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See also: [[Art car]]

This is a list of well-known art cars.

==Some art cars==
===The Worthington Bottle Car===
One of the earliest examples are the [http://www.coorsvisitorcenter.co.uk/hr_transport.asp?section_id=75 Bottle Cars] built in the [[1920s]] to advertise [[Worthington Beer]] in England. The five cars were fitted out with boiler plate bodies to resemble the shape of a bottle laid on its side - each one weighed about 2.3 tons.

===The Nevada Car===
Built on an [[International Harvester]] pickup truck as a '''community project''' during [[Reno, Nevada]]'s '''Reno Days''' event under the direction of [[David Best]]. Features a "supercharger" on the hood which is actually the motor head unit from a [[Kirby Corporation|Kirby Sani-Tronic]] [[vacuum cleaner]].
Owned and (formerly) driven by '''Patrick Dailey''' of [[Novato, California]], who states: " Wherever we go people are always trying to give us more junk to put on it." and "...we hardly ever have to buy our own gas." As of summer [[2005]] the Nevada Car is stored in [[Boulder City]], [[Nevada]], in need of engine repairs.

===Buddha Buggy===
[[Image: PoliticalSpeech_7798.jpg|left|thumb|Buddha Buggy]]
A 1987 [[Honda]] CRX, the '''[http://www.CityofArt.net/rhonda.htm Buddha Buggy]''' features a 1.6 m high detachable '''Nepalese Buddhist [[stupa]]''' on the roof, with strings of prayer flags running up to the golden pinnacle of the stupa. In back, a 300 mm golden Buddha, holding a miniature pagoda, is flanked by intent Laptop Buddhas. These are but a few of the 50 golden statuettes, mostly on Buddhist or Asian spiritual themes, that adorn the car and stupa. Adding to the effect are twirling [http://www.cityofart.net/hubcap.gif yin-yang hubcaps], psychedelic-era stickers, and the vanity license plates, ''TOOCOOL''. Not visible are the image is a 330 mm high '''[http://www.CityofArt.net/stupa.gif porcelain Amitabha Buddha]''' in its niche in the stupa, and [http://www.CityofArt.net/budahead.jpg] paintings of the Buddha], comic dragons, a cartoon portrait of the owner, comets, a flying saucer with 2 green aliens, and toothy, two-legged fishes. The car's interior includes a velvet altarcloth-draped dashboard with brass Tibetan incense burners, statues, and gold tassels; a painted explosion of cosmic love inside the doors; and a temporary installation of spiritual beings meditating in a circle in the back cargo area. The Buddha Buggy is the work of its [[Seattle, Washington]] owner, [http://www.myspace.com/CityofArt Larry Neilson], and [http://www.CityofArt.net/kich5.htm his many collaborators]. It has appeared at Art Car events all over the western U.S. and Canada, including the '''[[Tacoma_Art_Museum]]''' and '''[[San_Jose_Museum_of_Art|San Jose (CA) Museum of Art]]'''.

===Camera Van===
A van entirely covered with photographic and videocameras and featuring a video display, built by filmmaker and art car guru [[Harrod Blank]]. This vehicle has the distinction of being one of the few works of art that actually '''looks back at the viewer''', as it photographs and videotapes them using some of the cameras mounted upon it, and has the ability to play the video back on the external screen, allowing you to '''watch it - watching ''you'' as you are watching ''it'' watch you.''' ''(Seen in Oakland, California.)'' More at [http://www.cameravan.com]

===Flying Saucer===
This is an otherwise conventional VW Beetle but with aluminum arching skirts all around that make the platform completely circular. In place of the sun roof is somewhat hemispherical transparent plastic dome. ''(Seen in a Berkeley, California parade.)''

===Oh my God!===
A 1965 [[Volkswagen Beetle]] with the [[California]] license plate '''OMYGAWD''', which features exotic plastic fruits and vegetables, a world globe and the phrase "Oh my God" painted in dozens of languages. A creation of [[Harrod Blank]], this Beetle was featured in the 1992 documentary Wild Wheels (the documentary featured a scene in a courtroom where Blank was seen contesting a parking citation to the point that art cars and their respective artists were usually subjected to [[police harassment]]).

===Phone Car===
[[Image:Telephonecar-1-.jpg|right|thumb|"Teleman" and the Phone Car]]

Created by business owner, Howard Davis (seen here as his alter-ego, Teleman), as a way to promote his business telephone company. It was featured in various magazines including [[Motor Trend]] and [[Weekly World News]], and was also in the [[Petersen Automotive Museum]] in Los Angeles for its exhibit on art cars.

The [[Phone Car]] is built on a 1975 Volkswagen Beetle frame and has a tinted glass windshield which allows the driver to see clearly out of it. It also has a telephone ringer as its horn, so instead of a honk, it rings!

===Rocket Car===
A car that looks like a [[Buck Rogers]] style [[art deco]] rocket ship, '''complete with a gauge-filled cockpit''' interior which appears to be suitable for a jet aircraft.

=== Furthur and Further ===
The [[Blacklight paint|day-glo]] painted schoolbus [http://www.intrepidtrips.com/bus/index.html Further] is a 'remake' of the original bus known as "[[Furthur]]" (the original) which is the actual real-life [[Merry Pranksters]]' '''hippie bus''' whose destination sign read simply "Furthur" and which "tootled the multitudes" in 1964 in 'real life' and in [[Tom Wolfe]]'s book ''[[The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test]]'' The bus is also prominently mentioned in the [[Grateful Dead]]'s song "(That's it for) The Other One", as "'''the bus to never-ever land'''" with "...Cowboy Neal ([[Neal Cassady]]) at the wheel...".

=== H-Wing Carfighter ===
A "next generation" art car is the [http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/shawn/Pages/hwing/index.html H-Wing Carfighter], a science fiction-themed 1995 [[Honda Civic del Sol]] SI two-seater. Designed after a [[Rebel Alliance]] [[A-Wing]] fighter from [[Star Wars]], it features external laser cannons, lighting effects and an automated [[R2-D2]] "Astromech droid". The interior features computers and other gadgetry. Many modifications are made from "found" parts including sports equipment, plumbing fixtures, and toys. The overall design blends elements of real war machines through the ages, such as World War Two [[fighter plane]]s, with the fictional.
H-Wing is a member of [http://www.roadsquadron.com/ Road Squadron], a collection of science fiction-related art cars, and generated a great deal of [[web traffic]] when featured on [[Fark.com]] and [[Slashdot]] (see [[Slashdot effect]]).

[[Image:OnSafariArtCar.jpg|right|thumb|260px|''Note that the interior continues the striped design.'']]

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