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Batmobile in Turkey

The Batmobile in Turkey is quite an interesting surprise. Of course this one is an exact replica but I think if you visit the museum you will enjoy not only how they display the Batmobile but also the Batcycle which is the original. In addition, of course, as you can see from my previous phlog there are many olden antique cars as well as motorcycles to enjoy viewing. If you’re a car enthusiast I really encourage you to stop by here if you have the means to get here kinda out in the countryside.

The front of the Batmobile
This explains it's a replica
Batmobile in Turkey
Batmobile was made from a Lincoln
The back of the Batmobile
The batcycle
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Key Automobile museum near Selçuk

Key Automobile museum near Selçuk, Turkey is kind of an interesting presentation of fairly recent antique and very interesting automobiles and motorcycles. I think it’s worth you visiting if you have an interest in cars. There was some extensive displays of BMW motorcycles and cars. When I saw the attraction on Google maps I thought it might be interesting but then it showed the Batmobile and that meant I had to visit. I backtracked on my journey for about 40 minutes since it was closed the day before. I’m very glad I got to see it. Enjoy the photos.

There were a couple interesting things about this car. The front is very unusual and the doors don’t open out, they slide forward to let you out.
Porsche at key Museum
Typical fin equipped Cadillac
Cadillac from the side
Triumph of TR series
We used to see these fairly often on the roads in California. A friend of ours even had this vintage triumph which they never drove due to some problems with getting the right parts to fix it.
Austin Healey
If this was completely white it would be the same color as my sixth grade teacher’s Austin Healy, Ms.. Dicarlo”s car she drove from San Francisco which was quite a ways.
A custom-made Cadillac
Cadillac side
Alpha Romeo
Key museum shop
MG A
This MGA was one year earlier than the one my dad bought. He arranged to have the wall between the seats and the trunk taken out and two seat seats put in facing backwards for us kids which was great fun because we could see where we had been. The story was, my dad wanted a sports car and my mom said it was OK if the whole family could ride in it. You will notice there are no door handles. You had to reach inside the car and pull a cable to open the door. This meant you couldn’t really lock the door which was an interesting idea?
Stutz
Museum coffee shop
The coffee shop (Coca-Cola) inside the museum
Ford Mustang pool table
A replica of a 1965 Ford Mustang as a pool table
MG roadster
I love this design and it kind of reminds me of the TV show “the avengers” but I think that John Steed’s car was a Bentley.
Thunderbird at the key museum
This Thunderbird was definitely worth buying. After that series Ford decided to make it less sporty looking and not very interesting
Amphibious car
I had a matchbox version of this car and thought it was so cool. You could drive it on lakes
Porsche 356
Mercedes-Benz
rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
Corvette stingray
This car started quite a revolution for Chevrolet and for kids as well. Just after this car came out bicycle manufacturers started making the stingray bicycle which had very high handlebars and was very sporty looking.
The original Corvette
This was the style Corvette used for the TV show “Route 66”
Nude Mercedes hood ornament
This was an interesting Mercedes hood ornament
Old Renault
This old Renault has the typical sloping front and that’s how you tell the old Renault
Very classic car
Beautiful design and typically Renault
Beautiful design and typically Renault
Rolls-Royce Silver ghost
1925 Rolls-Royce
This was an interesting design for BMW
BMW interesting design
Bread delivery truck
This is kind of a funny looking bakery truck. Remember in those days they used to deliver bread and milk
Gangster car
This is such a typical 1930s gangster car. Look at the running boards
Old pumps
Old pump calculating price
I found this fascinating. On the pump above you can see this price per gallon and then a chart for what the price is for how many gallons. If the price changed it would be quite a job to switch all of these out
The old barbershop
An old barbershop. On the very right you can see a display stand and inside they have collars with collar buttons which you could buy
Ford Edsel
The one car that I totally loved when I was a kid and was not on display in real size, only in miniature, was this Edsel
Country leaders limousine minus a bodyguard
This is probably a limousine for a liter of a country and it looks like somebody has already taken out one of the bodyguards
Old gas pumps
The reason we call these things at gas stations “gas pumps” is because they actually had to pump the gas up into the cylinder above to fill the cylinder with the amount of gas the customer wanted. Then gravity would pour the gas into the gas tank.
Visible measuring canister
This visible measure concept was introduced to avoid suspected scamming by the gas station. You could see exactly how much gas was going to be put into your car through the glass measuring container above.
Blue ring octopus Jeep
The blue ring octopus is deadly and this looks like the markings of a blue ring octopus. I decided not to touch theJeep.
Tire pressure pump
Tire pressure gauge and air pump