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Please identify this vehicle for a point:

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2019, 02:44:27 PM »
Experts?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2019, 03:46:40 PM »
is it American?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2019, 03:53:18 PM »

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2019, 04:39:40 PM »
was it a custom car?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2019, 04:58:35 PM »

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2019, 02:23:49 AM »
is it a buick custom 1960?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2019, 02:33:07 AM »
is it a buick custom 1960?
Not Buick and not from 1960

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2019, 06:45:32 AM »
is it a customized ford?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2019, 01:54:03 PM »
is it a customized ford?
Not based on a Ford

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2019, 03:19:16 PM »
Pontiac?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2019, 05:17:34 PM »

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2019, 05:27:37 PM »
aah,must be a chevy custom?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2019, 05:31:13 PM »

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2019, 09:05:37 PM »
Dodge?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2019, 11:26:08 PM »

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2019, 11:30:10 PM »
AMC?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2019, 12:54:53 AM »
AMC?
No. You were on the right track with Buick, Pontiac & Chevy. ;)

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2019, 04:15:58 AM »
Buick-based Batmobile from 1963?
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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2019, 05:49:26 AM »
I forgot to mention oldsmobile?

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2019, 06:20:04 AM »
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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2019, 09:31:45 AM »
I,ve actually seen this  at keene state college.,I live 18 miles from keene nh.

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Re: gte4289_110
« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2019, 11:31:33 AM »
I forgot to mention oldsmobile?
Yes!

Buick-based Batmobile from 1963?
I'll give you the point for finding the car, but it is not Buick-based. It was built on a 1956 Oldsmobile 88 chassis and powered by an Olds 324 Rocket motor. Forrest Robinson began the project in 1960 and the car was completed in 1963.
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Thanks for the point.
Sorry, I didn't pay enough attention to the description of the car on the site I got the pictures from..
It did say it was based on an Olds 88 with a Rocket engine, but I thought I'd read on the auction site that it was Buick-powered so didn't read on!
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