 The Batmobile was a customized 1955 Lincoln Futura, which had been  used in the film _It Started with a Kiss (1959)_ (qv). Hollywood  Kustom King, George Barris (I) (qv), who designed the car, also  designed the Munster Coach and the Dragula from  _"Munsters, The" (1964)_ (qv), among many others.