FILE - In this Feb. 28, 1961 file photo, after three years of work, George Barris of Lynwood, Calif., has done a masterful job of converting a 1931 Model "A" coupe into a 500 horsepower hot-rod. Standing beside his converted hot-rod, Barris raises one of the car's lift-up type doors. Barris, the legendary custom car builder who created television’s original Batmobile, and who helped define California’s car culture for the rest of the world with scores of colorfully designed vehicles that ranged in appearance from the stunningly beautiful to the simply outrageous, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. He was 89. (AP Photo/Ellis R. Bosworth, File)