George Barris, the man who designed the 1966 Batman TV series' Batmobile, has died at the age of 89.
The most iconic custom car builder of the most iconic custom cars to grace a TV screen, George Barris, is reportedly dead.
In 1965, master Hollywood car customizer George Barris, bought the Futura and turned it into the Batmobile. In 2013, Barris sold the car at a Barrett-Jackson collector car auction for a total of $4.6 million, including fees, to an Arizona collector
Known for wild customs and TV and movie cars like the original Batmobile and the Munster Koach, George Barris has passed away at the age of 89.
George Barris, the Batmobile creator whose talent for turning Detroit iron into decked-out automotive fantasies earned him the nickname “King of the Kustomizers,” has died. He was 89. Barris died early Thursday morning, son