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Offline Otto Puzzell

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And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« on: October 02, 2008, 04:38:36 AM »


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Late last year, UK artist James Ford finally completed a project that he’d been working on for two years. Back in 2004 he bought a rather fine tan coloured Capri, for £99, with the sole intention of completely covering it in red and orange toy cars. The result is his homage to the famous “General Lee” car from the Dukes of Hazzard: The General Carbuncle.

The project is one of 24 selected for Gum (Saatchi & Saatchi’s global content division) and creative network Cult-Geist’s collaborative project, 4C – essentially, a showcase of the best young visual artists around.

We liked James’ car project a lot, so thought we’d post some images of the completed sculpture – General Carbuncle – on the blog along with some of the stats involved in making it.

More here: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/james-fords-cars/
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2008, 04:49:11 AM »
Sponsored by Elmers?
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 04:54:33 AM »
Could be...
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2008, 11:50:22 AM »
Looks not bad actually ... from a distance.
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2008, 12:10:08 PM »
nice for the children if the car crashes in front of their kindergarten...
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2008, 07:04:51 PM »
What a way to waste a perfectly good Capri!
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2008, 09:50:08 PM »
Quote from: @re on October 02, 2008, 07:04:51 PM
What a way to waste a perfectly good Capri!

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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2008, 02:38:16 AM »
A real pain to wax, I'll bet...
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2008, 03:20:09 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 03, 2008, 02:38:16 AM
A real pain to wax, I'll bet...

Nobody puts a bikini on a Capri.
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2008, 11:36:24 AM »
Look closely at the hood...that's a double-decker power bulge! :)

Also, while the bulk of the coverage seems to be racy red & yellow German and Italian fare, the Union Jack appears to made of mini-Minis. Hats off for that!.

On the whole, the best I can say is that they did a really thorough, detailed job on....what they chose to do.
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2008, 03:07:38 AM »
Quote from: @re on October 02, 2008, 07:04:51 PM
What a way to waste a perfectly good Capri!


Or you could buy this one for the low, low price of  $1.2K.  Not as schmansy tho.
http://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/865689182.html

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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2008, 06:59:29 AM »
If I were to buy one, it'd probably not be a US-spec, since the horrible 70's bumpers tend to destroy the styling of any car they're attached to. Like, for instance, what happened to the Fiat X1/9 when it was first introduced in the US - and then to all of them from 1978.
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2008, 07:32:12 AM »
Quote from: @re on October 04, 2008, 06:59:29 AM
If I were to buy one, it'd probably not be a US-spec, since the horrible 70's bumpers tend to destroy the styling of any car they're attached to. Like, for instance, what happened to the Fiat X1/9 when it was first introduced in the US - and then to all of them from 1978.

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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2008, 04:20:09 AM »
The spoiled Lamborghini is from my favourite movie as I was 11 years old: "Cannonball".
Farrah Fawcett dressed in a cat suit. UUUUUAAAAHHH!!!
Fortunately taste changed over the years!
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Re: And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2008, 11:35:56 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on October 05, 2008, 04:20:09 AM
Fortunately taste changed over the years!

What your taste in fast cars or fast women?   ;)

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