Posted By Dan Greenfield on Sep 24, 2025 | 4 comments

13 COOL THINGS about the #4 DRAGSTER…

The 1966 Batman TV show didn’t have just one Batmobile. It had four. For the most part, only the so-called #1 was used on the program itself, but builder George Barris crafted others to be used on tours.

One of them — the #4 — has a special lineage: Unlike the main Batmobile, which generally topped out at 35-40 miles per hour in real life, the #4 was an actual speed demon. It was built for drag-racing and burn Bat-rubber it did; it was the fastest of them all.

Now, the #4, which was refurbished by Fiberglass Freaks more than a decade ago (and is the only other Batmobile to appear on the show), will be on display at the company’s Batman Museum in Logansport, Indiana. The museum, the only one completely dedicated to the show, is celebrating its first anniversary on Halloween.

Restored by Fiberglass Freaks

Fiberglass Freaks is the lone licensed manufacturer of 1966 Batmobile replicas and is run by Mark Racop. Here’s Mark with 13 COOL THINGS ABOUT THE 1966 BATMOBILE #4 DRAGSTER:

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By MARK RACOP

1. The #4 dragster 1966 Batmobile will be on display at Fiberglass Freaks’ Batman Museum in downtown Logansport, Indiana, the entire month of October 2025, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening of the museum.

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2. The #4 dragster’s flocked finish was restored to a gloss black finish by Steve Donato of Gary, Indiana, in 1975.

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3. The #4 dragster was on display at the Chicago Antique Auto Museum from 1973 to 1984. It was at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, for a couple of years, before moving on to the Nashville Cars of the Stars Museum. It was sold into private hands in 1998.

4. The #4 has a Muntz four track tape player, a precursor to the eight track player.

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5. The dragster has four holes cut in each rear windshield bubble, as an air outlet. The rear windshields ripped off the car on the drag strip.

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6. The dragster has a super-rare “Ford Safety Convenience Package” panel, which later became standard equipment on all Ford cars. It included a door lock, a window lock, and door ajar, low fuel, seatbelts, and park lamp lights.

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7. When Fiberglass Freaks did the restoration in 2014, the owner requested that they install a T-shirt launcher in the center triple rocket tube.

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8. The whole front of the #4 dragster, including the windshields, flips forward to give great access to the engine.

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9. The #4 had a duel-carbureted 427 side oiler engine, built by Holman and Moody.

10. The #4 dragster had working 10-foot Deist ribbon style Bat-parachutes.

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11. The #4 dragster had a working flamethrower out the back.

12. The #4 dragster 1966 Batmobile was driven by “Wild” Bill Shrewsberry on drag strips all across the country in 1967 and 1968. It could travel at 120 mph, and did the quarter mile in just over 10 seconds.

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13. The #4 dragster was the only other 1966 Batmobile besides the #1 used on the show. The #4 was used in the background in the Batcave in one scene in “The Contaminated Cowl.” You can best tell it’s the #4 by the large amber truck light on the arch, but sharp eyes will also note that there is no chrome windshield molding, and that the door bat is missing the white outline.

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For more information on the Batman Museum, including hours and tickets, click here.

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MORE

— We Took a Three-Hour Road Trip to the New BATMAN ’66 MUSEUM — and It Was Worth Every Second. Click here.

— America’s Only Permanent BATMAN ’66 MUSEUM Is Now OPEN: Here’s a LOOK INSIDE. Click here.