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Have you ever wanted to achieve a faster state of laziness, but the couch you currently have just doesn't cut it any more? What you need is a motorized couch that will enable you reach laziness at a higher rate than ever before. It will do "busy to lazy" in no time at all. Just make sure you have your favorite beverage and the remote control has fresh batteries and your only job is to choose from a variety of different models.

1) The Super Duper

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2) The Speedster

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4) The Cross Country Cruiser


5) The Drive Through


6) The "Yes Dear"

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7) The London Commuter

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8) The Disco Fever

by Josh Halley

9) The Granny

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10) The Euro Executive

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11) The Old Timer

by Somerslea

12) The Bachelor (still living in his parents basement)

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13 The Lawrence of Arabia

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I don't know what on earth this is, but this really really really big huge mother ship connection single biggest fin I have ever seen on a car is........AWESOME!!!!!!! If I had this car I would drive it every day and sometimes twice a day just to freak people out. My daughter S. says it looks like the wall of death. I anyone knows anything about this car please let me know I would love to give credit to the artist that created this work art.

1) Designer Man Purse

2) Hair Club for Cheap Men

3) U-Save Packing Moving Company

4) College Couch Covers

5) Auto Body Work for The Busy Executive

6) Sexy Lingerie

7) Power Surge Protection

8) Aerodynamic Racing Stripes

9) Superhero Outfit

10) Efficient Office Space

11) Wall Angel Art

12) Baby Sitting

13) Bike Lock


14) Old Fashioned Prom Outfit

15) Sweat Suit

This Dr. Seuss Fire truck was for sale on ebay so I hope there is someone out there driving this really cool and fun art car.If you are the new owner, we would love to hear from you.

Duke is a salvaged 79 Ford Granada created by maverick, artist, writer, poet and blogger Rick McKinney a.k.a "Gonzo". Its covered 23 steamer trunks, 3 TVs, 2 typewriters, a train set, bones, beads, a brass ships portals and basically a ton of stuff in addition to all this. Rick says on his postcard that "Duke is a rolling museum, a monument, the Holy Grail of the American Road". Nice work and sorry about the coffee stains on your scanned postcard you signed for me at the last Art Car Fest we met.

Duke Art Car by Rick McKinney

Inside Duke Art Car by Rick McKinney

Duke Art Car Video by Rick McKinney

The Tirezilla Art Car was the Peoples Choice winner at this years Omaha, Nebraska Art Car Show. It was made by an art class at The University of Kansas in Lawrence and completely covered with tires. Its has a very "Mad Max" "end of the world" feel to it and it's a car you definitely dont want to cut off in traffic, you never know what will pop out and get you. Nice work, Mel Gibson would be proud to drive this baby around town.

This video of the Omaha Art Car Show 2008 was taken by Dave from Kansas City and creator of Aerocar. There are definitely some weird and strange art cars including this years peoples choice winner called Tirezella, thanks Dave.

The Mermaid Mobile

Is an ’82 VW Westfalia Vanagon, the last year VW made the air-cooled engine. I originally purchased the van in California and drove it to my new home in Florida . Since then I have driven the Mermaid Mobile from California to Florida and back 5 times, West Coast to West Coast. As the years went on and the Florida Sun started to take a toll on the finish I was trying to figure out how to restore the van. It just really seemed like you needed a lot of money. I found a copy of Harrod Blank's art car book that my sister in law had given me a couple years earlier and that got the wheels of my new life and my mind rolling.

Mermaidsdontcook.com is my website and my art work is all about Mermaids so the name of the van became the Mermaid Mobile. Living between Florida and California what else would your theme be. After looking at all the types of art cars, I decided I loved the look of a painted art car and I wanted all of my art friends in Panama City , Florida and Los Osos, Ca (and some points in between) to paint on the van. That way I could carry all this different artwork around the country as I sold my own whimsical mermaid artwork.

It was a really hot Aug day in Florida ; I asked fifteen friends if they wanted to show up on Sunday and help me paint the van, I would buy the pizza and beer. When they asked what the theme was, I said nautical without a word everyone was off and running to paint their favorite spot. Word got around and people starting dropping by to paint on the Mermaid Mobile. To date the Mermaid Mobile has become a roving art gallery and represents about 48 different artists.

