The BAT CAR was built from an old BRADLEY GT kit car from the 1970's. It was purchased in December of 2004. I paid $500 for the rolling chassis with axels but no transaxle or engine. The body was painted blue over a brown metal
flake gel coat. I spent about a month sanding down the old blue
paint. I used my computer to design the bat fins. I took a photo of a Bradley GT
and added some fins
that
looked
proportional to
the car and then scaled it up to full size to get the correct dimensions. I then transferred the fin designs to two pieces of 1/8 inch Masonite. The Bradley also had a spoiler built in to the rear of the car which had to be removed before the fins could be mounted. I used a saber saw to cut about 6 inches of the spoiler off. I then re-enforced the area and re-glassed the rear of the car.
