Harry P.

I was just kidding... obviously the real Batmobile had no jet engine. But if the "Deluxe" kit will include the jet engine, that brings up an interesting question: Is the model supposed to be an accurate replica of the real Batmobile? If so it would have a traditional automobile engine under the hood, like the real car had. Or is the model supposed to be a replica of the "fantasy car" the "real" Batmobile was supposed to represent? That is, a car with a jet engine? Or does the fact that the Batmobile is a "cartoon character" in the first place make this all pointless to begin with? Ooooohhh.... my head hurts......

OK, one more question. On the Blower Bentley there is a rod that runs along the frame rail from the crank just behind the brake lever... up to the front of the car, and it disappears somewhere up there behind the front wheel... I don't have any photo showing what this rod connects to at the front of the car. Any ideas?

Hey... where's the jet engine?

Home improvement store (Home Depot, Menards, Lowes, etc.). You won't find a wider selection of grits and types anywhere else.

Expensive solution??? You can make an alternator bracket out of a small piece of scrap sheet styrene, a short length of thin brass strip, heck, even a strip of thin cardboard or card stock. Paint it semi-gloss black and glue it in place. Expensive? No, free! All it takes is a few minutes and a little ingenuity. Whenever I see a "detailed" engine with ignition wires, battery cables, heater hoses, etc., and that "magic floating alternator" I always think... why??? Why go to such trouble to add all the details, then leave off that one obviously missing detail?

Besides the obvious as mentioned (bad paint, visible mold seams, hoods that don't fit, etc.) there are three things that I see over and over again that I notice right away: The magic "floating alternator" that somehow miraculously floats in space, supported by nothing, yet still manages to keep the belts tight... On street or factory stock cars, Inner fenders that come nowhere close to meeting up with the outer "sheet metal," or that are missing completely... which means the fenders would be bolted onto air... and the giant wheel/tire setup that allows for exactly zero suspension travel or steering movement. I guess those are models of cars that will only be driven in a straight line over a perfectly smooth surface!

I know this is a very small issue... but until this photo I had never seen the Batmobile's door handles! After all these years, I finally see where they were! But seeing as how the Batmobile is an open car... (did any crime in Gotham City ever happen when it was raining? If so I assume B and R arrived at Commissioner Gordon's office thoroughly soaked!)... why the door locks???!!!

German Shepherds are very intelligent dogs. Take good care of her and you'll have a great companion for many years.

My daughter would kill for one. BTW... she drives a Focus. Ooops... another girlie car!

My daughter (24 yrs. old) loves the Pontiac Solstice. So I guess that's a girlie car too!

The second generation Corvette (1963-67) was badged as a "Sting Ray." The third generation Corvette (1968-76) was badged as a "Stingray" (one word, no space between Sting and Ray)... except the '68, which had no Stingray badging at all. After the '76 model year the "Stingray" name was dropped altogether, and since then they are just "Corvettes."

Well, anyone can see that the wheels on that kit are totally wrong...

Porsche wants to break out of the tiny little sliver of the market they have traditionally been confined to. Everyone else is selling SUVS... Porsche wants a piece of that pie, now, too.

Huh??? Laziness? They practically re-engineered the whole car from top to bottom! New engines, new suspensions, new interiors, new everything! I don't see where the "lazy" part comes in. The new Beetle is light years ahead of the "classic" Beetle in every way you can possibly measure... power, performance, comfort, reliability. It's just a much better car. If it was "lazy engineering" that brought us the new Beetle, I guess I vote for "lazy engineers!" Maybe you prefer the next generation Ford Focus to go back to the Model T platform???

Geez, what are ya doing, writing a book or something???!!!

Just a guess, but I would think an oil tank.

Just watched it. No Chrysler turbine anything...

Again... we're talking about the VW Beetle, not anything GM has done...

That is looking spectacular!

I never knew they even had metalflake paints in the 1930s!

Gary something or other. Summers? Sohmers? Yeah, he seems like a really cool guy...

Isn't this thread about the VW BEETLE???

Remember, don't post the answer or any hints here. PM me with year, make and model. The answer: 1947-1948 Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa

Amen, G!

I dunno... it's not so much that it's ugly, it's just so... common. It looks like every other car in its market segment. It's one of those car "appliances" you'd never look at twice. Booooooooooo-ring....