The 1966 Batmobile hood opened, speedometer, & actual V8 engine heard!

Wear your seat belts, obey the speed laws, you can't trust a prison trusty! Note that in this episode is one of the few times (twice) the show that the Futura Batmobile's hood is opened. Notice the Batmobile probably needs a tune up or another quart of oil! At the end you can hear it's the actual car's classic V-8 engine along with the atomic and turbine whine! (and the speedometer was just an insert shot, not actually on the Batmobile)

[@herbertferguson2836]

It’s 2021 and that car still holds up.

[@olafgunnerson3988]

There is only one Batman and his name "ADAM WEST' . What a guy

[@catlady8324]

So then, Who’s Bruce Wayne?

[@olafgunnerson3988]

@@catlady8324 are you actually seriouse .

[@catlady8324]

@@olafgunnerson3988 Seriousely?

[@olafgunnerson3988]

@@catlady8324 I don't know how old you are or how knowledgeable about Bat Man . With a name like cat lady I would have assumed you would have been able to ryme of all Men that played the Bat men

[@catlady8324]

@@olafgunnerson3988 I’m old enough to know how to spell. How bow dah? Cash me ou side.

[@daveb.4268]

Looks like he connected the dynomite to the Bat-tery!😆

[@hoodagooboy5981]

Yea yea, we all got a charge out of that joke.

[@dallasharris8966]

Ok, I see Bat. 🦇 what you did . Lol 😂

[@Doctorme4]

What's a Tery? >.>

[@joes2514]

His deed was revolting but at least it wasn't terminal. I guess they charged him with battery and threw him in a cell until he made contact with his attorney. I'm positive the call was free of charge.

[@micpar2]

Holy CHESSEY!!

[@JohnJ469]

There's no better use for lottery winnings than buying a Batmobile. Could you imagine just driving it around? What a head turner.

[@geraldeh7291]

The world's greatest detective isn't suspicious when some stranger had the hood of the Batmobile open? Also, I would think that hood is lead lined to protect people from the Atomic power that surges through the turbines. Damn this show still looks like fun television in 2021. It just never gets old.

[@robharding4028]

Much like me ! I loved this show back in 65. I'm much older now, But something keeps drawing me back to each episode. like a magnetic bat magnet !

[@JacksonHoulihan]

Now I know where the premise to Speed came from

[@cujoedaman]

I was also thinking 'Batman Returns' :D

[@chrisb9960]

Two excellent pulls.

[@smartluck100]

I think Robin says “turbines to speed”. I could be wrong

[@PointyTailofSatan]

I was expecting Anti-Dynamite Bat Spray.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I love how so many things on the car and at the Bat-Cave are actually labeled.

[@robertlaw4073]

The music is such a big part of this sequence. Because it's there to set the tone, and the tone isn't the modern generic this-mood-for-any-film stuff, but its so unique that it IS inherently associated with vintage batman - and the neatest thing is you notice it but you don't notice it because it's like the nose on your face... it just belongs there.

[@rangerjones5531]

very well said!

[@wheelie642]

The Batmobile was detailed and was so clean for this episode. It never looked so mint. LOVE IT

[@gutz1981]

So what happened? In throwing the Dynamite, he propelled it at over 60mph and caused it to blow? Damn Batman, you scary.

[@phexus]

He also threw it so far that it landed in earshot of the bad people.

[@colinp2238]

Killing all the wildlife near there, shame on you Batman!

[@LongIslandP8ntball]

He didn't even look ...there coukd have been a boy scout troop hiking in the woods where he threw it lol

[@colinp2238]

@@robinhood480 Explosive soup?

[@thisolddog2259]

What you don't know is that Chuck Norris was hiding in the bushes and the dynamite committed suicide before he could catch it as not to face his wrath! Because everyone knows batman can chuck dynamite but no one and I mean no one chucks Norris!

[@CycolacFan]

Love to know how well that turbine flame works when the Batmobile is in reverse.

[@anthonystephenson4180]

So..this I'd where Speed gets its idea ?? Bus must keep at 60

[@bytesabre]

Uses the bat thrust reversers obviously

[@theotherwalt]

I always wondered why the bat tires spun out when the Batmobile moved by thrusters.

[@williamhaynes4800]

Why didn't the bomb detector in the Batmobile go off like it did when Lydia Limpet planted one in THE BOOKWORM TURNS episode?

[@catlady8324]

Excellent question! Why indeed.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

Over fifty years later and they are still making toys of this Batmobile. I found one among some die cast cars in a CVS store.

