Barris Kustoms
Batmobile fibreglass exhibition cars #2–#4 (Batman TV series, Ford Galaxie chassis)

Why it matters

These are the three official copies of the Barris Batmobile, made when requests for local appearances exceeded what the single screen car could do. Barris's contract allowed copies approved by the producers, but later counts of Barris cars have been inflated to as many as seven.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

The copies were made in November 1966 by taking a mould of car #1 and laying fibreglass bodies on extended Ford Galaxie frames. All three have tilt noses, limited interior detail and non-working trunk lids but differ in lights, door handles and engines. Car #2 and car #3 had 390 V8 engines; car #4 was a dragster built for speedway exhibitions with a 427 V8, a drilled rear canopy and a longer afterburner nozzle, and was probably the only copy used in an Episode of the series before being converted.

The source concludes that there were only four official Barris-built cars: the #1 Futura conversion and these three. Steel-bodied copies, such as the one often called "#5", were built by outside customisers. A separate Hagerty report notes that it is unknown how many promotional Batmobiles were built.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

Car #2 has a 390 V8 and neither exterior door handles nor headlights, with an 8-slat cylindrical beacon. Car #3 has a 390 V8 (originally manual, later automatic), headlights, show-only door handles and a 12-slat beacon. Car #4 is the dragster with a 427 V8, non-working door handles, no headlights, a drilled rear canopy and a longer afterburner nozzle. Steel-bodied replicas, including those on Lincoln or Thunderbird frames, were built by outside customisers and are not Barris copies.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Barris Batmobile (batmobilehistory.com) Level B

   • 3 official fibreglass exhibition replicas built by Barris Kustoms (cars #2, #3 and the #4 dragster), in addition to the original #1 conversion

   Accessed 2026-11-13
2. 2
   Barris Batmobile Level B batmobilehistory.com

   • powered by a 390 V8
   • powered by a 427 V8

   Accessed 2026-11-13