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Well now I have a goal for all the electronics mounting brackets to go in my MINI.

 

Maybe he could cram some more distractions in that cockpit, too... :lol:

 

^^^correct :lol:

 

Oh God my eyes!!!! :frown2:

 

There are not to many new model custom cars I spend a whole lot of time looking at or would concider driving around in. Instead of innovaiton they seem to want to overload every sense possible. I do like the molded splitter, some of the artwork and I can appreciate the craftmanship that went into the build, but it's not anything that I would want to own.

These two don't look all that comfortable but it was probably the most celebrated kustom of it's time, and in some circles still is.

 

_____ ___ ______ ___ ___ ____ _____....me too. :biggrin5:

Jim

 

Well, since the seat's mounted in the middle, it's pretty clear the owner doesn't have any friends.

And won't, judging by his taste.

 

Perhaps someone with a plastics fabrication business and a lot of time on their hands......way too much time. On the other hand it is possible, we might see an "all metal MINI" roll out of Columbus, OH some day. :lol:

Jim

 

Uh....it was a show model to demo their various in-car products, it was also built 8 years ago.....a hell of a lot of artistry and skill went into building it tho.

And yes, it's hideous!

 

What's the problem...as you can see, anyone can be a designer...

 

Correction: Anyone can design. Not everyone can do it well...

I figured it was a show car. Too much that would not be functional and that seat looks like some kind of torture device... not a seat.

We had a Dodge Ram show truck when I worked at Esoteric Audio/StreetWires before it was broken up and sold by the bank.

It was not driveable on the street thanks to a fully functional fishtank in the grill, but the sound system would leave your kidneys whimpering for it to stop... :cornut:

 

Not saying it didn't take skill and talent. Just observing that with one seat only, the creator(s) is not going to be sharing the ride with anyone. This may be a good thing.

 

That is my issue with show cars, it becomes less about the art and more about who can go further. At least with this one lots of audio/video equipment makes sense , because it was built to sell audio/video equipment. No doubt allot of skill time went into that but it just isn't very nice. I think the Alpine team has since toned things down.

 

Are we sure this ting even exists?
It looks like a rendering to me.

Either way....... blah.

 

Yep, this ting does exist

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hi3yhKMv4]Alpine Mini Cooper Speedster - YouTube[/ame]

Alpine page about this ting

 

Dear lord :frown2:

 

That is clever. You pull the seat back, get in and then have someone shove you forward into driving position. Could be a problem if parallel parked.

Jim

 

I will too now... but WTF is that??? :confused5: