I knew of a guy who painted black spots on his Ford Maverick, mounted bull horns on the hood, and covered the roof with astro-turf and plastic farm animals. Moovin' on.

The Lamborghini with the giant jet engine and the Acura with the missiles are definite fakes.

I think 3 are fake and three are real.
Lamborghini-FAKE
Acura-FAKE
Shopping Cart-FAKE

The rest are real.

The shoe-car, the shopping-cart car, and the pig car have all been seen on the Discovery Channel show Monster Garage, as examples of the 'monsters' that other people have created.

The turtle car is one of a series of animal-themed cars produced by a local Massachusetts company that uses them for advertising. Can't recall the name of the company just now, but one of the designers lives up the street from me, and I've seen the turtle car drive a couple of times.

-Tym

The shopping cart is NOT a fake. It has been in every St. Patrick's Day parade since I can remember. It is owned by a local grocery store chain.

There are more than one of those shopping CARts.

As for the turtle car...

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Sorry, but they all shrivel in comparison to the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. Just can't beat the big weiner. Not in public, at least.

I got to ride in the Weinermobile once.

Have you all noticed how much more jaded everyone is getting as time goes by? At least I'm calling fake much more quickly than I would have before, sometimes with cause, sometimes not.

I have to admit, the one time I actually saw the weinermobile cruise by while I was driving I almost hit the ditch. I'd never seen it except on tv, and you don't expect such things driving on a two lane highway in Canada.



And winona? In or on?

I just choked on my dinner. (and no, it was not hot dogs).

If I had to be way too honest, I'd have to say in, but almost "on". I went on a date with the Weinermobile guy when he was in town. Ahhh, I miss my single days.

The shoe car is on the cover of the book "Eccentric America" by Jan somethingorother.

I know the shoe one is real, I've read about it before. The others, I'm not sure, but there's a great book called "Art Cars" by Harrod Blank which describes in detail, with a lot of pictures, some of the truly crazy things some people have done with their cars.

Link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1579903304/qid=1111499037/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-2240032-2211220?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I have to agree with sombrero11, the black car & red car (not the shoe) appear to be photosphopped, the rest look real.

The rocket launchers don't cast a shadow on the ground on the right side of the red car. The lighting on the Lamborghini and on the "jet engine" don't match up either. Whimsical fun, but those two are only in a fantasy world. (Regardless, I wish to heck I could put a few sidewinders on my vehicle!)

You gotta know the Lamborghini is fake.... who the heck would do that to a car that costs more than most homes?

ummmmmm. I would. everything needs a jet on it!!!!

the shopping cart is real. i saw one driving around on blue peter, not too long ago.

They are real... they were featured on Monster Nation on either TLC or the Discovey Chanel

http://homepage2.nifty.com/ztath/starthp/subpage11.html

I found this site with seriously customised trucks. The site is in Japanese, and the pictures are a little dark, but they're very cool anyway.

Some of these are definitely real. Several of them were in a book about "art cars" written and photographed by the brother of a friend of mine.
There's a whole subculture of people who build these cars and take them around to different parades and exhibitions. The "art cars" range from truly inspired creations like the shoe car to cars that somebody has just glued a bunch of junk to the outside of and declared them art.

these are like a lot of others that you see at Houston's Annual Art Car Parade. People bring their strange cars from all over the world to be in that parade. There is a website with lots of pics, a definite must see.

the bat mobile in the picture is definitely a fake, there is no way they could generate the type of thrust the rear engine would suggest, definitely fake!

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