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Like all good students Jack Kirby collected his beers cans.

Unlike most good students the art and design student actually found a use for them.

When he realised Budweiser was giving away his dream car, a 1965 Ford Mustang, he set about making the car out of 5,000 beer cans.

To have a chance of winning a real Ford Mustang visit Budweiser.

Mustang made from 5,000 beer cans | Metro.co.uk

バドワイザーを呑み続け、1965 フォードムスタングを作ったジャック・カービーのお話。

この缶を集めるために費やした年月が気にかかります。

If you think the stylish and glamorous Mercedes Benz SL550 is still not enough to grab everyone’s attention, then a diamond covered SL550 will most definitely do. Or rather, overdo. This one was unveiled at an auto show in oil-rich Dubai, most probably to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Mercedes Benz SL550. There’s no info if the diamonds are genuine or fake, but real or not, this car’s price tag is certainly written in figures that only people the likes of the Sultan of Brunei or Paris Hilton can comprehend.

The Auto Blog » The Diamond-covered Mercedes Benz SL550

ドバイの自動車ショーで披露されたダイアモンドで覆われたベンツSL550(50周年記念モデル)。

さすが、ドバイ。やることが一々成金趣味ですね。

Oh, thank you for this one, on a thankless Tuesday, Orosz Péter. Where the Belsőség-ites came up with this one, I can’t begin to imagine, but it’s only one short, lumpy, splintery step from this to total yabba-dabba-do-itude.

Hemmings Auto Blogs » Blog Archive » Skoda Capri 205 woody–not the good kind

木製タイヤ（ホイールと一体！）を装着した車のお話。
リンク先のコメント欄にありますが、どうやらチェコのプラハで取られた写真らしい。

どう考えても乗り心地は良さそうにありません。
まさに　Pure genius.

It’s long been the butt of cruel motoring jokes - but an ingenious new advert for the Skoda Fabia seems set to give the marque a new lease of life.

The 60-second commercial - which is reported to have cost up to £500,000 to make - shows a team of bakers, model makers and home economists as they set about creating an edible version of the car.

Here, Eimar O’Hagan looks at the car’s creation, from oven to open road.

How to bake a car: the amazing story behind Skoda’s new TV ad | the Daily Mail
動画：YouTube - New Skoda Fabia Advert - Full of lovely stuff

Skoda社が ＴＶ CM のために50万ポンド(1.2億円)かけて作製した食べられる車のお話。

えーっと、50万ポンドって本当でしょうか？
広告制作費全て込みで50万ポンドなんだよな、きっと…

CHAIR goes the world’s fastest sofa - zooming at a record-breaking 92mph.

The road-legal settee has its own desk with plants, a cuppa and a plate of biscuits on.

It was driven by daredevil Marek Turowsk who yesterday set a brand new Fastest Furniture Land Speed Record in Leicestershire.
The Sun Online - News: Man drives his sofa at 92mph

ソファを92mph(148km/h)!で走らせた男のお話。

世界には色々な男が居るものです。