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#1 Magoo

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Posted 17 September 2012 - 15:45

Some of you will be entertained and intrigued by these bizarre vehicles; others will be greatly annoyed. I take full responsibility.

These are a few of the mechanical creations that take part in the Burning Man happening out on Black Rock Desert each year.


LINK: The cars of Burning Man 2012 | Mac's Motor City Garage




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#2 carlt

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Posted 17 September 2012 - 17:02

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That is superb .
Does it go as well as it looks ?

#3 Magoo

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Posted 17 September 2012 - 21:28

That is superb .
Does it go as well as it looks ?


The Burning Man story was done by Mark Amos, and I've never seen any of these vehicles in person or seen/heard them run. So to be perfectly honest, I have no idea.

I really like this VW, though. It reminds me of an old Road & Track cartoon (Stan Mott? Russell Brockbank?) in whch a VW Beetle appears on the road at the horizon, a tiny speck. As it approaches, it continues to grow in appearance until it finally arrives, and we learn it's as big as a house.

I like to think the cartoon inspired this vehicle. It's a long way to a punchline and you have to respect that.

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 17:55

That is superb .
Does it go as well as it looks ?


I think I see a Deutz Engine cooling fan back there so, Air-Cooled, it should.

#5 Magoo

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Posted 18 September 2012 - 22:37

I think I see a Deutz Engine cooling fan back there so, Air-Cooled, it should.


Good eye, you learned me something there.

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 14:05

Air-cooled compression ignition engines make sense.

#7 gruntguru

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 23:10

I think I see a Deutz Engine cooling fan back there so, Air-Cooled, it should.

The exhaust outlet has a "Diesel" flavour too. :)

#8 pugfan

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 02:02

With swing axles at the rear as well?

#9 Magoo

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Posted 22 September 2012 - 23:04

I think I see a Deutz Engine cooling fan back there so, Air-Cooled, it should.


I have learned via the Hemmings Motor News Blog, which picked up our Burning Man feature and linked it, that the giant Beetle is a 1959 Walter airport crash truck that has been reskinned.

Great idea. I endorse and/or support this product or service.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 03:50

The Burning Man story was done by Mark Amos, and I've never seen any of these vehicles in person or seen/heard them run. So to be perfectly honest, I have no idea.

I really like this VW, though. It reminds me of an old Road & Track cartoon (Stan Mott? Russell Brockbank?) in whch a VW Beetle appears on the road at the horizon, a tiny speck. As it approaches, it continues to grow in appearance until it finally arrives, and we learn it's as big as a house.

I like to think the cartoon inspired this vehicle. It's a long way to a punchline and you have to respect that.


The cartoon vehicle was a Cyclops- a Stan Mott creation.

#11 Magoo

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 19:33

The cartoon vehicle was a Cyclops- a Stan Mott creation.


Thanks. In my mind, I can picture the cartoon equally well as a VW/Brockbank and as a Cyclops/Mott. Old age + good imagination.