Tank Bling!

"QUANTUM SHOT" #239 Hummer owners should shudder - either with envy or disgust You remember our popular series about VW Beetle modifications, or truck mods? Today we go to the extreme: if you happen to own (or have access to a tank), there is no limit to what you can do with it. Not that you SHOULD do anything to it, but... Here is a tank (or rather, armored personnel carrier) limo, courtesy TankLimo.com - available for hire for only $3,200, and for a special price ($760 USD) you can even drive a 56ton Chieftain Main Battle Tank... over a family sedan car! Like they say on the site: "Life will never be the same again!" Release your angst crushing Japanese family car imports: Hello Kitty... Aim.. Fire! You might remember this Casio ad campaign for Baby-G watches: "Tank-A-Lot" UK company got similar inspiration for their modified artillery armored vehicle - this time for the "Amnesty International" event. (images credit: indymedia.org.uk) The Coolest Shoot on the Internet Gothic Image had a great idea of combining this pink-blinged tank vehicle with a similarly pink-clad gorgeous female model for a shoot. Here are the results... wow. (images credit: Gothic Image) There is another "Pink Tank" in London: (by Alexandra Mir) (image credit: Cubitt Artists) and yet another one: I suspect these tanks come with "Hello Kitty" weapons included, like this one: (image credit: KittyHell) Russian T34 in South London, painted by Cubitt Artists; (more info) (image credit: Dave Sag) It has been repainted several times, all pretty groovy: (image credit: StefZ) Pink Tank at Rock Werchter Festival 2007: (image credit: Elliott Solomon) KNIT TANK: Speaking of pink tanks, Marianne Joergensen covers the fearsome military machines with cute knitted blankets, making an unusual art statement: (image credit: MakeZine) "Peace" installation by artists Ulrike Rosenbach and Michael Fischer-Art at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin: (image credit: AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski) You can bling some heavy construction machinery in this way, as well: Russian BTR for $105,000 USD Courtesy Russian "Za Rulem" this modification has significantly more comforts than the Soviet Army spartan original (BTR-40P-2 which is widely known as BRDM-2). The final product appears to be quite road-worthy and may even fit in your garage. (images credit: Za Rulem) The plaque above even reads "Dear sir, please take notice" instead of usual "Attention, Beware!" Here is the least expensive, but maybe not so convincing modification: Finally, an idea with a great potential: Permanent Link... Category: Technology,Auto Related Posts: Tank Accidents!, Scary Trucks, Strange Tanks