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Old May 14, 2016 | 12:41 AM
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Old May 14, 2016 | 04:18 AM
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Cool! Enjoy! Photos of interior?
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Holy batvette robin!!!!!
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Cousins?
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Cousins?
Maybe cousins that slept together

I'm digging the 76 Batvette a hell of a lot more..

The other one: Not so much (although I do like the fins on the back). Not a fan of the truck mirrors!

And.... Maybe it's my monitor, but is the door panel a stop sign??

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Originally Posted by tljr
Very interesting ... more pics please. Not my cup of c3, but still fun to look at. Congrats on finishing your BatVette!
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Old May 17, 2016 | 03:19 PM
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I am digging the car a lot except the rear tubes...do they do anything or just for the "look"
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Old May 17, 2016 | 04:03 PM
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Pipes must be for looks to match the original.

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Where did you get the gas cap?
Kids will love this car!
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Old May 26, 2016 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by croaker


Cousins?
Cousin!!!!!
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Old May 26, 2016 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by The13Bats
I am digging the car a lot except the rear tubes...do they do anything or just for the "look"
Just for looks they light up at night
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Old May 26, 2016 | 06:08 PM
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Kill it with fire.


I may not like it (at all) but I respect the time and hard work you have put into it. Enjoy your ride!
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Originally Posted by tljr
Just for looks they light up at night
If I had the stacks they would have to shoot something even confetti...


Back around 87 my 81 went over 100k miles around 88 and I started a body on restoration, I was working up to 7 days a week at my nightclub so had extra funds,

I keep buying stuff mild went to wild, engine, suspension, then the body work, did a wide body, the panels on the rear and reworked front wheel wells, etc,

The car came out of the paint booth in 89 same time that batman was a huge thing in the movies so every where I went I would have people yell "batman" at me, ( no connection to my screen name ) in my best beetlejuice ( another big hit at the time ) voice,
I would say back trying to cut them off, hey, don't say the "B" word" it always got a laugh....


Here is that car, I cant seem to find any good pictures but that is my old back yard where a lot of the work was done.





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Love it!!

Originally Posted by The13Bats
If I had the stacks they would have to shoot something even confetti...


Back around 87 my 81 went over 100k miles around 88 and I started a body on restoration, I was working up to 7 days a week at my nightclub so had extra funds,

I keep buying stuff mild went to wild, engine, suspension, then the body work, did a wide body, the panels on the rear and reworked front wheel wells, etc,

The car came out of the paint booth in 89 same time that batman was a huge thing in the movies so every where I went I would have people yell "batman" at me, ( no connection to my screen name ) in my best beetlejuice ( another big hit at the time ) voice,
I would say back trying to cut them off, hey, don't say the "B" word" it always got a laugh....


Here is that car, I cant seem to find any good pictures but that is my old back yard where a lot of the work was done.




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Originally Posted by GlenJack
Very interesting ... more pics please. Not my cup of c3, but still fun to look at. Congrats on finishing your BatVette!


Congrats on finishing the car!
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I've had the BAT ROD plates since '76, when they were originally on a '73 Trans Am. If you can't have fun, what can you have?
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