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My Car is a....? Your Contributions are Welcome!
« on: January 04, 2012, 05:57:42 AM »
I thought it might be fun to start a thread about cars that are used for things other than their original intent - i.e., the transportation of people and their things from one location to another. There are a lot of pictures in circulation of cars used as shelters, as sculptures, as architectural elements, and more. 

I'll start the thread with this vehicle pressed into service as a vegetable garden.

Please add some of your own.  :)
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 06:27:54 PM »
Oh, an endless topic.

First ten:

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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 08:08:12 AM »
Two cars as eyecatchers for a junkyard resp. a car repair shop:
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 05:02:21 AM »
One more sign, then time for a nap
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2012, 05:22:40 PM »
Another two:
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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 06:20:24 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 06:39:42 AM »
This last boat almost looks like it had its original roof - a very good job!

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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2012, 06:55:48 AM »
A doily?
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2012, 08:00:57 AM »
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Re: My Car is a....? Your Contributions are Welcome!
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2012, 09:35:34 AM »
What car is the roof on the boat taken from?

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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2012, 09:46:51 AM »
I´d say this could be the roof of a BMW 700 Coupé ?

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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2014, 05:00:07 AM »
"She's a beauty!" - Australian Prime Minister describes the first 48-215 Holden to come off the production line in November 1948

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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2014, 05:25:37 AM »
An endless topic, indeed!
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Re: My Car is a....? Your Contributions are Welcome!
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2014, 10:39:58 AM »
This last boat almost looks like it had its original roof - a very good job!
What car is the roof on the boat taken from?
I´d say this could be the roof of a BMW 700 Coupé ?
I'd say Lancia Fulvia Coupé... and it's not strange it fit so well on a boat... the design of the Fulvia Coupé took inspiration from period boats like Riva...  :)



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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2016, 03:07:43 AM »
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