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After Volvo updated the 1800 S design in 1965, the show shifted to the newer model after “blowing up” the Saint’s old one behind a hedge. Next came a ’64 1800 S, manufactured in Sweden. The first, a ’62 model built in the U.K., would be rediscovered on a North Wales farm in 1991 and eventually restored. Volvo P1800 S (1962, 19)īefore he was James Bond, Roger Moore was Simon Templar, the handsome rogue (with principles!) at the center of the British spy-thriller import, “The Saint.” The production primarily used three Volvo P1800 sports cars (Volvo’s famous foray into tail fin territory) during the series’ production.

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WATCH: Full Episodes of The Cars That Built the World online now. It changed hands again in 2016 for an undisclosed price. In 2013, Barris sold the original for $4.6 million to an Arizona businessman. In 1966, Barris’s shop, Barris Kustom City, took molds of the “#1 Batmobile” and created at least three replicas. (West complained that the “U”-shape made the car too difficult to drive, so Barris replaced it with a stock wheel from a 1958 Edsel.) Sadly for the Spandex-clad stars Adam West and Burt Ward, the car never had any Bat Air Conditioning. Barris made hundreds of modifications to the Futura, like those aluminum bat symbols bolted to the hubs and a steering wheel designed to resemble an airplane yoke. That year, 20th Century Fox asked him to design Batman’s ride for its upcoming series-again giving him just a few weeks of turnaround time, according to Eric Seltzer, who operates.

In 1965, Tinseltown customizer George Barris bought it for $1. Holy return on investment! Designed for the campy caped-crusader series, the “Batmobile” began life as a concept car built in Italy, based on a Lincoln Mark II. Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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