

[@jerryjohnson9669]

Unless you're Jeff Dunham, then you have the original one!

[@AllanAdamson]

that's how you mount a 50 cal on your car tho.. just put an orange tip on the end and no one will question it haha

[@devilmyke]

I agree get the inside changed.. can't have the bat mobile bouncing up and down on the road.

[@ELight-ku1zy]

I guess I’m the only one who care about my life then any materials that the world have to offer…

[@wranglerdave6452]

Buy the damn thing and redo it right. Bob.... Ah okay she is a trailer queen/ parade putt putt

[@AlbertPendergraff-rp7jp]

They make good show cars if done right

[@samuelgoodman2825]

Starting with the c4 is a good clean slate your gonna make it really work aren't ya?

[@MrMeanrick69]

Build it Bob!

[@tj_gsomething_]

Drill some holes in the flat surfaces holding the body on before you epoxy it.

[@devilmyke]

Even if you fired blanks out of the machine guns it would still scare the shit out of everyone lol.

[@JoeManLARockinEmpire]

22:09 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@christopherwilliams5631]

Did you sell the Batmobile?

[@sethcall2916]

I’m just curious what would happen if someone made one their every day drive

[@robocop5257]

Rebuild the framework and chasis and do what the guy wants stop telling him what to do man your not his daddy

[@q8knight795]

I’d buy that👌🏼

[@TheShazExperience]

Where’s part 1 and 2?

[@toolzshed]

If you cut the fins off it could pass as a normal car 😂

[@93mclaren]

Hey Bob, did this ever sell?

[@steven70k]

How can I buy it

[@scottmcclary594]

There's a guy in Ohio that made bttf delorians,66 and 89 batmobiles and speed racer mach 5s and would use c4 corvettes as a base for the 89 batmobiles and mach 5s!

[@billieyoung497]

the car was on a screne for 10 seconds...all they needed was it to run for a few seconds thus the horrid wiring jop.....this never ever made to go down the road more than 100 feet......so the car is perfect for what it was built for.

[@qujuanmelton1979]

Sounds like a plan

[@Justin-e6h]

Sorry dude but I am going to build my batmobile from scratch and follow the blueprints the only thing I'm am taking out is the machine guns and using sleeping gas to help law enforcement or just use for fan films

[@4EyedFox]

Model T coil in the back rattling away

[@bubbabottoni7777]

Casey putch has already don that with his turbine powered 89 that he drives

[@devilmyke]

We just want a bat mobile dang it lol

[@GreenAppelPie]

The body looks floppy in the movie, but I still thought it was more substantial.

[@mwdhank]

jeff dunham batmobile ...wow

[@phuchu]

LOL, a Corvette with automatic transmission.

[@ericrobin3523]

Batmobile car extremely amazing ever I really think it's the best car in the movie batman and I really am a huge fan of The Batman car is really amazing I really like it alot very cool ever nice bro I really enjoyed your video is extremely terrfic

[@swaterman08]

AND..... 1990's batman might have used that same car to build his bat mobile.

[@SaltyWinchester]

Here in Germany they would arrest you if you drive this thing on the streets. :)

[@1982MCI]

Same here in the US. It’s not street legal

[@jayhuskey2280]

Needs a different offset or a wider wheel on those front to be flush with the body. Doesn't look right.

[@LuciferRaine]

Why not use a stingray? It’s nearly a batmobile already.

[@timothydaly4136]

What happened to the Porsche

[@onetwoyouadeadman]

I just contacted this company too purchase one of these bodies too sell assemble

[@joemazzola7387]

We need a video on the ambulance) r v update

[@IamMedicine]

So basically, save your $$$$

[@glendekoker3682]

That epoxy is weak, use jb weld steel epoxy much better or fiberglass bondo.

[@mwdhank]

jeff dunham!

[@LeathafaceTV]

Who actually build the parts for the batmobile?

[@ssnoc]

Your audio is low … The Corvette interior wouldn’t cut it as a Batmobile - the interior is 50% of the attraction on a Batmobile.

[@bubbabottoni7777]

Maybe you can't drive that bat mobile. Mine is going to be 100 Drivable.

[@amywintz6860]

Garden nome

[@StacksOnBricks]

My official LEGO version is built better

[@roccorossetti7579]

You said “Basically” so many times. I had to stop watching……

[@robocop5257]

Grow up

[@RV_Chef_Life]

Glad you are removing the body off that because that’s about the ugliest body style they ever made.