1939 Lincoln-Zephyr “Scrape” could have been Batman’s car

And now you can own it

If you're in Santa Monica, California, on June 24-25, and have some spare cash, you'd be able to buy this beauty of a car and transform yourself into Batman. At least while driving it.

If "spare cash" means around $300,000-400,000, then you're in the right place to take home a car that has Bruce Wayne written all over it. Yes, it started out in life as a '39 Lincoln-Zephyr, but its front end is from a '40-41 model year, and the car is longer than the original.

`Scrape`, as the car is named, is the child of Terry Cook, a former Hot Rod magazine editor who dreamed about it for years before actually paying for a custom Lincoln-Zephyr out of his wildest dreams.

The car was painted in a glossy purple, while its body was lowered, widened and stretched to look as if the car is just hovering inches away from the ground. The car was so famous in the 1990s, even Mattel made a Hot Wheel version of it.

The Petersen Automotive Museum bought it for $250,000 in 1999, then sold it at the astonishing price of $55,000 in 2013 to none other than Barry Weiss, of Storage Wars fame.

Barry repainted it black, put some airbags and safety features on it and diamond step plates on the outside rocker panels. Now the car looks somewhat tame when compared to the original, but much more lovable in its classic beauty.

Of course, Barry Weiss is known for making a profit out of everything, so the new price for the car will exceed $300,000, taking into consideration the massive work he has done to bring this beauty back to life. Fingers crossed for the Sotheby's auction.

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