Batmobile covered in Velvet

[krighton]

Was at a car show in the late 70s...Burt Ward was there, along with a Batmobile. It was covered in a velvet like substance. I was reading they did that to hide the cracks in the fiberglass body.

 

Felt a pressing need to share that information....continue about your business.

 

UPDATE: Found this blurb:

 

Much to the chagrin of many Batmobile fans, there was a time period when the Barris cars were covered with a fuzzy, velvet-like flocking known as "bat-fuzz." The material was added to all four cars after the show finished its run, and was rumored to have been used to hide stress cracks and other minor damage. In addition to the car show circuit, the fuzz-covered #1 also made appearances in the movie Galaxina and in the short-lived series Legends of the Superheroes. This time period was also marked by an exponential increase in the number of gadgets added to the Batmobile, many of which were done in a garish red to make the car more outlandish.

 

The fuzz was removed sometime in the mid-1980s, as were many of the extra gadgets, and the cars were repainted gloss black with new striping.

 

 

[Mayor006]

Well you learn something new every day!

[krighton]

I think I was 15 or so at the time, remember thinking how the heck they could drive that thing in the rain covered in velvet. Looked quite a bit different than the one in the show, almost a dark purplish color.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Link.

 

[krighton]

ah, early 70s then......Burt was in full costume, that made it extra cool.