[@axelwulf6220]

Walgreens

[@williamgottlieb8723]

Wherever Hot Wheels cars are sold.

[@johnlewis3358]

I found a Hot Weels Batmobile in my local Tesco.Surprising as its only a really small express shop.

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

I saw a video yesterday of someone that actually had a turbine engine fitted in a batmobile replica. Not real practical in a street car but pretty interesting the range of fuels it could use. The Chrysler turbine cars Jay Leno had one were run on perfume, tequila by the president of Mexico, home heating oil, soybean oil. The only recommendation to not use was leaded gas, though could be used but left deposits.

[@bb22602]

definitely the most beautiful Batmobile.

[@mr.bianchirider8126]

Love it when cars ‘peel out’ on dirt roads.

[@Licenciadopedro]

What a beautiful car

[@royallison5307]

Want to hear something funny? Back in the late 60's I watched a movie called Bloody Mama starring Shelley Winters as MaBarker. The next day, I saw this episide

[@killer408cid]

Where did you get your time machine from? Bloody Mama came out in 1970.

[@royallison5307]

@@killer408cid I was only guessing. It's been so long ago.

[@killer408cid]

@@royallison5307 it's okay. It actually makes it more amazing that she played the satire version first...and then somehow got the role as the real woman 4 years later. What are the odds?

[@royallison5307]

@@killer408cid Go figure! Didn't know that. Thanks for the info. With Robert DeNiro in the movie.

[@charlesballard5251]

I remember seeing that movie (I fell asleep at some point to be honest) at the drive-in. Since its U.S. release is listed on IMDB as March 4 of 1970, I believe I probably saw it on a re-release a year or two... OR three later as a the back-up feature for something else. I remember nothing about it, except it had an opening theme song.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Back in the days when growing up, we made sure we got our homework done just in the nick of time to see Batman and Robin escape the latest deathtraps any supervillain would catch them in.

[@YDNTK-ui4uc]

I remember in an interview with Burt Ward once said. "At 35 miles per hour that car felt like it would shake apart"

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

The should at least have installed seat belts.

[@andrewshouse9840]

Apparently it didn't have an actual chassis.

[@markcadieux3445]

@@thiagodeandrade7081 In some episodes they show B & R fastening their seatbelts.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@markcadieux3445 In this one, Robin has to resort to holding the windshield.

[@chrisparkes2179]

@@markcadieux3445 That was after a US safety campaign group complained to the studio about them not using seatbelts.

[@devices0186]

1996: 60mph is scary fast! 2021: if you're driving 60mph on the freeway, a cop pulls you over and asks you if you're having car trouble.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

(Circa) 1966

[@drewdemien481]

When he fishtailed out you can hear it at the end...cool. Bigblock

[@WalterDWormack214]

From trying to steal "The Lone Ranger's Horse"; to trying to blow up the BATMOBILE! Boy! That 'mechanic' sure had a 'checkered' career!

[@edwarddickson7731]

Prison is full of social outcasts, Robin!

[@chuckthebull]

Batman would never break the speed limit,,,but he sure don't mind reckless driving.

[@charlesvan13]

And he could have thrown the dynamite into a nearby orphanage.

[@brucwayn6403]

The good ol days when tv was simple but fun

[@luckykennedy7364]

And not preachy propaganda for a loud Minority on Twitter that doesn’t even watch or buy

[@chrisparkes2179]

Ah, no heroes tortured by angst and self doubt; No convoluted conspiracy theories; No shock tactics designed to boost ratings; And no 5 year story arcs that become incomprehensible after 3 years and end with a cry from the viewers of "What the heck was that?!??!"

[@PRHILL9696]

Good old days is right!

[@theparalexview785]

Finally, a role the evil Aunt Bee could sink her beehive into.

[@jaysauer7324]

Not not aunt Bee.......It's Shelly Winters

[@WalterDWormack214]

Hey, Paralex View! You do know, that Ms. Shelley Winters, is the actress that's playing Ma Parker, right?

[@jimthomas777]

When this baby hits 88 miles per hour , you're going to see some serious $hit

[@TheRobin53]

Or in this case, some serious guano.

[@hanelyp1]

Where did you get the flux capacitor and nuclear reactor?

[@jimthomas777]

@@hanelyp1 , the Flux capacitor is 3 Tesla coils and it's 1966 , Batman mixed up his own Uranium 238 from the 1944 Bombs that were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima Japan , Hopefully this clears up any confusion

[@chrisparkes2179]

@@TheRobin53 Holy crisis induced defecation, Batman!

