UK man is turning his Bentley Continental GT into the Batmobile

Charlie Wilson, a YouTuber from the UK, is turning his Bentley Continental GT into a Batmobile.

It’s an interesting idea, and the Bentley Continental GT lends itself quite well to this sort of thing.

There’s more good news, though, because the body kit he bought to kickstart this transformation was also quite cheap.

There’s only one minor problem.

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This DIY Batmobile might end up costing less than expected

Charlie Wilson, a YouTuber from the UK, is turning his Bentley Continental GT into a Batmobile.

This is a new project, which means that, for now, his car still looks standard.

But we expect progress soon.

The first thing he did was to buy a body kit designed more or less specifically to turn a Bentley into something Batman would drive.

And it wasn’t that expensive.

This kit, courtesy of Xclusive Design, retails for about $10,000, but he was able to buy it used for $3,300.

Not a bad deal.

There’s only one minor problem – and that’s that the car isn’t quite the right size.

Historically, all Batmobiles have been wide and low.

The Continental GT is a wide car, but it’s also quite tall and big.

If you modify it with a body kit like that, it can easily end up looking like a tank, not a Batmobile.

But we’ll wait until the job is done for a verdict.

DIY Batmobiles are a thing

To date, approximately 12 distinct versions have been designed for various live-action film and television productions.

Original vehicles that were actually used in movies are nearly impossible to find, and even replicas are hard to get and expensive.

And that’s why some people simply build their own.

Most DIY heroes seeking replicas or building DIY Batmobiles typically base their designs on two iconic models: the rugged, tank-like Tumbler from The Dark Knight trilogy and its sleek, turbine-powered predecessor from the 1989 Tim Burton film.

They aren’t super easy to build, but still doable.

A guy in Sweden spent 20,000 hours (!) building his own Batmobile based on a 1973 Lincoln Continental.

Still, he ended up putting it for sale for $1 million.

Not a bad deal.