Carthedral - Gothic Art Car with gargoyles and teeth molds

Carthedral is a 1971 Cadillac hearse modified with 1959 Cadillac tailfins. Welded on top is a VW beetle and metal armatures with fiber glass. Carthedral is a rolling Gothic Cathedral complete with flying buttresses, stained glass pointed windows, and gargoyles. It was created and designed by Rebecca Caldwell.




Photo by kris247


Photo by the Pen Guy


Photo by whizchickenonabun


Photo by Morven

This an amazing art car which I had the pleasure and honor of seeing on my very first Art Car Fest in 05 whith my new mercedes pens art with very few pens.


Photo by the Pen Guy

Road Trippin' with the Carthedral @ Yahoo! Video

Topsy-Turvy Bus by Tom Kennedy

Topsy-Turvy Bus was created by Tom Kennedy Art Car shape-shifter extraordinaire. It was commissioned by Ben & Jerry’s’ founder, ice cream maverick Ben Cohen who needed someone to turn two school buses into a vehicle for change in America.

Knitted Car Cozy for your VW

The only thing worse than cold tea is a cold car in the morning, when you sit down and your hands stick to the steering wheel and your breath fogs up the windows. Now, all that is a thing of the past with this revolutionary new product called the "Car Cozy". This hand knitted, hand crafted car cozy will enable you to keep your car warm and cozy on those cold windy nights for you until the morning.


Photo from Between Stitches


Photo from The Crochet Dude where you can actually get the car cozy pattern for your VW

Art Cars covered in Cheetos, Doritoes and Lemonheads.

I found this article today by Doug MacCash, Art Critique of the Times-Picayune "Art in the Fast Lane". A new form of pop art has apparently sprung up in New Orleans, hot sporty cars covered in product car graphics. Products such as Doritoes, Lemonheads, Lucky Charms, Cheetos and more grace the outside of these finely tuned street rods. Basically the companies of those highly "nutritious" products are getting a "free" ride from these guys. I say they need to kick down a few bucks for this neo-warhol-esk art form, its definitely worth at least 15 minutes of fame.

Sticker Cars Part One

Sticker Cars Part Two

Another Zebra Art Car from Vermont

If you ever wondered how to make a Zebra Art Car the right way here is a video that will answer all the questions. Bob a modeller who volunteers on a private museum took a 1997 Mercury Tracer GS and turned inside and out into a beautiful Zebra. Pay close attention to the small details in this video which take this ordinary zebra art car to the next level. Nice Job ZytxZeeb.

6 ways to know you own an Art Car - WOW Bus case in point

The WOW bus is a 1986 Ford on sale for a mear $130 million dollars. It has 25 Thousand Pieces and $640 worth of glue that added 2000 pounds and took 600 hours to complete!. If you look closely you will see a kitchen sink on there as well and has more silicone than Hollywood would know what to do with.

You might have an art car when:

1) The only thing holding the car together is the silicone

2) The junk on the car is worth more than the car

3) You can't remember what car you had when you started

4) Gluing garbage to your car is a vast improvement to car

5) Every day is parade day

6) What most people call O.C.D. you call A.R.T.

Star Wars Art Cars - Only for the hardcore!

There is nothing that says "I am a die hard Star Wars fan" than making your ride look like an X-wing starfighter, Landspeeder or something else. And only in this country can we get away with it, either as street legal daily riders or Burning Man mutant vehicles. There is also a group called Road Squadron and a flickr group by the same name dedicated to all who own a Star Wars Art Cars, and a lot of the ones below came from there. I guess if you live in high traffic, high road rage areas you need a fighting machine that could vaporise the occasional jerk who cuts you off. Explain that to the cops!

Jawa Sandcrawler art car by Declan McCullagh


Landspeeder at Burning Man

JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank at Burning Man by the "Donk" is also for sale at Amazon


Millenium Falcon by Sandra Deacon

Photo from Road Squadron

Red Five X-wing by Katie Horn
Photo from Road Squadron


H-Wing Starfighter by Shawn Crosby


Another Landspeeder

Star Wars Trabant from Hungary

Photo from Road Squadron


Stormtrooper Ranchero by Sharon Bronson
Photo from Road Squadron

Darth Mall Van

Photo from Road Squadron

X-Wing Truck by Jason Volk
Photo from Road Squadron


Liberator by Shawn Crosby


Cyberbike by Shawn Crosby

Photo by steev-o

This is an actual fully functional armored car with a 320 HP v8 Engine
Photo by cryogenesys


Photo by Joel Boonstra

Shark Art Car

Its summer time and that means shark season, so I decided to pay tribute to a few of the land shark art cars out there. If you see one of these in the rear view mirror, just let go by, they don't bite but will take a chunk out of your rear bumper if you decide to slam on the brakes. A "shark art car" sounds like an oxymoron to me but someone had to do it.


Ripper the Friendly Shark by Tom Kenndy at burning man


Shark Truck by Patrick Amiot made from a 1940s International Truck


Mad Max shark car

Simple yet very menacing

Really Big man eating shark vehicle at burning man

Another one from burning man

Shark Van from Berkeley by jqueen's photostream


Down for repairs, I don't want to know what.

Lucky Stiff Wins BMW Art Car

Brad Carlile gets the "Lucky Stiff" award of the year for winning this beautiful ‘77 BMW 320i art car. It was painted on-site by Tom Cramer at his 2005 show at the Mark Woolley Gallery as part of the DeSoto building opening, Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Brad, welcome to world of art cars, your life will never be the same again:)