My art car is my weekend driver. Most people in town don’t know my name, but they all know the Mermaid Mobile.

Happy Tails
Paulette and the Mermaid Mobile :-}


 

This 1994 Nissan LX called the Lorax located in Davis, Ca is for sale for $1,750 OBO. It has (AC/Powerlocks),177,000 miles a new engine at 125,000 and runs great!It was onwed and serviced by a mechanic, passed smog and gets 28-30 MPG. Contact anniepseaks@yahoo.com if you are interested in owning this fun car. The art work also very close to the original book called "what happened to the lorax?" by Dr. Suess.



Photos by Bagel!

I know its totally self serving by this is a great video I did a year ago and I thought it deserved a few more views. I spent all this time making the Mercedes Pens by collecting now over 10,000 pens and gluing them on my art car. One of my pen sources is a little thrift store called pick of the liter and I also do the first ever Nacho Libre Pen Lip Sync.

I got this email from Susan Venus owner of Venus Hair in Houston who owns a a hearse art car covered in painted cats buy artist Beans Barton. The Cataillic was formerly known as the Venus Hairse went a radical transformation in 2008 when it was painted over with really cute cats which won 2nd prize in the 2008 Art Car Parade in Houston. Susan has a great web site full of great links and if you are into cute animals, big hair and more art cars go check it out.

This is the first of its kind, an Art Bulldozer that was shot in Bahamas and was sent in by Wendy from the Orange Show. Nice going but I am not sure if this baby will be able to get any work done, but it sure looks good doing absolutely nothing at all. Nice way to hide a few of the rust spots:)

It is with a heavy heart that I tell you all...Monstero! died today.

I was awoken at 5:20 this morning - first by Mica barking, then by our neighbor pounding on the door shouting "Monstero!'s on fire!!!". I ran to the back window to see huge flames at the back of the yard. Monstero! was fully engulfed - the garage was starting to catch. I shouted downstairs to James: "James! Monstero!'s on fire!! Get the hose - I'm calling 911!"

With James on the hose spraying down the garage and the fire department on the way, I was then able to react to what James was shouting: "Get my truck keys! Hurry!!". Our truck was parked in back right next to the blaze. I jumped in and gave it gas - it wouldn't go. Our brand new canoe was tied in the back and locked to the fence. For a split second, I considered trying to unlock it but the cab was starting to fill with smoke and looking at the inferno out the window next to me I knew there was not time for that. I floored it - ripping the canoe out of the back (luckily just by breaking the rope) and pulled the truck a safe distance away.

Our neighbors jumped on the hoses while James emptied one of the extinguishers on the side where the boat was locked so we could get it out of there.

The fire station is just 4 blocks from our house so they were there in a flash (Thanks Guys - and Gals!) James and the neighbors did a fantastic job spraying down the surrounding stuff and saving the garage. The firefighters finally got Monstero! put out. I was just waiting for them to say "What the heck IS this?" - they never did.

He's toast. I can't believe it. The inspector is coming later (he was finishing up at another fire) to determine the cause but while we were walking around the wreckage we saw the remnants of a bag of charcoal briquettes at the back - it looks like it was intentional. Bastards.

I attached a couple of pics. We were too busy taking care of everything else while it was burning to have any pictures of that but James was face to face with him - said it was a giant flaming skull alright...

Monstero! was many things - A Mutant Vehicle, a parade car, a party on wheels, a neighborhood icon - a memory of a lost loved one. He brought a lot of joy to a lot of people (I added a picture of that too). We will miss him. RIP buddy.



James and Willow Fulton look over the interior of their destroyed 1986 Mitsubishi Montero they named Monstero! It was set on fire Sunday morning in their alley.

Scott and Rudy are a regular duo at Art Car Fest every year, this is his Alien Bug and here is what Scott had to Say:
"Ruby and I would like to join your artcar procession? I purchased this car in 1995 with an embarrassing ugly paint job. One of my client's, with his graffiti crew painted it. I was totally unaware of the Art Car Community. The car has been through several incarnations, the luxury of easily removable front hoods helps. I still have the original hood hanging in my garage. The present hood is Marvin the Martian in 3-D. I am presently working on a third hood with the image of the Silver Surfer on it."
Scott welcome to the procession.