[@Skynet_the_AI]

Lol.... I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1 . 2 1 gigawatts of electricity

[@jimthomas777]

Atomic batteries to power, turbine to speed , What Engine ? It has a Turbine , ain't you Fools ever seen it shoot Fire out of the back

[@rf396]

Ahahhhaha not Trustee but Trusty. God I love this show

[@jamesgameing36]

That is the most beautiful car in the franchise and the way the car was designed as a actual Lincoln that would be pretty cool if cars of today we're built like that the batmobile but I am pretty sure it would not be fuel efficient unless it was electric

[@Name-ps9fx]

Or _nuclear_ !

[@williamhaynes4800]

The Batmobile was actually a nonproduction 62 Ford Futura with an actual glass bubble top. It was never released to the public because Ford did not need another flop like they had with the Edsel in the 50s. But I agree with you about it being a beautiful car. I would also add the Munster Hearse and Black Beauty to that list.

[@bob494949]

Shouldn’t that be “Trustee” and not “Trusty?” Also, it’s amazing how much Gotham City looks like Southern California.

[@roberthaworth8991]

No, the term for a prisoner who's been granted special privileges and access is a Trusty. A prison Trustee is a member of the institution's guiding body -- an executive or senior member of the non-incarcerated public -- often a philanthropist.

[@bob494949]

@@roberthaworth8991 I had no idea. Thanks!

[@jivepatrol6833]

The coolest car EVER! 🙂🙂

[@safetymikeengland]

A good driver always obeys the speed limit.

[@PRHILL9696]

Then we have no good drivers here in Chicago!

[@4redniwediS]

The dynamite didn’t seem to be attached to anything in the engine so how would explode when a certain speed was Achieved?

[@manlymcstud8588]

ozmodial defractance.

[@jelly7310]

It had a flux capacitor.

[@rnreajr9184]

@@jelly7310 a flux capacitor only works if you want it set off by timing, not by speed.

[@thisolddog2259]

Greatest ever custom car!

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Funny how they heard the explosion and actually thought it was the Batmobile blowing up!

[@Name-ps9fx]

Why wouldn’t they? Ma Parker was expecting just that! A better question would be why did the dynamite explode after Batman threw it?

[@franciscoriley3855]

Well,this being TV,Ma Parker and her crew including the Warden,would hear that explosion...just so happen within range. And this being Batman,he'd be smart enough to figure out that mechanic wasn't just checking out the engine...but rigging it...and then telling Batman to speed,so for script/plot purposes Batman realizes what happened,finds the dynamite sticks and throws them blowing them up.

[@chrisparkes2179]

@@Name-ps9fx Isn't it obvious? He quickly fitted a Bat-Dynamite-Accelerator-Capsule to it before he threw it.

[@penquin2000]

batman threw over 60 mph

[@flipflopsguy8868]

Shelley Winters, playing "Ma" Parker" soon to do "Bloody Mama" 1970 playing "Ma" Barker". ?

[@ronaldjones5589]

Was this one where Ma Barker is in the rocket wheel chair, and Robin days Holly Verner Von Buawn

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

Batman checks the dynamite and it did not kill him because he threw that thing away

[@williamhaynes4800]

Check out how long it takes him to push the Batmobile's explosive eject button in part 1 of the Bookworm episode.

[@roberthaworth8991]

Some days, though, you just can't get rid of a bomb.

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

Robert Haworth Lol

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

Didn't the "Bat Speedometer" come from an Edsel? Also...Shelly Winters...she played Ma Barker in the movie Bloody Mama. That's awesome!

[@idleobserver7211]

The batmobile started out as a Lincoln concept car for the Detroit motor show, so probably.

[@chrisparkes2179]

@@idleobserver7211 The unaltered car featured in the Debbie Reynolds & Glenn Ford movie "It started with a kiss", but I've never been able to find a copy.

[@pennygadget7328]

That'd fit, as they seemed to have one for parts; the u-shaped steering wheel seen here would soon be replaced with an Edsel's wheel for easier steering

[@gordon5004]

Best Batmobile EVER

[@jodyreeder4820]

Such memories

[@chesterlane3032]

I have heard that Daze with Jordan the lion was friends with Shelley Winters back in the day I think..

[@suds5214]

The speedometer is the kind used in Jeeps - then and now.

[@manthony225]

Remote hood release. Batmoble was ahead of its time

[@lickitup8461]

I remember back in 1976 the custom car and auto show came to town and the Batmobile was there. The Batmobile was fuzzy and Adam West had mentioned that it had its winter coat on, i was very confused as a child. Nonetheless, i was still excited to see my favorite car and my favorite crime fighter!!!

