{"id":2542,"date":"2009-11-08T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T10:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokao.com\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2009-11-08T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T10:09:04","slug":"do-it-yourself-14-silly-and-scary-vehicle-modifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/08\/do-it-yourself-14-silly-and-scary-vehicle-modifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Do it Yourself? 14 Silly (and Scary) Vehicle Modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"there<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all seen the car driving down the street with a garbage bag duct taped over a broken window. As dangerous (and hilarious) as that may be, it is by no means the limit of amateur automotive engineering ingenuity. These pictures, from the always-hilarious\u00a0thereifixedit.com<\/a>, show just how creative people can be when it comes to making changes to their vehicles. From the hilariously haphazard to the creatively upcycled, these insane vehicle mods are perfect examples of do-it-yourself gone wild.<\/p>\n

\"box<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re moving and you just can\u2019t spare the $29.95 for a U-Haul, what can you do? Maybe\u2026shove way more into the car than the\u00a0car<\/a> can possibly handle, and then duct tape a bunch of boxes onto the top? Yep, that sounds good.<\/p>\n

\"wooden<\/p>\n

For many car buyers, choosing between a sedan and a pickup can be a difficult decision. But this car owner decided to take matters into his own hands by combining a Volvo, a pickup bed, and some mad woodworking skills. Note the nice, even, sturdy-looking construction.<\/p>\n

\"wooden<\/p>\n

This truck owner, however, doesn\u2019t seem to have the same level of car mod talent. This wooden truck bed leaves so many questions unanswered: where did the truck\u2019s real bed go? Who thought constructing a new one out of wood was a good idea? Is it supposed to be an environmental statement? Is that even street legal?<\/p>\n

\"trash<\/p>\n

When you really, really love your car, it can be hard to admit that it\u2019s at the end of its life. But when it\u2019s held together with trash bags, duct tape, bungee cords and what appears to a flannel shirt, it might be time to let it go to that great parking lot in the sky.<\/p>\n

\"tiny<\/p>\n

Apparently the load was a little heavy on the back end of this van, and maybe the bumper started scraping the pavement. Rather than, say, fix whatever is wrong with the frame that\u2019s making the back end sag, this resourceful car owner decided to put some teeny-tiny wheels under the bumper. Problem solved!<\/p>\n

\"spare<\/p>\n

\"wooden<\/p>\n

Spare tires are expensive. But with some ingenuity and a few of the odds and ends that everyone has lying around their garage, there\u2019s no obstacle that can\u2019t be overcome. Hopefully the guy riding in the back of the hatchback is wearing his bungee-cord seat belt.<\/p>\n

\"shopping<\/p>\n

We may kid about these modifications and temporary solutions, but some of them actually serve a purpose, albeit a funny one. This shopping cart bike was concocted by\u00a0Ryan McFarland<\/a> and can solve the irritating problem of where to put your groceries when you go to the supermarket on your bike. If you\u2019re itching to make one yourself, there are\u00a0instructions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"sheet<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got access to the equipment necessary to weld a whole new side panel onto your minivan, why not? It\u2019s cheaper than buying a new van, and it\u2019s not like it\u2019s completely unsafe or anything, right?<\/p>\n

\"hauling<\/p>\n

Appliance delivery, like spare tires, is not cheap. You can accomplish basically the same thing with a car, a dolly, and a friend or two willing to ride in the trunk all the way home.<\/p>\n

\"hauling<\/p>\n

Who said you can\u2019t put a trailer hitch on the inside of a hatchback? This insightful car owner knows that you can haul anything if you just put your mind to it.<\/p>\n

\"furnace<\/p>\n

At first this looked like a wood-burning stove in the back of a van. But on closer inspection, it appears to be some sort of creative\u00a0vehicle<\/a> recycling. We don\u2019t know what it\u2019s supposed to be, but kudos to the creator for using existing materials that might have otherwise gone to the junkyard.<\/p>\n

\"car<\/p>\n

Motorcycle seats can be very uncomfortable. So what\u2019s a biker with a bad back to do? This looks like a pretty great compromise between car and motorcycle.<\/p>\n

\"car<\/p>\n

Motorcycles have another small problem for those who enjoy hauling things: very little storage space. There are, of course, trailers made just for motorcycles, but where\u2019s the fun in that? This crazy modification turns the motorcycle into a tricycle, and the car hood into the awesomest trailer ever.<\/p>\n

(from weburbanist<\/a>)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all seen the car driving down the street with a garbage bag duct taped over a broken window. As dangerous (and hilarious) as that may be, it is by no means the limit of amateur automotive engineering ingenuity. These pictures, from the always-hilarious\u00a0thereifixedit.com, show just how creative people can be when it comes to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","tag-weburbanist"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}