[fenders506]

A few months ago I saw an eBay auction where a very talented guy fixed the top of an old pickup truck onto a 1:43 Corgi Batmobile. He then painted it gloss black and added red stripes and bats etc. He did really well with his auction. I think it sold for around $160. He said it was a one-off as there was too much metal work involved.

So later that week I found a black Matchbox 1950's pickup and thought I would try the same thing in 1:64 scale. I have lots of Hotwheels Batmobiles in storage so I pulled one out and started cuttin'. The eBay seller was right...it's a lot of cutting.

Here is what I started with

Everything is black so I used tape with a straight line in the middle to mark the location to cut.

 

[fenders506]

Top removed

First fit

 

[fenders506]

Better fit

In addition to cutting with a Dremel there was lots of filing too

Back on the base with a new set of wheels

I added a tow hook for the Batboat

 

[Lummox]

The Batruck! Diggit!

The Batmobile is a narrow casting, it's hard to find a roof that fits it.

 

[dlbdev]

Sweet....The Bat Hauler

 

[fenders506]

And here it is with new paint

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[walsing]

Brilliant!

 

[fenders506]

Your not kidding when you say the casting is narrow. The truck top took a lot of convincing and it just fit. As I was building this I wondered what else I could fit on top of a Batmobile. Stay tuned for "Batmobile as a base" - part 2.

 

[z06]

That is cool.

 

[jage1966]

Okay, that made me smile. Kinda looks like an El Camino.

- JJ

 

[Mr. John]

Robin! To the Bat Truck! Holy Bat sides Batman!!!!!:freak:
Awesome X10:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

:wave:

 

[BIGJAY]

Outstanding......Wow......Holy crap that has to be the cooliest thing i have seen in a long time very original

 

[roadskare63]

great idea and great execution!!!:thumbsup:

 

[mikecast]

Wow alot of work went into that one..Fantastic!

 

[genescustoms]

nice work

 

[DaleFan]

BAM !!!! Zoink !!!!

 

[fenders506]

Thanks guys. If I were to do another one of these I think I would look for a truck top that didn't sit up quite so high.

 

[TheVintageSandbox]

Super Creative, Too Cool, great work!!!

 

[Karl]

Oh the insanity! I love it!...

 

[Stangfreak]

Absolutely cool... Love the truck top... Gives it the look of a real Bat~Truck... I did one awhile back, but didn't do anything as custom as you did and mine came out morelike a Bat~Camino convertible !!!

I really like the look of your design... Very nice work !!!