Think some of the Ebay cars posted here are unusual? ===>

[RickM]

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/car/33610825.html

[widebody911]

Sad to think a '59 caddy gave it's fins for that...

[RickM]

..and a poor leopard

[techweenie]

My favorite art car in El Lay was done by Philip Garner (now Pippa) who put a fully functional flying bridge and deck rails on a '70s Buick 225, making it a true "land yacht"

[juanbenae]

is the guy/girl/whatever you refer to "pippa", is that the cartoon artist for car and driver? the one that was on the boat to car monster garage? a bizzare one

[techweenie]

Yes, Philip was a member of Ant Farm, an art collective in SF and has put his cartoons of inventions in Road & Track) and maybe in Car and Driver) for many years.

At some point recently, he decided to become a 'she' -- a very scary-looking 'she' in my opinion, but Pippa seemed to get along fine with the other Monster Garage folks...