Showing posts with label Art on Wheels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art on Wheels. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

MERCEDES 250S (Air Sus)


1967 Mercedes 250S

real maffia car

still shines after 42 years

exhaust piping lay on the ground



clean inside out

4 VIAIR compressors and an air tank

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

LUX FIT (Honda)

This Honda Fit are some of the most popular platforms for luxury tuning.

This particular Osaka-based car started life as your standard Honda Fit 1.3L model - one of the most common vehicles on the streets of Japan. It's since been built into what the owner calls an "adult themed" luxury compact.

Some of the other exterior details include a World One hatch spoiler

One-off LED tail lamps, and a one-off dual exhaust system.

The wheels are SSR Vienna Zweel in 17X7.5 +45 front and 18x8.5 +45 in the rear.

Installed with "lux" aero kit from Noblesse

The slammed stance comes not from an air suspension kit, but from a set of World One coilovers.

Inside, the seats have all been redone with a two-tone red and black leather kit.

Sunday, 29 March 2009

SmartForTwo (Batsmart)












One of the most unusual vehicles to grace last year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas is now up for auction on eBay Motors. Called the BatSmart, this little vehicle was unlike most of the high-octane pieces of rolling artwork at the event in that it used just three pistons and 70 horsepower to move along its twin passengers. What it loses in power, though, it makes up in style, right?

Designed by George Barris himself, creator of the original Batmobile from the mid '60s, the Batsmart features a faux turbine and rocket launchers to go along with its full custom body kit, which includes the requisite rear batfins and rodent-like pointy nose.

Friday, 27 March 2009

HUMMER H3 with wooden wheels







We're not sure what's so artistic about a HUMMER H3 with wooden wagon-style wheels, but apparently someone with a higher aptitude than ourselves has created just such an exhibit. It's parked outside the Royal Academy of Arts in London and was created by an artist named Matthew Harrison. According to the press release, he "has combined the legendary off-road vehicle with 'Wild West' wooden wheels to create a sculpture that is a mixture of art, engineering and motoring. For Harrison, "the crux of the 'Hummer' is formed by both its 'being' and its afterlife." We couldn't have sarcastically come up with a better line than that, so we'll just leave it as is. If you'd like to see this rolling sculpture in person, you can do so starting October 17 and it will be parked until the 20th.

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