Today's Friday Car Fun Thread comes to us courtesy of The World's Most Dangerous Librarian, who was kind enough to send this link about 11 Cars That Look Like Animals (PHOTOS).
I suspect that Myra may have played a role in this selection:
Yep. Cars that look like animals. I'm surprised the truck from "Dumb and Dumber" didn't make the cut, although I suppose movie cars are out for this list. It appears to be a compilation of wacky vehicles that folks have made to resemble their favorite animal. I've never understood the whole "automobile as canvas" concept, whether it be gluing seashells or trinkets to one's wagon, painting a van in psychedelic colors, or slapping a 3' tall spoiler on a small four door sedan.
I've always viewed the car itself as art, from the swooping, graceful lines of the Cadillacs of the 1920s and 30s to the utilitarian goodness of the original GP to the current incarnations of people carriers. Folks have devoted their entire lives and careers to making cars beautiful, and sometimes they succeed, and sometimes they fail. Countless fortunes have been won by an aesthetically stunning car, others have been lost to cars that failed to capture the attention of the American motoring public. Entire cottage industries have evolved catering to our desire to personalize our rides, with everything from chrome accents to full body kits available so you can play dress up with your Chevrolet.
It may not be an American exclusive, the festooning of our cars with extra stuff not from the factory, but I think we're the most diverse about it...
That is all.
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Um, Jay? I guess you didn't follow the link just for the articles :)
Right at the very beginning, it says 'Remember the Shaggin' Wagon from "Dumb And Dumber"? As ridiculous as it was, that wasn't the only car ever made to look like an animal.'
So, it didn't make the list, but it looks like it might have inspired it :)
WV: corms - Cars made to look like worms?
Send Jay a random link about silly cars and he'll write a brilliant post about it. :)
Jay,
How about a "cars NAMED for animals" thread? Mustang, Cougar, etc . . .
Last night I saw my first British Ferret.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret_armoured_car
- Brad
I didn't see the possum van from Red Green anywhere...
It's mostly done in EUnuchstan, but do a search for "smart car mods".
My absolute favorite is the Porsche.
It looks like something I got on a card with some gum in the 70s.
It almost makes me want to get one. When they're selling for $hundreds, I might have to get one just to porschify it.
Can't do HTML for links, sorry.
http://rickoshea.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/1-smart-car-mod-105.jpg
It doesn't look like an animal but this sure turned heads at the Western Idaho Fair last night
http://atavinc.com/
They had the prototype on the trailer when I saw it. Would love to see it go.
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