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Police Car Converted into Chicken Coop

Police Car Converted into Chicken Coop

Y’know, I think this old police car that was converted into a functional chicken coop by artist Benedetto Bufalino might be a genuinely ingenious way to help control traffic. If you parked this in the right place, then people might really stop speeding…and pick up some fresh eggs.

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Vehicular Hacking, From Art Cars to JEEPuters

Vehicular Hacking, From Art Cars to JEEPuters

While DIY automotive projects are nothing new, the options for modifying your vehicle are becoming increasingly diverse and accessible. As the Owner’s Manifesto states, “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it,” and this should apply to your manufactured vehicle as much as any commercial object.

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Art Car as “Weapon of Mass Instruction”

Art Car as “Weapon of Mass Instruction”

Built from a welded frame atop a 1979 Ford Falcon (a vehicle popular with the then-ruling military junta), Argentinian art-car maker Raul Lemesoff drives around the streets of Buenos Aires distributing free books…

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Building an Art Car’s Serpent Tail for Burning Man

Building an Art Car’s Serpent Tail for Burning Man

MAKE contributor Jeffrey McGrew, of the brilliant design duo (w/ Jillian Northrup) Because We Can, was involved in building part of Jon Sarriugarte/Kyrsten Mate’s serpent art cars for this year’s Burning Man. Jeffrey and Jillian built the amazing Viking ship-inspired tails.

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