@walterbog - Never had headlights? I'm confused.Â
As I understand the history of the car, Al Joniec didn't technically have a '65 car which is what the ACME car is modeled. The Batcar ran in 1966 which makes sense because the Batman TV show didn't begin until that same year. It ran with carburetors and according to the photo, headlights. Later, the car added fuel injection system with the headlights removed. I'm guessing at some point, while running carburetors, the intake ducts ran through the headlight buckets. In 1967, the '66 car was converted to a longnose configuration after a crash. My understanding Joniec's longnose was the only Ford Factory effort that was not built in the Holman-Moody shops but was instead done by a shop in Pennslyvania using a Cammer engine as payment. It also had the original steel body. In 1968 the car abandoned the Batcar theme and then repainted in blue and white Rice-Holman livery and due to the porous paint, was called "The Fur Car."Â
My confusion is Al Joniec claiming it never ran with headlights yet there is a photo clearly showing the car with sealed beams. My brain is hurting. Â
@rich-sufficool - Correct! ACME is adding this to the other A/FX Mustangs they produced or are going to. Bill Lawton, Gas Ronda, and Dyno Don Nicholson.Â
The mustang with the batman paint scheme never ran a/fx in 1966.it was modified to run u/s unlimited stock in the Nascar drag circuit and x/s experimental stock in nhra.it had only 1 racing seat installed not 2 mustang buckets.the trunk lid was removable held on with 2 rear hood pins.it also had 4 front hood pins that the diecast has omitted.Â
