The Batmobile On 44-Inch Wheels
When I’m driving it, I can watch people’s mouth and they say, you know, old cow. My name is Zach Lawford. I’m the owner and builder of big Batmobile, Colorado. I supply hot rods and classics for movies, commercials, film photo shoots. I get to play with grown up Hot Wheels all day long. My favorite thing to build by far has been big. The reactions that this thing gets and people know it. From Colorado to New Zealand, I get messages everyday from people all over the world, mostly asking for birthday parties, but that that’s probably my favorite build by far. This is where we keep all the cool toys. We supply them for movies, commercials, photo shoots, music videos, weddings, and all kinds of crazy stuff, and we do a lot of charity events. We’re currently trying to build a superhero playground and we use it to raise awareness for that. The engine is a three 5076 Chevy block matted to an automatic transmission. The B&M is a ratchet shifter. That’s what kicks it into gear. The top speed I’m big if you’re downhill is probably 70 miles an hour. I’ve had a passionate car since I was a kid. I didn’t go to daycare, I went to auto shops and I’ve just been around them since I could walk. The car. Before it turned into big Batmobile was a 73 El Camino. The biggest thing on that people notice on big Batmobile is the 44 inch tires. The second thing that people see on big is the texture of the paint job. This is all Rhino liner, like a giant tank. Of course you have your Batman decals all over. We wanted to make it a monster truck but also be able to drive it to every location and that’s part of the fun. From start to finish, Big took three years. The best part about big is when Batman suits up and he goes inside Children’s Hospital. It’s just an an unreal feeling. Seeing that is amazing. So if you come around the back you can see the additional seats that the kids love to ride in. The idea came from a Subaru Brat. The cool thing is with these big 44 inch tires, they work as a ladder. So you can just step right here, come up, sit down. You have a great advantage view. You have seatbelts for safety locked in and you’re good to go. Once we go in the big you can see the doors are customized. Batman sits here. He’s got his roll cage for safety. This was actually the toy that started this design. And then of course, his trusty key chain. OK, so he knows which Batmobile to grab. So now we’re going to take it for a drive. All right, let’s start her up. Oh, we got to get the wheel locked. This wheel locked on this side. Does Batman ever have this problem? Batman always has this problem. All right, let’s start her up. I’ve got a couple other designs for new Batmobiles in the future, but right now we’re focused on the playground, the total cost of building it. I just didn’t want to keep their seats. Better not to know than to keep track. I had a dream and it wasn’t going to stop me to what it would take to build it.