[@DavidLS1]

Your favorite car sold in auction for 4.6 million dollars.

[@feralcatbrothers]

I actually sat inside a Batmobile at FanExpoCanada in Toronto in 2016, but that car didn't have the round speedometer as shown at 0:43 - it had the flat-top one as seen at 1:16 in front of the steering wheel.

[@APennyW]

Yes, on the real '66 Batmobile the speedo was on the dash like an Edsel speeodometer. That close up speedo shot was added by the effects/film team and was never in the car.

[@mollari2261]

Is this where they got the idea for the movie “Speed?”

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

Love the jet turbine sound !

[@henrybourdon6712]

And when he turned around it did not light up the bush's and all the follywood stars homes did not burn.

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

@@henrybourdon6712 To really enjoy, best is just going along with the story !!!

[@theotherwalt]

Poor Robin, he was hungry and now they are heading back to Gotham.

[@DavidLS1]

Batman liked to keep him lean for their bat-antics in the privacy of the bat-cave.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

The Batmobile is supposed to be theft proof in the comics and tamper proof, but the tv show altered alot.

[@eldritchpumpkinghost2968]

Apparently a lot of the stories they wanted to tell were too “dark”f or the show’s theme so they got stuck and kept reusing the Batmobile being stolen or messes with as a story. Which sucks because the West show had moments where it took some real life issues at the time seriously.

[@oscargrainger2962]

Just remember folks this is a comedy.

[@user-fb6lf3vl7p]

The Flash movies paid tribute to the various bat actors. Keaton/Clooney/Affleck and upfront the Bat motorcylces showcase ways to use it.

[@Cha-y412]

That speedometer looks just like the one that was in my Moms 1963 Chevrolet Nova station wagon.

[@APennyW]

actually that insert shot was a 1953 Buick Roadmaster or Skylark speedometer

[@vassa1972]

Awesome RIP to batman

[@djwak59]

Does anyone even THINK that the Batmobile could be so easily messed with ?! If you remember in the 1st episode, the Riddler tried to start it and when THAT didn’t work, tried to blow it up with a grenade, and THAT didn’t work either !

[@brianmason8287]

Years later a fan of this episode wrote speed.

[@killboggins]

Dynamite doesn't work that way. I'm starting to think this Batman show isn't based on reality

[@lawrenceschuman5354]

So, I realize cars are different now. A Honda Accord can beat the Magnum PI Ferrari 308 in a drag race. But there were plenty of 60's and 70's cars that were and still are total beasts. Unsafe, gas hogs, no air conditioning, all that. But fast. A 396 Nova, a Dana Camaro, not a joke even today. And Batman has something better than those. And we are in drama waiting for him to hit 60 mph?

[@socalwill9876]

They're not showing you the engine so you can't see it's a common Lincoln Y-block V8 with a short arm intake; it's making a respectable-today 330hp, but the car weighs as much as a Chevy Suburban..

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

OH.............to be able to drive such a machine!!! **drool**

[@jamiemezs9891]

If mall Parker had taken over the prison when it made better sense to call the authorities Batman.

[@user-ou5hz2sp3s]

When the Riddler tried to burn it with a fire bomb the Batmobile extinguished the fire automatically. Shouldn't the Batmobile have a Bat Bomb Detecter?

[@potsdam28]

The writing for season 2 started to dip. But season three was worse

[@Denspion]

Thank goodness he wasn't driving on the Interstate!

[@cjjenson8212]

The only thing not embarrassing about this show is the car!

[@MegatrontheCybermobian]

The Batmobile has an Atomic Battery, if it blew up, Gotham would be turned into a mushroom cloud.

[@k.b.tidwell]

Zero to sixty in what? Three minutes? Four?

[@edoggz20111]

Gotta find a name badge that says trusty

[@troygeorge2026]

It does the job 👍

[@Abcdefg-xl8te]

Shelley Winters?

[@richard169]

That show was so big, people were very happy to be on it! Bat-Camp!

[@davidparker8221]

@@richard169 Everyone who was Anyone wanted to be on Season 2 after Season 1. After Season 2 I think the momentum slowed, or the moment had passed. It was fun while it lasted, and it's still apart of our culture. I don't know of any show now that is as much fun and will be as much a part of the culture 55 years later. If anyone does, name it for me.

[@roberthaworth8991]

@@davidparker8221 One terrible effect of the Batman craze was that it led the producers of Lost in Space -- which was scheduled head-to-head against Batman early on -- to change the tenor of their show to fantasy/camp to attract the presumed child audience. Irwin Allen saw it as a matter of survival. The serious sci-fi adventure elements of LiS were thus lost after the first half of Season 1, and only partially regained during Season 3.

