8,000 Ping Pong Ball VW Art Car by Katherine Smith

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Katherine Smith, of Jarrettsville, glued 8,000 colored ping pong balls on an old 1971 Volkswagen Beetle named "The Last Cup". Her art car features different scenes each section of smiley face hood peace sign on a even the hub caps and bumpers are covered with ping pong balls.

Mercedes Bonz Art Car - New meaning to the word road kill

by surlygrrrl [ELBfoto].

by Delta Niner.

This Volvo is covered in hundreds of bones is called the Mercedes Bobz. Road kill just took a different meaning.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Art Car - Happy Fridays:)

I woke up this morning and glitter was on my mind so I remembered that Twinkle Twinkle Little Car was sent in by Nicole Strine some time ago and decided it was time to put her up on Art Car Central. This Honda Civic, I think, and is covered in thousands of cut up CD's donated by a few software companies in Texas. Nicole and her Husband spent about 6 years working on the car and unfortunately this beauty is not longer with us. After it was vandalized they scraped all the CD's off the car and some time later was broadsided at an intersection. May she put a twinkle in your eye today and may she live forever here on Art Car Central.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Art Car Covered in CD's

Patriotic Art Car

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Van Covered with Stuffed Bear Road Kill

A van covered in stuffed bear trophies is one way to tell the world "I am cute and cuddly" or "I brake for carnival games" or "I break for garage sales" or "I am covering a major bad paint job or "my car is really a clunker in disguise"

15 Most Popular Penny Art Cars Worth Every Penny

Penny covered cars seem to be a dime a dozen, but are worth every penny. These are the 15 most popular penny vehicles I found on the web starting with Steve Baker who covered his 1971 Ford Econoline van in pennies. He was also featured in Harrod Blanks Art Car Book "Wild Wheels" but I believe the car is no longer in operation. Steve is seen here wearing a penny suit that he wore while driving his art van and while playing golf. Steve wore this suit because he believed in the healing power of copper.

1) Penny Van Creator Steve Baker in his Penny Suit



2) Pennymobile Art Car

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3) The Penny Armored Art Truck

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4) Penny Honda Civic Art Car at the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum!

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5) Jimmy McDole and Susie Q and the Penny Art Van

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6) Cadillac Penny Art Car

by Theresa Thompson

7) Penny Art Bike named Copperhead

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8) Old Penny Art Car

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9) Penny Minivan Art Car

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10)Penny Mini Art Car

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11) Penny Cadillac Art Car

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12) Penny Ford Escort Art Car

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13) Penny Corvette Art Car

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14) Penny Art Truck by T Stone

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15) Penny Canadian Penny Dodge Van

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LaundryCar by Smitty Regula- Mobile laundromat for a clean gateway

LaundryCar - Mobile laundromat for a clean gateway

Have you ever robbed a bank and needed to make a "clean" gateway, well the "laundromatic 2000" will allow you to do just that. This is the LaundryCar created by Smitty Regula over in Houston Texas. Its totally covered in washing detergent containers, clean laundry and a washing machine up on the roof. I do hope you don't need quarters for that, but what a great idea, a mobile laundromat. Drive over to someones house, do their laundry, put it up on the line, go around the block a few times to air dry and presto, clean clothes.

Mercedes Pens Art Car at Maker Faire 2009

Costas Schuler aka The Pen Guy is a graphic designer, artist, motivational speaker comedian, husband and proud father of three beautiful girls. Life has always been interesting but never quite the same ever since he started working on his Mercedes Pens Art Car now covered in 10,000 pens that was inspired from reading a book called "Art Cars" by author Harrod Blank. Now that the car is pretty much done he has set his sights higher and want to collect a million pens in the next five years to make more pen art.

Lego Jeep Art Car - On the road again headed to Maker Faire 09

LEGO Jeep at Maker Faire almost done

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LEGO Jeep Art Car with climbers

by Paula Wirth

LEGO Jeep Hood Close Up Art


I cant believe I have not posted the famous Lego Jeep Art Car on ACC. Here in all its glory entertaining kids of every age, who are all over it having fun. Legos are for everyone and Kevin Mathieu creator of the Jeep Lego Car has apparently not left his inner child behind. How awesome it is to be able to just pull over any time and play with your legos. Those famous Bay Area traffic jams seem less insane now that the lego car is on the road headed to this years Maker Faire.

