Bozo the clown pimps his rides
 

This Bozosoku style seems like it might be so rooted in Japanese culture and mentality that I find not many Americans or Europeans appreciate it for what it is. I love this stuff :icare: but IMO you have to take it in context :crazy: I'm curious about TFP carguys' and gals' comments

Here's a link with a bunch to see: http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/20050116tas2.html


...and here are a couple nice examples to wet your appetite :D hopefully not make too many throw up.

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052691.jpg

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052711.jpg

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/052951.jpg

while I don't want to drive it... I've always been fascinated by it...

There's no way that can be road legal?

I can appreciate the work that's gone into it all, but it just looks too extreme to be something I'd want to be seen driving.

I too appreciate the labor and the engineering but no way would I be seen in public in any of those. I'm an antique and classic kind of guy.

It's just a shame to sink that much time and money in anything built after 1966.

They look like a 5th grade art class got them and went to town.

And what IS it exactly? Just "free spirited fun" ? I'm not sure how else you can take it than cars that look fuckin' ridiculous...

Go Speed, Go!

Google didn't have a translation for "Bozosoku." Is it an Anime thing?

.........also known as "art cars"..............xoxoxoo

Real life cartoon cars, can't wait until the american style kicks in and someone makes the car homer, from the simpsons, designed in the episode were homer got to design and showcase a car.

I'm glad it got the interest of some of you and thanks for your comments for better or worse. Obviously this stuff does not have "practical" anywhere in the equation, it is all "art" and "show". Some people only like Raphael, some only like Jackson Pollack, some like both or neither. I usually think of automotive transformers when I see bozosoku ...not electrical transformers of course, the car turning into a robot kinda thing so it can protect Tokyo from another Godzilla or alien invader attack; or maybe alien invaders came here and made these. I think there is a link to anime, but I'm no expert on this, just a casual observer.

not really all that different than those cars that George Barris made:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../batmobile.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...iq/any_car.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...iq/lespopo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eddfoxxred.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nsterkoach.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../voxmobile.jpg

ahhh, I like that; the George Barris connection is a good idea. It reminded me so I looked at Big Daddy Ed Roth too http://www.ratfink.org/vehicles/index.html

C'mon the Munster Coach looks pretty bland compared to those wacky ricers.

Hey, the Batmobile was serious transportation! :lol:

these are pretty trippy homemade concept cars... to say the least. Wonder how the perform. Although there are some nice looking ones, and ALOT of work was put in, but is it really worth it performance wise?

Super Model,
Performance has nothing to do with this. At least based on my understanding, bozosoku is all conceptual.