2V4V

As Mark mentioned, the whole "art car'' thing is really a way of life for some folks.

If you want to see some interesting/wretched art cars (depending on your viewpoint) Google 'art cars', I'm sure you'll find the Houston event.

For the Bay Area folks (and the truly comitted/comittable) Burning Man always has a nice collection of odd "transportation" including, but not limited to - art cars, motorized sofas, commodes, fire breathing dragons (propane burner off a hot air ballon) goldola boat complete with uniformed oarsman at the rear, and the proverbial "much, much, more".

Anybody going to the Man this year?

Greg

heinrich

I saw a green 911 on ebay that had on the dash:
clock;
alarm clock
cell phone
gps
mirror
cup
cup holder
antenna
another antenna
ashtray
picture frame
toy car
whiskey decanter
some glasses
an old cd
a shaver in its charger
fishbowl
pack of trojans
Gideon's Bible
map of America
laptop
police light
mist nozzle
freshener
g-meter
notepad

and a few others
ALL IN FROG GREEN


i bought a 928 and it came with the lucky charm "gekko" attached to the centre ac vent. Got her home and relalised the gekko was keeping the vent from doing the tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap

saxapeeel

i have a little fuzzy chicken that i keep around. it looks like its made out of pipe cleaners. Whenever i pull it out and set it somewhere i say "see how easy it is to get chicks in this car?"

prophesized

i just have the standard .50 cal machine gun mounted on my dash. nice and simple.

maddox

Proph -you should set it up on a hydralic lift so it can pop out of the sunroof - otherwise replacing the windscreen will become a hassel.

I was once very young - when smoking was cool. I vividly remember seeing what we affectionately know as a Mk 3 Zephyr ( it is a Pommy Ford ) so probably none in the US.

Anyway the dash was covered in cigarette boxes - all neatly placed . At the time (IMHO) I thought it was weird. Who would keep trash lined up on the dash? I wonder if they are still alive? if they have photos they may be able sue someone and upgrade.

ew928

I always thought the headlights had a third position in which they will fall
back into engine bay and reveal the .50 caliber guns aligned next to the
intake tubes.
Slotting the fr. fender will allow cartridge ejection. And keep anyone from
following too closely with all that bouncing brass.

Ernest (NYC)

Ron_H

I saw a car in San Francisco that had stainless steel flames all over the entire surface standing off of the surface. Girl driver/owner said she cut them and attached them herself. The tires were bald.....but she had here flames.

tuk_928

Here in Gainesville FL we have some really crazy and really poor folks around town. Hey, its Florida...tourism, taxation, and prisons are the only true growth sectors remaining. Development is out of control...urban sprawl rules...the Everglades are being drained and built upon, species are being destoyed, etc. Craziness begets crazyness....

Anyway, after 6 years here in sunny FL, I've come to realize that everything sorta rolls down the Atlantic coast (and sometime from the mid-west) into this state. There are two sorta "crazy" residents in town both of whom drive early 1970s Chevy pick-ups with so much JUNK piled inside & on top of the cab AND in the cargo bed that the owners have built multiple generations of retaining walls to keep the stuff from falling out. I would NOT call these thiings "art cars"...but they are certainly "local color".

One of the p/u trucks is a dull white with flourescent orange spray painted details (pin striping, wheel trim). The truck is further characterized by the presence of an old white snouted, half-blind dog (a mutt) who rides atop the cab barking at everyone and everything while trying not to be skewered by the deer antlers fassened to the cab's leading edge. The driver of the white truck, who smokes cigs like a chimney, perches his left hand on the cab and as if to provide the aforementioned dog with some degree of comfort. Note that the dog is not secured in anyway to the truck...should the driver need to make a quick stop....wheeeee doggie! Where's PETA when you neede em?

The blue p/u truck is very similar in terms of its vintage, cargo of junk but lacks the old barking dog, deer antlers, and flourescent orange spray-painted pin striping. The drivers do not appear to be related...

Forgot to mention a third pickup truck that I often see parked at the hospital and driving around town. It is absolutely covered with radio antennas of all kinds...I've counted at least 17 so far. The coup de grace is a 20-25 foot whip antenna mounted to the rear bumper. It has 4 guidewires fassened to the four corners of the car. I tell ya, when one sees this thing coming down the street it gives one pause. My guess is that it belongs to some former radioman for the military. Still it is quite a site...I'm hoping to snap some digital photos of these vehicles some day to share with the group.

My research continues...