Cool General Lee Smart Car

Spotted this cool smart car mini General Lee paint job yesterday and had to post it, awesome!

Cool X-ray Mini

As cool car paint jobs go, this X-ray mini is amazing! The X-ray Mini was created in collaboration with Foxton and contemporary artist Nick Veasey. Tiring with the limits of traditional photography, he imprinted himself on the international art scene using the unlikely medium of a radiography machine

 

The X-ray Mini was created in collaboration with one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary artists, Nick Veasey. Tiring with the limits of traditional photography, he imprinted himself on the international art scene using the unlikely medium of a radiography machine.

After receiving a former Foxtons Mini at his specially built studio, he promptly set upon it with power tools. “The process begins by cutting the car into manageable sections but BMW makes the Mini in an incredibly complex way,” Veasey explains.

“It took two weeks to angle grind just one side; on the classic Mini, the job was done in three days. The old cars were much simpler in their construction.” While he nostalgically refers to the classic Mini as “one lovely piece of design”, the X-ray process illuminates the second generation’s ergonomic curves and high-spec technology.

 The arresting new artwork encompasses the entire car, stretching seamlessly across every surface to complete the mesmeric optical illusion. Achieving this stunning transparent finish took over one hundred photos: “The real challenge was ensuring we had X-rayed all the components from every angle, taking different shots to cover each perspective – including the roof.”

After digitally stitching all these images together to form complete panels, the final artwork was applied to vinyl shapes and then smoothed across the bodywork. Despite the extra hours' work it entails, Veasey says this project has further fuelled his passion for 3D art.

John Lennons Cool Psychedelic Rolls Royce

John Lennon's taste for cool cars is well known and his  super cool Rolls Royce Phantom V. chassis 5VD73 with FJB111C license plate is nearly as legendary as the legend himself!

Why Lennon choose Rolls Royce was the opportunity of personalizing it. In 1965 when Lennon got his hands on this Rolls Royce, he immediately set about personalized it.

He started by installing a radio-telephone, then a very special stereo system, a Sony television set, a fridge and a bed in the back seat!

But only Lennon would dream up a paint job like this...

Lennon was unhappy about the dull uncool colour of his Rolls that clashed with his extrovert and magalomaniac personality. So Lennon ordered a psychedelic paint job from a group of Dutch artists, who filled his car with all sorts of cornucopias, multi-colour florals and yellow background. Lennon was stunned and paid £2,000 for it...that's a whole lot of money back in the 60's! Needless to say, the car shocked Britain's mentality at the time, for whom Rolls Royce was motive of national pride. Some say there was an elderly lady who was so shocked she actually hit the car with her umbrella!

In spite of these nuisances, that obviously amused Lennon, the car became The Beatles' main means of transportation until they split-up in 1970

When Lennon and Yoko moved to the USA, the car moved with them. Already on American soil, it was "lent" to other musicians, such as the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, until it was placed in a garage and, later, donated to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York, where it remained from 1978 until 1985, when it was finally auctioned. The winning bid reached the $2,299,000 USD and allowed Jim Pattison, a Canadian millionaire to become the proud owner of the famous automobile. Later, as an act of kindness, Pattison offered the car to the queen of England. Today, it can be found on display at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria.

Ferrari 458 Italia Camouflage

As cool cars go, this Ferrari 458 Italia camouflage paint job is pretty cool! We think it looks better with this paint job than just having this Ferrari in White. You can see in the video below how it looks before and after. Let us know what you think below by commenting.

Cool Jaguar Paint Job

Take a look at this cool classic Jaguar E-Type with a paint job of a jaguar. This paint job was applied way back in 1961 when the first E-Types arrived at American Jaguar dealerships. One such dealer thought it would be a good idea to tart up one of his stock and park it in the showroom as a promotional gimmick. It appears this car has been mildly restored over the years but its wild, animalistic “skin” still looks fresh. Cool eh!

(image via: Steelworks)

Pink Bentley Vitesse - Not Cool!

How to spoil a cool Bentley car - simply get a pink paint job or vinyl wrap as these pictures show. This Mansory Vitesse shown at recent Frankfurt Motor Show has carbon fiber hood and trim, glossy black turbine type wheels and the tackiest pink interior which includes some ugly purple carbon fiber trim to polish off this disaster.

Here is Paris Hilton's Pink Bentley confirming how uncool this is.

Seriously Cool Car Paint Jobs

A collection of cool car paint jobs. There are some seriously cool and wacky car art masterpieces out there on our streets! Wonder how much these modifications would effect car insurance quotes? Anyway check these out!











There are thousands of artistically cool cars out there and I will post on these in the coming months.