Shannons' 2019 "Take Your Tops Off" Convertible Car Show
If Batman - and I mean real Batman Adam West, not those broody twits that have marred his name through their dark movie parodies of the 1960s' TV cult classic - needed a new Batmobile, this would be it! Seriously!! Can't you just imagine it in black, Batman and his young ward, Robin, side by side as they race to the scene of the Joker's latest criminal hijinx? The good citizens of Gotham City would definitely feel safe if Batman was driving this beast, that's for sure! Unfortunately, it's not a Batmobile but it is a completely bespoke, hand-built, custom-designed Tasmanian car. The entire body has been fabricated from aluminium and it's powered by a 253 cubic inch (4.2 litre) Holden V8, hooked up to a Trimatic auto-box. Its extremely clever designer, builder and owner told me that it was inspired by F1 design but has to be a two-seater for practicality's sake. He says that its power to weight ratio means it'...