ArtCar Fest 09 - Video from National Geographic

ArtCar Fest 09 was recently featured on National Geographic Television on a show called National Geographic Amazing. This episode had a bunch of shots of cars such as, Space Junk, Carthedral, and Ah My Gawd by Harrod Blank.  There were also a three art cars that were interviewed: Daisy Singer by Philo Northrup, The Mercedes Pens by Costas Schuler, and Vain Van by Emily Duffy.

The Duckmobile Art Car by Jen Mulder

The Duckmobile was just sent in by Jen Mulder a Toyota 89 Camry with a whopping 260,000 miles covered in rubber ducks. She lives in Madison WI and fortunately for Jen there is plenty of room for more rubber ducks to be added to the sides and hubcaps. Jen also made the big time in a feature done by her local news about her business The Electric Needle and her amazing and fun Duckmobile, great job!!! That blue really makes those ducks stand out:):):)

Motorized Beer Scooter

This dude is riding a motorized beer cooler way too fast, I hope he's not drinking.

Watch Burning Man Live NOW!!! - via Ustream

I just added a live  burning man feed via ustream for those of us that decided to stay home and avoid the 7 deadly hassles. Cant wait to post more mutant vehicles from this years event.

Daredevil drivers race for victory in the Soapbox Derby

From the The Hoar Cross Downhill soapbox competition

Worst crashes at Red Bull Soapbox Race in Seattle

Christmas Art Car - For some its not over yet

Cyclecide Bikes - When men and scrap collide

When men and scrap bikes collide you get cyclecide , a group of other worldly creative genius who have taken it upon themselves to transform scrap bikes into death defying rides of pure fun.
Their mission statement best describes who and what they do.

"Heavy Pedal Cyclecide Bike Rodeo is a club of alter-bike mechanics, mariachi-punk musicians and psychotic clowns who love bikes, beer and building stuff. Together we form a traveling pedal-powered carnival that is fun for people of all ages."

Bellow is a great collection of art bikes they have created so far and the video puts it all together. These bikes are best understood live but the video is the next best thing.

Suburban Intruder aka Mower Bike


Bone Bike


Double Trouble


Moses on the 999 Chopper


Slouch Broom Bike


Mars Bike from BVSA


Rocket Bike from BVSA


Golden Gate Bridge Bike


Chupacabra with Flames



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Drako 4x4 beast gives woman new life

more photos the inside is fantastic.

Draco Steelworks 4x4 is an expedition style, all wheel drive luxury motor home that has given Ms. Johnson a new lease on life after she came down with crippling Lyme disease. full story. It has a 190 gallon diesel fuel tank, broadband Internet satellite, a 20,000 pound hydraulic winch mounted on the front, does 0 to 49 in 35 seconds and goes off road. Inside it has insulated aluminum window shutters on all windows, a three-burner propane stove with oven, a ceramic tiled bathroom with accented hardware, security system and mobile GPS with voice prompting. It also has bear foot prints painted on the side to make it look less scary. Check out the video its a great story.

Giant Tire Painting with a BMW Art Car

Artist Robin Rhode installed a set of paint squirters on a 2010 BMW Z4 and then set it in motion upon canvas. This giant football field sized piece of art is entitled "An Expression of Joy." and was created after hours of driving the car to and fro in exact patterns to get the paint thickness just so. I think its a great marketing idea by BMW to promote their new car, well done.



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The Art of Flying Men

I had to post this video about men flying only feet away from cliff walls

Car Runs on Garbage - Magical Gasifier Budget Mod

Finally a car mod I can get excited about, turning garbage into fuel for my car. Do you remember the Movie "Back to the Future" well this guy pretty much did and his entire 24 step process is outlined on instructables. This "magical" device is called a gasifier and what it does is called gasification. Dude you rock!!!!!!
Gasifier


Cool Video

Bubble Truck Art Car - never a dull moment

The Bubble Truck is a modified 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 extended cab pickup truck "sculptured" with a variety of ornaments and other devices installed solely for the creation of making bubbles of all sorts of shapes and sizes. When I was emailed this art car and I had to post it to cheer up those of you in cold weather today. This art truck is also available for private parties, birthday parties, parades, corporate events, and charitable causes. Never a dull moment with this ride.

The Bubble Truck



The Bubble Truck in action, its better on video