Flower Art Car For Sale - Plenty of Grass, Plants and a Running Waterfall

Flower Art Car For Sale

Flower Art Car For Sale Waterfall Close Up

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Wow, this Flower Art Car definitely takes best of flower show, a Ford Torus that was for sale last August in North Hollywood. It has a running waterfall, real live grass, plants, flowers, tiki torches, and a interior fish tank. Apparently its a great rental for the movie industry, business promotions, and parties and has received some media attention in the local news. When buying an art car its always good to have had media attention and have built a good reputation around town. The more famous the car the more you can expect to pay.

Go on Long Road Trips with the Toilette Paper Van

Photo by Delta Niner

This fabulous TP covered van was seen and not heard at this years Houston Art Car Parade. I think this is the ultimate solution for those long road trips with a van load of kids on the way to Disney land or some camping trip. Its strictly a summer road trip vehicle or else it would just look really tacky if it got rained on. I am also glad that the TP is set up flap facing forward and that the van has an additional 4ply bumper cushion for ultimate safety and comfort.

Candle Art Car - Tom Kennedy's Memorial Art Car Parade

Last Friday was Tom Kennedy's Memorial who tragically died in a surfing accident of the California coast in San Francisco. As I was looking through some of the pictures from that event I came across this wonderful candle art car by Tré Taylor who is seen here driving the car. The nice thing about this beauty is that it always has a fresh coat of wax and a squirrel hood ornament standing guard at all times.

1-year-old girl gets her very own toy pen art car.

My smallest daughter has always been fascinated by my Mercedes Pens Art Car covered in 10,000 pens. And every time she sees it she wants to go over, sit on the car and play with the pens. So I decided for her first birthday that she needed her own pen car so I "penned her ride" as well with crayola caps and other colorful felt tips. I even tried to spell out her name on the front. She loves her Toy Pen Art Car and now that its raining we brought in the house and she sits in it while watching her favorite DVDs, with her feet up on the dashboard. The only problem is that she managed to take off all the pens on the other side. No worries, daddy will fix it.

Duct Tape Lady on her Duct Art Car

This is the classiest duct tape art car I have seen complete with the model wearing a duct tape mini skirt and some duct tape trim on her tank top. This photo says "I accessorize with duct tape and I love it"

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Ron Paul Art Car - What to do with a car covered in bumber stickers?

This car sent in by Jake Stichler

This is a 92 F150, currently residing in Lebanon, PA with nearly a
quarter million miles that I picked up from my mechanic for $1200 a
couple of years ago - not as a project vehicle of any sort, but
because it was all I could afford at the time. Unfortunately, this
also wasn't an original idea of mine - I saw a car that was done up
just the same on The Daily Paul - the foremost blog in Ron Paul info
during the campaign. That particular individual made it on their local
news, I know many other people decorated their vehicles with Ron Paul
slogans as well, but I figure there's probably only 2 or 3 others that
did the complete sticker job.

Unfortunately, this truck has also been out of commission since July
due to expired registration and inspection, so I really couldn't tell
you what kind of reactions there have been lately, as there've been
none. Hopefully your readers can help answer the question as to what
to do with it now (finish it, redo it, etc).

more pictures are available here

Hot Glow in the Dark MINI Art Car

I found this hot Mini Cooper with an all reflective, vinyl sticker kit and a video on how it was all put together at Garage 419. This glow in the dark mini art car was created by Scott Chester at ACID STUDIOS and the result is simply stunning. The project was inspired by the BMW Art Car project between 1975 & 1999, where artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg (R.I.P.) made one of a kind works of art from BMWs’ finest automobiles.



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Hunting wall street pirates with fire breathing mutant vehicle

Yep its Mutant Mondays and today's mutant vehicle is a two story pickup truck covered in neck ties and a fire cannon mounted on the back. I also love the attention to detail with the pink gas tank up top of the observation deck. Maybe the guy has given up his corporate job to pursue a career in pyrotechnics and is raising money for classes by selling his old neck ties. Or maybe its a corporate exec hunting party on the look out for rogue wall street pirates. One can only guess.

Plastic Utencil Art Car at Burning Man

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Finally a good use for all the plastic utensils after a big birthday party. Don't trow them out, glue them to your car instead and then go to Burning Man.

MAKE A STATEMENT with a Sticker Art Car

by plecojan

There is nothing like a car covered in bumper stickers to say what's on you mind over and over again in bold all caps.

Mercedes with Ultra Bling Factor- Car Covered in Crystal

I am expanding the types of cars I feature on art car central, frankly because I need more to do even though there are a ton of art cars out yet to be discovered. This Mercedes was made by D.A.D and on their web site they sell all kinds of accessories covered in crystal and a bunch of it. This car is what I call Ultra Bling and will be a regular part of this blog. Sorry I couldn't help my self.