Maybe it should be a series of its own, CCOE (Colorful Cars OF Eugene). We’ve had quite a few over the years, and this is my latest find, and addition. It’s also one of the best, in terms of time and effort that went into it.
Looks like our rolling canvas is visiting from California. I’m sure it feels right at home here, as do so many other San Francisco transplants. Our rents and house prices assure a steady influx of Bay Area refugees.
The interior has received artistic attention too. The flower vase on the dash is now sporting a little forked branch. Even the seats have been painted; leave nothing untouched!
Except for the center portion of the rear window, as a concession to real world realities. Realities? What’s that?
There must have been a few tabs of LSD left in San Francisco for inspiration.
Meh.
You’re So Ugly, You Could Be a Modern Art Masterpiece!
Well that got me chuckling.
The only way these VWs look good.Remember-art is anything you can get away with.
Putting aside the question of why…. How long do you suppose it took to do that?
I recently found a great set of vintage Rectilinear III’s in Eugene and cruised down to pick them up with great anticipation of a day of sight-seeing the CC’s. I guess it would have helped had I spent more than two hours, but a cherry 240Z done completely by the young man running a gas station on the ring road made the trip doubly worthwhile. I think there are as many gearheads in the upcoming generations – I just don’t know them as well as my own peers. His pride in his workmanship and the obvious learning process involved warmed my cold cold heart.
Cars like this (I see them rarely) always make me think how incredibly conservative we are in the west about the appearance of our cars. Styles and colours (especially) tend to change only within a very narrow range. Since the popularity of black cars took off again (about 15-20 years ago?) the roads are dominated by mono-chromatic duco (black to white and all the silver-greys in between). Dark blue gets a look-in, but if it wasn’t for red my guess is that no more than one in twenty cars – perhaps less – would be “colourful”.
And that’s not even thinking about the potential of multi-coloured or “art” cars. Is it that such cars are too much fun, too friendly, too cheerful?
We don’t get many art cars in the Washington area, but the ones that I see are pretty well done. This Ford Escape that I spotted this fall was painted like a decorated bus in India.
Not surprisingly, the Escape was parked in front of the Embassy of India.
That is the most beautiful Escape I have ever seen and even makes those bright yellow ones look lame by comparison.
Looks like Mrs. Pollack’s preschool-age kids have just discovered magic markers. Fugly.
It is a shame they did not do this to a more reliable vehicle so we can enjoy this art longer. The only parts of this art car that really bug me are the obscured lenses including the center high mounted stop light plus the license plates that were not removed before the artwork commenced. By the way, looks like the driver door is not capable of shutting anymore and those license plates are from 2011 while the Bug is from 2001 so perhaps it is not a lifelong Cali residence. Either way, Cali plates in Oregon are bound to piss someone off no matter what you do.
Just noticed the impressive dent on the driver’s side Rocker Panel, perhaps that is why the door is acting up.
(wow there’s some conservative tastes here)
Just. Brilliant.
Would love to get a better look at the roof panel…
It looks like my 3 year old grandson got his water colors to close to the car.