And now, for something completely different, a car covered in cars.

Otto Puzzell · October 02, 2008, 04:38:36 AM

QuoteLate 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/

Ultra · October 02, 2008, 04:49:11 AM

Sponsored by Elmers?

Otto Puzzell · October 02, 2008, 04:54:33 AM

Could be...

Arthur Dent · October 02, 2008, 11:50:22 AM

Looks not bad actually ... from a distance.

Allemano · October 02, 2008, 12:10:08 PM

nice for the children if the car crashes in front of their kindergarten...

@re · October 02, 2008, 07:04:51 PM

What a way to waste a perfectly good Capri!

Ultra · 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!

Otto Puzzell · October 03, 2008, 02:38:16 AM

A real pain to wax, I'll bet...

Ultra · 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.

Stephen M · 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.

Bezor · 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

@re · 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.

Paul Jaray · 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.

Allemano · 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!

Bezor · 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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