Dickens44 and Girlfriend with Bascom Art Car This mosaic Ford Falcon art car was created by artist and former curator for the Unknown Museum Dickens 44 Bascom on facebook a mystery worth investigating. At first all I found was that Bascom 44 was born on the 44th day of 1944 at 44 minutes past 4:00 […]
3 Amazing Art Car Drawings by Eric Carlos Bertrand
Wow Bus These Art Car drawings were created by artist Eric Carlos Bertrand who was inspired by real Art Cars. He currently resides in Montreal and has taken the art car as a source of inspiration for researching the possibilities for viable version of the “ship of fools”, a old imagery related to the tradition […]
Rolls Royce Art Car by Pro Hart
Pro Hart (1928-2006) is on of Australia’s most famous artist and considered the father of the Australian Outback painting movement. His works were shown on a wide variety of products such as air conditioners, beer cans, kitchenware, and telephone cards, and also a very popular carpet commercial on television. He lived in Broken Hill, in […]
ArtCar Fest 09 – Video from National Geographic
ArtCar Fest 09 was recently featured on National Geographic Television on a show called National Geographic Amazing. This episode had a bunch of shots of cars such as, Space Junk, Carthedral, and Ah My Gawd by Harrod Blank. There were also a three art cars that were interviewed: Daisy Singer by Philo Northrup, The Mercedes […]
MISSING Art Car- Athena by Nikos Bel-Jon – Voted "Most Unusual Car" in 1959
Athena Art Car by Nikos Bel-Jon Front BW ViewAthena Art Car by Nikos Bel-Jon Side BW View I got an email about an amazing 1938 Zephyr Art Car created by Greek artist Nikos Bel-Jon in 1956. The car was eventually sold and now the son of Nikos has put out call to find his dads […]
Ghostbusters Art Car Ecto-1 For Sale on eBay
Ghostbusters Art Car Ecto-1 For Sale on eBayphotos by Chad Davis Its about time we got the chance to get our hands on one of the most famous art cars out there. The original Ecto-1 from the movie Ghostbusters is finally up for sale on eBay. The Excto-1 is a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance limo […]
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11th Annual Seattle Art Car- Blowout
This awesome pictures were taken by the who also took the time to write down the names of the cars and the wonderful artist who made them at this years 11th Annual Seattle Art Car- Blowout. If any you have more info on these cars please email me and I can post a detailed entry […]
Scraper Bike – By Tyrone Stevenson Jr
Photos by Jacob Fenston The scraper bike was birthed in Oakland by Tyrone Stevenson Jr., a 20 year old. AKA Baybe-Champ Da Scraper Bike King/Creator/Inventor. The idea came from cars that ride in Oakland called scrapers — basically an old model car, such as a Buick, that’s painted a custom color to match the bright […]
Wooden Art Car Called Gunner By Incredible Sculptor Michael Cooper
Wooden Art Car Called Gunner By Michael CooperGunner Top ViewGunner Wooden Wheel Close UpGunner Pipe Close Up Gunner Rear Disk Brakes Close Upall photos via Michael Cooper Sculptor This wooden art car called “Gunner” was created by amazing sculptor Michael Cooper who resides in Sebastopol CA. It was created in 2007 and made up from […]
Incredible Japanese Decotora Trucks Video
Here is a great video about these Japanese Decotora Trucks I posted some time ago. The pictures are great but you really need to seem them live and this video does them justice. They explain the history of how all this got started and they interview some of the truckers and artists who help create […]