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Man builds turbine-powered Batmobile, brags about having the sole one (video)

So that you think you are a huge fan of the Dark Knight, huh? Not so fast. Do you own an entire-sized Batmobile ? Yeah… we didn’t think so. But, auto restoration guru Casey Putsch does, and to launch himself further into super-fanboy status, he upgraded the engine with a Boeing turboshaft — snatched out of a naval drone helicopter. In line with him, this makes his collector’s item different, in true Bruce Wayne fashion. Sure, these discarded movie props are often powered by a typical 350 (especially the older models), but that wasn’t enough for a dude’s dude who appraises and designs all kinds of vehicles for a living. Mods were also made to the internal, including an iPad within the dash which serves because the avionics system and keeps track of the $64000 GPS coordinates — , stuff you’d expect Lucious Fox to toss in to trace villains and such. For a glance at this beast in action, look at the video after the break; meanwhile we’ll attempt to determine easy methods to cram a jet engine right into a Tesla Roadster .



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