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 Posted 1/12/2014 5:48:31 PM |
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hi all
im jim from the uk
me and my mate run an American car custom shop I have been build cars for years and now and am moving into prop and film car replicas we have a jeep wrangler and ford explorer Jurassic park replicas
we are now going to build our 1989 batmobile with custom made chassis and as many working features as possible and fit a 600hp supercharged engine
look forward to speaking to some of you
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| Posted 1/12/2014 7:49:39 PM |
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The cake is a lie.
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Welcome 
Do I look like someone with a plan? 0_o
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| Posted 1/13/2014 8:53:36 AM |
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Jim, welcome to the world of building an 89 bat. Cant wait to see how you get a supercharger under the hood of the car. Be glad to help you in any way I can by answering any questions ya have. Im sure it will be the same million querstions that I have already asked. 
Seems I have a bat in my belfry
 
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| Posted 1/13/2014 2:07:10 PM |
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"Andy Smith is my Hero".
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Welcome Jim, good luck on your build and where are you located? There are not many UK builders here.
Tip: Try to read as much as possible before asking a question and share progress info on your build with PIC's 
"There is no end but the end is near!"
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| Posted 1/13/2014 3:07:25 PM |
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Blower?! That would be sweet but where could you put it?! you could always turbo charge it........or Jet propel it!!!
Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot.
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| Posted 1/24/2014 11:14:49 PM |
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im in surrey
im going to make as much of it out of metal as possible so will be a bit heavier than some of the kits just working out plans for the custom built chassis and trying to locate as many parts as possible the plan is to make it as near to 100% screen accurate as possible
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| Posted 1/28/2014 2:16:40 PM |
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"Andy Smith is my Hero".
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Good for you - another different style of building. Don't think anyone has tried to fabricate a metal body before. Any particular reason for the choice of material?
BTW: Full size Bat on UK roads 
You need to see one up close to appreciate the size - this thing is huge. Like driving a single deck bus from the third last seat (No joke). You have already pulled out and are half way across the road, before you can see what is about to hit you 
Good luck anyway. Keep us posted 
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| Posted 2/1/2014 7:44:01 PM |
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| as regards to why to build in metal we are going to build the larger panels in metal then sculpt and mould the detailed smaller parts luckily I co own a American car custom shop so have all the tools to work with metal and an endless supply of it to admitted it will be interesting on uk roads but is not that much larger than some of the yank cars and trucks ive built and own
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| Posted 2/3/2014 3:04:12 PM |
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"Andy Smith is my Hero".
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Can't wait until your build thread. Oh and take lots of pics
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| Posted 2/3/2014 4:25:15 PM |
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| I will start a complete build thread just getting all the parts I need together now hoping to start chassis fabrication in the next 3-4 weeks
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