Forget James Bond!

[Bayflite73]

Watching the original 1966 Batman TV movie featuring the original Glastron based batboat! Take that Bond!

[Rich_V174SS]

1966 V174 Crestflite Super Sport! The Batboat is what got me hooked on Glastrons.

[Rosscoe]

Back then, I didn't know what a Glastron was. Now I can see they retained at least some of the original paint scheme.
I imagine it was an I/O or did they convert it to a jet?

[Bayflite73]

Here's a guy who did a complete restore on an "original" batboat:
http://batboat.blogspot.com/2012/05/batboat-rebuild-october-2011.html?m=1

[Rich_V174SS]

Back then, I didn't know what a Glastron was. Now I can see they retained at least some of the original paint scheme.
I imagine it was an I/O or did they convert it to a jet?

The Batboat was commissioned and built by Glastron for the movie. It had a Mercruiser I/O 200hp in-line 6 engine. There were two boats built, one for the movie and a second for promotional tours and was displayed at different Glastron dealers. The movie boat was damaged in a fire and rebuilt as a car to be driven in parades, the whereabouts of the 2nd is unknown but may be in the hands of a collector in South America. Pictures below of the car-converted original boat and the #2 touring boat.

[Rich_V174SS]

Here's a guy who did a complete restore on an "original" batboat:
http://batboat.blogspot.com/2012/05/batboat-rebuild-october-2011.html?m=1

That's Darren's "replica" built on a 1969 V145 hull. He's a member of the CGOA main board. Originally an outboard powered hull his replica will be "powerless" against the forces of evil.