Amazing gallery of cans turned to cars!
Meet Sandy Sanderson from New Zealand. Needing something to keep himself occupied after breaking his wrist in a motorcycle accident, he started building amazing model cars from discarded aluminum cans.
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I’m from South Africa, and here, these things are all over the place. You can pick these up for the equivalent of about $7 (USD) from many places on the side of the road.
Remarkably similar to this post..:)
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/cool_cars_cast_from_cans.html
I actually emailed Sandy at that time, and he was thrilled to have the cars featured. He was going to be coming out with a kit…still waiting to hear from him. Maybe it is time to ‘rattle his chain’ on that.
When I was a child in the 50s I had a red truck that had the cargo load move up and down. Underneath in a small spot that wasn’t painted was the logo of a beer company. The truck was made in Japan and back then the cans weren’t aluminum. It was in perfect condition and I wished I had kept it but felt good in donating it to a group that gave Christmas presents to children in need….probably why I remember it over many of my other toys that I just out grew.
Love Mr. Sanderson’s cars.
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