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Cool retro-steampunk car spotted in NYC
Walking down a stately New York avenue the other day, overlooked by grand pre-war architecture, I was delighted to see a very new take on an old automotive architecture.
I'm not sure what to call it - steampunkgothmobile? - but it was a very impressive, obviously handbuilt, vehicle.
Maybe my favorite feature was the custom-created grill in the shape of a spiderweb.
And I'm sure Noah Scalin will appreciate the big skull-shaped '1' on the passenger-side door.
This reminds me of the "rat rods" sometimes featured on automotive websites like Speedhunters. For example:
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/08/30/car-feature-gt-gt-a-littleboy-s-rat-rod-dreamin.aspx
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/04/22/car-spotlight-gt-gt-the-ptr-rat.aspx
Nice find, something different for sure!
Just looks like a hot rod to me. Nothing especially Steampunk about it.
I'll give you goth, but that's a long-standing tradition (eg Coffin shaped rods).
It's a Kustom Kulture hotrod, right out of Big Daddy Roth's Ratfink.
http://www.ratfink.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Fink
Holy crap that is by far the coolest car I've ever seen. I'm loving the spikes on the roof. hardcore.
that's a Rat Rod!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_rod
I think the spikes on the roof might cause a health and safety ruckus here in the UK. The police have the power to stop you driving if they see something road-illegal. Perhaps fluffy pompoms might work instead?