The General Carbuncle
James R. Ford, a multi-media artist from London, England bought a 2nd hand 1981 Mk III Ford Capri and turned it into a unique replica of "The General Lee", the car featured in American TV series Dukes of Hazzard. What’s the unique part of this car? Well, James designed the car by actually covering it with little toy cars (more than 4,000 of them). The car was then called the "General Carbuncle"
Look at the photo below.
According to James Ford, the little toy cars pasted on the Mk III was donated by individuals. Want to know more? Well just check out these facts about the General Carbuncle.
Height from ground = 127 cm
Total length = 426 cm
Total width = 153 cm
Bonnet = 132 x 127 cm
Roof = 135 x 120 cm
Number of cars to cover a door = 450
Number of cars to cover the bonnet = 1,000
Number of cars to cover the roof = 900
Estimated total to cover the entire car = 3,500 - 4,500 (approximations)
The most popular toy cars submitted have been T-birds and Double Decker buses.
The furthest away that a donation has been sent from is Sydney, Australia and New Zealand
The most unusual toy car donated has been a VW van with a pop-up "Kermit the Frog"
The General Carbuncle was auction in eBay but the seller cancelled it. Why? Well, I don’t know. LOL! Well, maybe some other peeps out there can make a design similar to this one. Maybe a Honda car equipped with Honda oxygen sensor designed as KITT!
