New Photo of Batboat II Surfaces

Batboat II displayed outside a New Jersey Glastron dealership , May 20, 1967.

The scan was posted at the 1966 Batmobile Forum by johnwb88.

Photos of the original Batboats are rare enough and this is just one of the two dead-on photos I've seen to date looking at the side. This pix is indispensable for finishing my Batboat next spring.

Batboat Rebuild: Finished for the Year.

On October 14th I was satisfied enough with the cure of the paint that I put the deck back on for the winter. Did it myself with little effort.

Days before, I did a little fiberglass work inside it. Mostly small patches and laminated over filler I caulked in the bow the year before.

As soon as June arrives I will begin to finish this Batboat. There is not much left to do now. The rest is probably easy compared to what I did this year.


Starting to look like a real boat now! :)

I still have to do a lot of sanding and repairs to the splashwell.


Below is somewhat how I hope my boat will look like when done. Its a different hull but I can pull it off.

1966 Batboat II

I did unusually well financially in September so I ordered a Kodak Zi8 camera. It takes good, basic megapixel photos and HD video. Below are my first pix of the boat.



When I order a high speed SD card I can take videos lasting more than 10 seconds. Here is my first video.

Perhaps a few future updates will be videos.