Saturday, November 6, 2021

Some Sort Of Steampunk/Batmobile Vehicle

Seen at "Hot Rods at the Beach" in Santa Cruz






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3 comments:

Parm said...

Wow. That is "art."

The woodwork is crazy. OK, it's all crazy, come to that.

Kinda seems like the automotive equivalent of a Baja tune; so much work . . . and why?

November 7, 2021 at 12:34 PM
W. "12 cylinders, all mine" Biscuit said...

There wasn't anyone around to ask about the car, but I zoomed in on the dash instruments and discerned the "Blastolene" label. After a bit of digging, I discovered the Blastolene "brand" was cooked up by a couple of artist/fabricators, Michael Leeds and Randy Grubb. Leeds created this vehicle, "Big Bertha" in his studio in Santa Cruz. It has quite a history, starting out life as a 1942 fire truck.

The other artist/fabricator, Randy Grubb, is the man who built Jay Leno's "Tank Car", the Blastolene Special.

November 9, 2021 at 8:39 AM
Parm said...

Huh. So this vehicle was almost Grubbed, but not quite.

November 9, 2021 at 12:45 PM

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