Glastron 1966 BAT-BOAT: Vintage Newspaper Clippings

Here are 2 very cool pieces of Batman History I discovered lately on the 1966 Batman Message Board. They are both vintage newspaper clippings from the 1960's talking about the Glastron Boat Company & the world famous BAT-BOAT they made for the 1966 Batman TV Show Movie. These are kinda neat to see after all these years, a rare find! ( Sorry, the 1st one is kinda hard to read ).

Original BAT-BOAT BLUEPRINT From The 1966 Batman TV Show & Movie

Shown here, in all their glory, are some RARE photos of the Original Blueprint for the 1966 Bat-Boat from the 1966 Batman Movie. It was auctioned-off on eBay recently ( Sold: $350 ) & whoever won it now has an authentic piece of Bat-History! The Batboat was created by The Glastron Boat Company & these were the original drawings by their designer. The auction also had some blueprints for the "Penguin Submarine Ship" used in the movie but were not shown so I didn't get any pics of that. If anyone did then please send them to us. Now, to kind of change the subject, if you're a big fan of the 1966 Bat-Boat then you really need to visit my friend Darren's website. It's a personal blog all about him totally restoring an original '66 Bat-Boat. He seriously gets into talking about Vintage Upholstery Fabrics, Paint Chips, Fiberglass, etc...Plus a lot of history about the famous Bat-Vehicle. You can check out his site by clicking HERE!

Sales Brochure: 1966 BATMAN MOVIE BAT-BOAT Glastron Boat Co.

Our good friend Charles "Chunky B" over at the ECLECTORAMA website send us some really great photos of this amazing piece of Batman Memorabilia! It's an original sales brochure from the Glastron Boat Co. They were the makers of the original Bat-Boat as seen in the 1966 Batman movie with Adam West & Burt Ward. Charles used to have some so-workers who actually worked there. In fact, one of the guys was in charge of test-driving the thing. Yeah, oh my god...they wouldn't have to pay me to do that, ha ha! One of them kept one of these brochures. ( Be sure to click on the photos up above for larger, more readable, versions ). Charles has a really neat story about it at his website. Here's a link button to check it out but please remember to BOOKMARK the Bat-Blog before ya go!