It's Gary Siebel's City van, one of many art cars he's done over the years. How do I know? He was hangin' out in back when I stopped to take cameraphone photos last night. (Note: the above photo is not credited to me, it's Gary's.) I walked by with the 20D this morning to take some closeups of the cityscape.
It's a pretty nifty art car and certainly makes me wish I were ballsy or creative enough to do something with Fran the Van. But Fran the Van has been commandeered by my family because all my sisters are at home... and as these things go, Fran has started to fall apart in their presence.
The first time I leant her to them it was to get the turn signal repair priced. During the week I was away the battery died and had to be replaced- I'd never had a problem. This time, I left her with them while I was in Europe... in perfect health. First, the starter died. Then, when they took her in to get the starter repaired, the monkeywrenchers said that her tire rods were going, which I guess is dangerous and a big deal. Ain't been fixed yet tho, and not sure if I can afford it or care enough to do it. Nevertheless, before I could negotiate her safe return, the gorram muffler fell off as they were backing her out the driveway. Yeah, this car is old, a 1995 Olds Silhouette, and yeah it's expected to have problems after being driven for 150,000 miles or more... but it ONLY has problems when I'M not driving it. And it's MY CAR, ARGH!
So, about this art car dealy. The driver would like to see his picture with it in the PI's weekly automotive photo section, and someone has to take that photo. Since I've got the equipment and the time, we may soon head out to West Seattle to catch the skyline in the afternoon rays. And I'd love to get a newspaper photo credit under my belt!
This evening, I hope to have more Europe photos on the way from Germany. But first I've got to go over to my parents' to help them set up their newly purchased high-speed internet. O Blessed Day! They have finally made The Right Choice!
Posted on July 26, 2006 @ 4:37 PM | 4 comments
Comments:
My folks, too, recently made The Right Choice. Now they can download things! And watch movie clips! Wow!
I doubt you're going to want to pay for new rods on a 10 year old car. blech.
By 
Lazy Lightning, at
7:30 PM, July 26, 2006
My parents are still stuck in the dialup stoneage, alas! But they only had 1 kid to compete for online and phone time...
Also, my dad was considering making out old 70-something Toyota pickup into an art car. I think that'd be super cool!
By 
Eight-and-a-Half-Tails, at
9:42 AM, July 27, 2006
Haha "CTR" intarnets.
By Rachel, at
9:47 AM, July 27, 2006
wow. that's an awesome van! looks like car washes are out of the picture though!
- meegan
notsosimple.net
By , at
5:07 AM, July 28, 2006
