In 1979, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons was " ...
rollin' down the road in some cold blue steel ...
" in . Now, 28 years later, certified custom car nut Gibbons can literally roll down the road.
owner Corky Coker has posted on his blog a couple of photos of , a VW Microbus chopped and dropped down to little more than a single seat, a narrow-rimmed steering wheel and that well-known, melon-sized VW logo.
Coker, who obviously makes his living selling tires, says on his blog that he was a bit offended that his friend Gibbons' latest custom left out what Coker saw as a vital piece of most hot rods: the tires. Gibbons assured Coker that the requisite wide whitewalls are in the trunk. Gibbons also brags that the Bus Ball's greatly improved aerodynamics help improve on the original VW's fuel economy.
Corky Coker is currently out of town on business, but when he gets back, we hope to get more details about the Bus Ball's creation.
Thanks for the cool tip, Todd!
[Source: Corky Coker blog]
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2. This is how all Audi's and Volkswagons start out.
If daddy contributes an X CHROMEosome the baby becomes an Audi,if Daddy contributes a Y CHROMEosome the baby stays a Volkswagen.
3. i always dreamed of a ball car, remember the concept of the new beatle (the ball).
I want one of these!!!
! it look so cook. its awesome man, thanks for the picture!
!! 4.
That is totally spherical. 5. It appears to be both too solid, while being simultaneously too flimsy to be "The Master of Sparks" out in the sticks on highway six.
6. I hate to be one of "those" guys..
.but seriously this story is at least 4 years old.
7.
I had one of those old VW buses many years ago and I can't think of a better thing to do with one of those old hulks than to make a ball out of one!
8. i bet you would get quite dizzy driving it
9.
Looks like a Pòkeball...
10. Should at least make into a smoker grill if your gonna plant it in the backyard. .
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11. That thing would be great for the world's largest pinball machine
12.
Pretty far off from 'Precious and Grace and a flat-head Ford'
13. The creator may be Lars Fisk.
14.
What I'm still trying to figure out is how you'd ever get it to work...
How would you ever get it to move on a flat surface?
The creator is Lars-Erik Fisk.
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17. i saw the same car on the quatroruote's italian blog. foolow this URL for more nice car project from italian designer.
.. 18.
It looks like the head of Ultraman...
Look at it again!
19. Dang it.
ZZ has an escape pod ready for doomsday.
20. shoulda made it out of a vw golf.
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