The global automotive industry is not only stock cars, supercars, well-known brands, etc. This is also a small part of the original and original cars, which are rarely seen in the general stream on the streets of cities. You are also unlikely to find them for sale in Los Angeles showrooms or at used cars dealers in Philadelphia. But, if you still manage to see such an instance at least once, then for sure this moment will cause you at least a smile or surprise, and at the maximum, it will be imprinted in your memory for many years. Today we offer to get acquainted with the brightest representatives of the family of the strangest and strange cars, carefully selected from around the world.
Red Stiletto Art Car
Yes, the photo really captures a three-wheeled shoe. In 1990, it was built by David Crow from the state of Washington to please his girlfriend. In her opinion, most of the cars that she saw at various exhibitions were built for men. But the vehicle of Crowe’s authorship can be safely called the most female car in the world.
The body is made of fiberglass. In the technical part, motorcycle components are widely used. So, for example, a two-cylinder engine with a capacity of 350 ccs.cm power 46 hp borrowed from a 1976 Honda. It took almost four years to create.
Oscar Mayer Wienermobile[
Sometimes cars play the role of a showcase for the promotion and popularization of various products. An example of this is the Oscar Mayer show car in the form of a hot dog. The company has been building similar Wienermobiles since 1936. The first copy was a combination of the original body with a custom chassis. In the future, ten more hot dog cars were built.
The copy in the photo was created in 1995. The head optics are borrowed from the Pontiac Grand Am, the taillights are from the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. In terms of dimensions, the “sausage” is comparable to a bus. Its length is 8.2 meters, width -- 2.4 meters, and height -- 3.4 meters.
Snaefell Sidecar
In 1976 Frenchman François Knorreck bought a bike from the Italian brand Laverda and rode it until 1993. Apparently, in the end, he got tired of the motorcycle and decided to turn it into a completely wild creation of Snaefell Sidecar. Basically, it’s a sidecar. That’s just not a small boat for one passenger, but a whole car is strapped to the side!
It took more than ten years, 10,000 hours, and 15,000 euros to develop the concept and build it. A motorcycle with a three-cylinder liter engine is combined with a sports car design carbon fiber body. Some parts and components are borrowed from Renault, Citroen, BMW, Volkswagen, and Audi.
Erwin Wurm Fat Car
The “fat cars” of the Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm are as ridiculous as they are up to a certain point and pretty. The concept of an “overweight” car is contrary to all engineering and design ideas, but that’s what makes it interesting.
Pay attention to how carefully Wurm works with the form. Sometimes in a Fat Car, it is absolutely impossible to see the original model. So, for example, the “fat man” in the picture is based on … Porsche 911 Carrera.
Quasar Unipower
[Aerodynamics, the grace of forms? The French-Vietnamese designer and engineer Quasar Hanh, who created Quasar Unipower, went a completely different path. His car is just a glass cube with sliding doors, which is highly discouraged from getting into an accident. Quite an original idea, despite the deliberate simplicity.
“Showcase” is mounted on modified subframes with suspension elements from Mini. Engine -- 1.1-liter “four”. Paired with it is an automatic transmission. From 1967 to 1968, the cube car was produced in limited quantities by the English truck manufacturer Universal Power Drives. I wonder who bought it and for what purpose?
Harrod Blank Camera Van
[Sometimes the creativity of the authors of car projects and art cars borders on madness in the best sense of the word. This is exactly what Harrod Blanc’s van turned out to be. This is a real shocking show-stopper, the body of which is covered with … 2750 cameras. And as soon as the owner is not afraid to leave it in the parking lot? The idea came to Harrod at the end of 1993. In 1995 the Camera Van was ready.
Apparently, Blank wanted the minibus, on the one hand, to the depths of the soul surprised others, and on the other hand, fixed their shocked faces. To do this, he installed eight functional cameras on the machine. Two shoot videos and broadcast the image to four monitors on the starboard side. The rest are film cameras.
William Burge’s Phantom Art Car
William Burge’s creation is the Batmobile from the Mad Max universe. Another association is a post-apocalyptic Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic from the thirties. By the way, it was a pre-war sports car that was considered one of the most beautiful cars in history for good reason.
A striking feature of the coupe is the heads of fantastic creatures decorating the body. So, for example, in place of the head optics, there is the face of a bird and a dog. Or, more precisely, creatures that, according to the author, resemble them.