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Messerschmitt styled Atom Cars by Kenji Yanobe, ca. 2000
« on: September 11, 2013, 02:29:30 PM »
Who built this car?
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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2013, 01:32:35 PM »
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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2013, 05:58:20 PM »
Fritz Fend?

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2013, 06:13:35 PM »
The basis car is a Messerschmitt KR, but who built this very special one?

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2013, 08:05:26 PM »
The Daleks?

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2013, 09:30:03 AM »
No, but look at the details and you may find a connection to the land, where it was converted.

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2013, 03:50:32 PM »
Is a Back to the Future parody involved?

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2013, 07:52:41 AM »
Mainly this is a piece of art, but with a bit of parody in it...

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2013, 09:42:18 AM »
Some sort of motorised Japanese nuclear Geiger counter parody art?

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2013, 03:06:24 PM »
Exactly! But this is over a decade older than the Fukushima incident...

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2013, 01:38:31 PM »
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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2013, 01:17:44 PM »
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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2013, 03:08:33 PM »
Is there even an image of this thing on the internet (besides yours of course)?

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2013, 03:19:07 PM »
The puzzle image was taken by me.

But there are some more photos of this and other similar cars from the same artist available on the internet.

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2015, 08:47:23 AM »
Big hint:

the art exhibition was taking place in Germany, the artist is Japanese.

Another photo of the same art event in 2000

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Re: grob 2013.09.11 (05)
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2015, 03:38:09 AM »
Atom Car by Kenji Yanobe
« Last Edit: November 11, 2015, 03:40:45 AM by oko94 »

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Re: Messerschmitt styled Atom Cars by Kenji Yanobe, ca. 2000
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2015, 12:21:12 PM »
Finally!

Thatīs two points!

I made this photo in 2000 at Palais Stutterheim in Erlangen.

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Re: Messerschmitt styled Atom Cars by Kenji Yanobe, ca. 2000
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2015, 01:20:29 PM »
Thank you. I think I should visit the Black Hole more often !