TMCP #373: Holy Fiberglass, Batman! Mark Racop of FiberGlass Freaks; Making Screen Accurate and Brand New 1966 Batmobiles; Pro-Touring Update with Larry Callahan

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Robert Kibbe

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4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This weeks interview is with Mark Racop, founder and owner of Fiberglass Freaks, builders of 1966 Batmobiles that are Officially Licensed by DC Comics!

At a young age Mark was fascinated by the Batmobile and knew he had to have one of his own someday. This was no passing fancy or little boys dream, it was a definite passion. During high school Mark and his friends decided to create a fan fiction batman episode and of course they had to have the ultimate prop to do it with. Using very limited resources and a 1974 Monte Carlo the boys built from scratch the car now known as Bat-One. Later on the television studio finally re-released the entire Batman series and Marks dad recorded all 160 episodes on VHS. Mark spent many many hours watching, pausing, and replaying the tapes for clues on how the vehicle was built. There are pictures of him at car shows posing next to the show vehicles and even these family photos got pulled into use as reference points.

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 373.
0:04.0	This week, our guest is Mark Rakeup, owner of the company Faberglass Freaks,
0:08.2	a business that produces one product and one product only, the Batmobile.
0:13.1	That's right, the 1966 Batman TV show George Barris Batmobile.
0:18.3	For those of you that think chasing your dream is just folly, wishful thinking,
0:22.0	and can't happen in the real world, well, here's more proof that you can. They make highly
0:26.5	accurate replicas that they cost as much as a house. They're loaded with authentic bat gadgets.
0:32.2	They're set up for driving, crime fighting, and parades. They're licensed by DC and Warner Brothers. They have a super long
0:38.9	customer wait list and they only take a couple years to make. It takes about two years from
0:43.4	order date to completion date to build a car and that is the only real limitation. If we had
0:49.5	these cars right here ready to sell out the door, I think that I could probably triple my sales.
0:55.9	And Larry Callahan is on for the Seema Pro Touring Update as well.
1:00.4	Wait a minute, Larry Callahan.
1:01.7	Now that I think about it, Larry Callahan and Santa Claus are never in the same place.
1:05.8	And Larry Callahan and Batman are never in the same place.
1:09.2	Now, how can that be?
1:10.9	To the Batmobile.
1:15.6	This is the Muscle Car Place, weekly online podcast.
1:19.9	Brought to you by National Parks Depot.
1:22.6	This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide
1:25.7	who love American muscle cars.
1:28.5	Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring, or even racing them, this is the place for you.
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