Lotus

1975 Lotus Europa sports car.

The car was made from 1966 to 1975 and the basic look was about the same.

The hot pink color tells me this must be a 1966 version driven by Pinkie Pinkston.

She was a friend of Bruce Wayne and employed Colonel Gumm as a foreman in her trading stamp production facility and warehouse.  She did not know he was counterfeiting rare stamps and selling them as real.

Eventually she found out Gumm was a criminal and he held her hostage for a while, until she was rescued by Batman.

So this seems the perfect car for a young woman, rich, loves pink, and likes to be noticed.

It's a pretty little car.

From above it reminds me of the Man From UNCLE car.

So a nice little vehicle for a Batman character that works right out of the box.
 

Morgan +4

The Morgan +4 sports car.

Made in the UK it is a luxury performance car.

They have been produced off and on since the 1950s.

This model is quite large, particularly since I actually prefer HO 1/87 scale models.

But it will likely fill an unique niche as a race car or as a car for some international man of mystery.

They have been used as race cars.

I am thinking maybe machine guns behind the flip down headlights instead.

This is probably the only one I will buy.
 

Surf Woody

1932 Ford Woody.

This is 1/64th scale and is a Wal-Mart exclusive.

The are about 25 cents cheaper than Hot Wheels or Matchbox and are similar to those brands before they increased the price about a year ago.

Back then the cars lacked an interior and the wheels were getting cheap.  Since the price increase they are much better.

Still, for $1 this is a perfectly usable car, in 1/64th scale.

It will work well for my Beach Blanket surfers.

So the size problem does not bother me.

I suspect I will get a few of these and the will have surfboards mounted on the roof, or out the rear window.

And I will likely repaint them so they are not all red, and perhaps change up the wheels.
 

Just Put Some Gears On It

On the old Batman TV show the Dynamic Duo was often captured by the villains and tied to a conveyor belt.  Sometimes the devices had gears on them. 

So I looked in the jewelry and scrapbook department of Hobby Lobby and found these.

The big ones are about 2 inches in diameter.  They are all metal.

These should make good gears for that purposes, but steampunk and simply industrial setting would benefit from these also, I think.