Artist Chris Burden and a crew of eight assistants are in the midst of erecting his latest work, titled “Metropolis II”. Consisting of 1,200 custom die cast cars cycling across 18 lanes, Burden claims that 100,000 cars circulate through the miniature cityscape every hour.
The biggest and best-quality versions of these watermelon car images I can find come from a members-only forum post on this South Korean site, which appears to be some kind of auto marketplace and/or enthusiast’s hub. Problem is, the plates on the car do not appear to be Korean. Can anyone identify their nationality, or […]
In any case, if ever a thing were rightly called bitchin’, it would be this 20″ custom powder-coated steel hood ornament by metal artist and perennial Make: Online favorite Jud Turner, who made it on commission for a very lucky friend.
Found this on Bored Panda, in a round-up of cool, wacky inventions from the past. Apparently the paper-roll map advanced based on the speed of the car. But wait, what happened when you turned onto a new street? You’d have to have quite the library of map-scrolls stashed in your car, and be doing a […]
In response to Phillip’s post about the boattail racer car models, MAKE subscriber Dan Bishop pointed us to the machined metal speedsters that he produces and sells. Dan Bishop – Speedster More: Boattail Racer – Luxury pinewood derby cars
Spring has sprung, bringing with it a combination of wet, muddy conditions. I’ve been using a couple of simple techniques for keeping the Subaru from turning into a smelly sandbox. The first is using a twin-sized fitted sheet for covering the backseat, aka Sugar’s dog bed. They’re much cheaper than specialty dog-specific seat covers (especially […]
A couple years ago, I lived with some friends that had a baby boy. From the time he was six months old until he was a year-and-a-half, I became closely acquainted with the world of baby toys. Of course, he always wanted to be in my room drooling on my toys, but he had some […]
