Weird Cars

A car is an item of necessity and also luxury. But for many designers, cars are works of art where they can unleash their creativity and imagination. Extraordinary imagination has given rise to a number of crazy cars with weird designs in recent times. LINK: The Presurfer

Toowoomba Flood 2011.01.10

Amazing footage of East Creek near Chalk Drive / Chalk Lane rising and washing away lots of cars during Flash Flood in Toowoomba on Monday 10 January 2011. This is some of the best footage I have seen of the Flood and was taken from the second floor of our office which backs onto Chalk Lane.

It shows just how fast the creek turned into a torrent and quickly flooded Chalk Drive and Chalk Lane.

I also got some video of where the creek crosses Neil Street and some video of the aftermath and the huge amount of cars damaged and piled on top of one another in the Chalk Drive car park. LINK: Youtube

The Dirty Car Artist

Scott Wade loves to draw on dirty car windows. But unlike you and me, he doesn't just draw smiley faces and silly slogans. He paints intricate masterpieces in the dirt - right on the rear window! LINK: Youtube

TOP 10 CLASSIC CARS THAT NEED TO BE RESURRECTED

“With the recent revival of cars like the Dodge Challenger, the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing, and a host of other vehicles built off decades-old design concepts that still turn heads today, many automakers are reaching into the past to help design the cars of the future. These are the cars we’d really like to see brought back to life with a 21st century twist.” w/ photos. LINK

Paint by Traffic

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At the Rosenthaler Platz, an intersection in Berlin, artists poured paint on to the street to see what images cars, buses, and bicycles would make with it:

The various colours of paint were dumped onto the road in large puddles at different locations throughout the intersection. As traffic drove through, the paint was spread around creating lots of colourful lines. The whole action took only a few seconds: bikers had poured paint from big boxes in front of cars that waited for green lights. So the cars and their wheels, if the driver wanted it or not, became the brush tool for this guerilla public art piece.The creators of the project posted signs on post nearby explaining that the paint wasn’t harmful and would simply wash off with water

Link, Via: Urlesque, Via: Neatorama

6 Cars So Alluring They're In An Art Museum

Some cars are so beautifully designed and exquisitely engineered that they transcend mere transportation to become works of art. They are rolling sculptures. Curators at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, USA, agree. The museum is hosting an exhibition to celebrate automotive design, and it has gathered a very impressive assortment of cars.

The Allure of the Automobile, which runs through June 20, features 18 vehicles created in what could be called the golden age of design, from the early 1930s through the early 1960s. LINK: The Presurfer

Model Cars Made From Aluminum Cans

New Zealander Sandy Sanderson needed a new hobby to occupy his time as he recovered from a motorcycle accident, so he started making model cars from discarded aluminum cans. As you can see, he’s gotten very good at making what he calls CanCars. See more of his creations at Jalopnik. Link, Via: Digg, Via: Neatorama

Wooden Carved Cars

“Gary recently showed his carved cars at the Dayton, Ohio, Concours d’Elegance at Carillon Park, and the feedback that he received from the attending public, fellow exhibiting artists and the Concours staff was ‘through the roof.’ Examine his work closely, and you’ll see why.” LINK: Unique Daily

BMW drives on top of other cars in parking lot

Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 - Extreme Fitness Thornhill, Ontario, Canada Parking lot. Unknown driver of an X5 or X3 BMW, takes out 2 parked cars.. Epic parking failure. Driver of the BMW has not been I.D'd....yet. LINK, Via: Youtube

Group4 rs1800's playing in the snow

Group4 ford escort mkii rs1800's playing in the snow in the hands of Hannu Mikkola and Bjorn Waldegard in 1979. LINK: Youtube

Icicle Sculpture Created by … Cars!

What do you get when water splashed out of a puddle by cars freeze on tree branches?

You get this awesome display of Mother Nature’s artistic side!

As the water ran off it created scores of icicles and has formed an ice sculpture.

The 10 foot-high icicles were created on the outskirts of Skelmersdale in Lancashire.

Link, Via: Neatorama

The Internet Movie Cars Database

Want to know if the car you drive has appeared in any movies?
The Internet Movie Cars Database has the most complete list on the web about cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles seen in movies. LINK

Peel Microcars

Peel microcars were built in Peel, Isle of Man, in the 1960's by Peel Engineering. Owner designer Cyril Cannell and his workforce led by George Gelling created these cars in premises close to Peel harbour.

Peel Engineering was at the forefront of glass fibre ad plastics moulding technology, famous for its motorcycle racing fairings and boat-building expertise. LINK

Weird Cars

A compilation of the weirdest cars around. LINK