[@davidparker8221]

@@roberthaworth8991 I couldn't stand Dr. Smith. Even as a kid, he drove me nuts. I couldn't watch the show with him in it. I think you made great points and offered an insightful opinion.

[@afterhourshotrods6882]

Gotta Love Hollywood! Rubber tires squealing on dirt roads!!!!

[@calamite0]

In 2021 the Bat mobile would shock the person touching it only Batman can touch the new Bat mobile (Arkham Knight game)

[@lessermook7608]

This Bat man was like a headstrong dad

[@briandaleske5139]

THE REALMS I IMAGINE THIS BATMAN FROM THE CLASSIC (BATMAN) SHOW SERIES MIGHT EXIST IN: The first is I imagine that the year1966 version of Batman might exist within either the EARTH-4 realm, or in the EARTH-6 dimensional realm.

[@spockboy]

Did you magine this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6atqYednd6UhZI

[@gregberry1812]

Nobody messes with Adam We

[@richardpierrefabianmario2210]

3:14 Batmobile's V8 engine

[@heywhotsgoinon8286]

Love it.

[@wurly164]

They covered the engine with a black cloth

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

1966 and the Warden's car can't do over 70. The 1934 Ford v8's Bonnie and Clyde loved could do 65.

[@silvervibranium2832]

Damn, that car was a beauty. 😁

[@DavidLS1]

It sold in auction for 4.6 million.

[@anthonylowder6687]

Interesting that Batman says a good driver always obeys the speed limit, in this case 55mph, however the Bat-speedometers needle indicates that they are doing over the speed limit! Too bad he didn't practice what he preaches in this case!! A Bat-hypocrite!!😆😆

[@mn1q]

Since that dynamite was set to 60MPH batman had a dang good throwing arm that broke physics as I understand it to have set it off 50+meters after he threw it at less than 60 mhp...

[@mn1q]

Was it the spin he put on it?

[@markcadieux3445]

@@mn1q No. Batman and Robin always kept themselves in tip-top condition.

[@CostlyFiddle]

Next video to find is the use of the Emergency Bat-turn lever.

[@APennyW]

already online! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYXRnYdjaZJ-rZI

[@oncinaust5178]

Why does Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullok look like Adam West and Burt Ward?....come to think of it that bus looks a bit off too.

[@manicmechanic448]

Quick! To the bat-Lincoln!

[@dave23024]

The jet engine is just a decoy. The real power comes from the hemi.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

Notice how they portray the Speedometer as a timer. Whenever I'm on the highway it's always 0-60 in 2-5 seconds so you don't become roadkill!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

I wanted to dress up like Robin on halloween

[@AlanBram]

2:32 Batman struggles clumsily to get out of his car

[@christopherbonanno1120]

He was opening the hood latch

[@earthlingjohn]

I bet that cape frustrated the bat-sh%t out of Adam West

[@DysonShow500]

Interesting how a car thrust forward by atomic power can spin the rear tires!

[@markfryer9880]

No it's the batteries that are Atomic! To have the power to rapidly spool up the turbines! Listen to what Robin says when they jump into the Batmobile!

[@DysonShow500]

@@markfryer9880As a little kid, I assumed that it was being thrust forward like a jet, thus it would have no drive shaft.

[@noryxo101]

Guess the Boy Wonder will never know just what an awesome dinner Aunt Harriet had in store for him...coulda woulda shoulda...🤔

[@davidlevesque9137]

I like that Batman shows bad women as well as men. Do often in action adventure it's guys and nothing but. Yet plenty of people have experienced getting messed with or killed by women. Thank you story people of Batman

[@zac0918]

0-60 in 2 episodes

[@johnducati6196]

The epa would be all over that cat lol

[@igfoobar]

Adam West was the only true Batman. All those other posers never even came close.

[@clarkhull7546]

Does the bat mobile have posi-traction?

[@fredfoster5433]

Had to back up the car? You have an emergency turn around "in shot" and you don't use it?

[@dallasharris8966]

There was no picture or video of the engine ?

[@bill3641]

With Shelley Winters as " Ma "

[@TheLastResort3113]

the logistics of putting an explosive attached to the speedometer even on a old car Are beyond comprehension. not to mention the fact that every Junior crime-fighter knows batman Doesn't exceed the speed limit unless he's in Hot Pursuit.

[@josephcabrera6396]

never seen this particular episode, but i knew he would never exceed the speed limit as a crime fighter. 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