For some people, buying a car straight off the production line is just not an option.
Who wants stock standards when you can go custom?
Budding engineers, inventors and people on a budget are out there building their own
modified rides, and the results are surprising.
As they say, If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.
Wanna check out these insane handmade cars?
Let’s get it on.
LEGO BUGATTI This is undoubtedly the greatest thing ever
built out of Lego.
Not only is this a full-scale model of a Bugatti Chiron, but it moves as well.
The only non-Lego part of the car is the steel roll cage and original Bugatti alloy rims.
Every piece of the luxury sports car, from the seats to the engine and even the brake
lights were made entirely of legos, over 1 million Lego Technic pieces to be exact!
The team custom designed the models with a 3D modeling software, but when broken down
they were still building with individual, original Lego pieces.
It took over 19 months of constant careful engineering, which I can imagine was one of
the longest lego building sessions of all time.
While the car generates only 5.3 horsepower and reaches a top speed of 18MPH, it’s still
pretty impressive knowing that it weighs 1.5 tonnes and is powered by 2300 tiny electric
motors . Plus let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want to be seen in a Bugatti Chiron anyway,
Lego or not.
BENTLEY TANK We’re used to seeing Bentley Continentals
driven by rap stars, cruising around on huge 22- inch chrome rims.
Well, the Russian YouTube channel AcademeG took it one step further and not to be outdone,
decided to go one better – and put a set of all terrain tank treads on their sweet
ride.
Dubbed the Bentley GT Ultra tank, it’s the perfect vehicle for when you’re stuck in
pesky inner-city traffic jams.
When you need to get somewhere in a hurry, the 4 Litre twin turbo V8 roars into life
as you literally drive over cars and other obstacles in front of you.
How convenient.
A quarter million-dollar sedan may seem like a little extra, but these guys want to roam
through the wilderness in the utmost comfort and style.
It’s truly one bonkers build that would make Mad Max proud.
LAMBORGHINI There are plenty of Russian billionaires driving
around in Lamborghini Aventadors.
For those who don’t have a spare million lying around and want one bad enough, there’s
only one option remaining – bust out the tools and make it.
It takes a special kind of skill and know how to forge an Italian classic supercar out
of thin air, and Ilya Strekalovsky is one such man.
The base of the imitation Lambo is the not-so-fancy Nissan Maxima.
There’s almost nothing left of the framework, as Ilya took to it with a grinder and welder
to make his dream a reality.
The exterior panels are all custom made according to the exact dimensions of the original.
An M-70 BMW 5 Litre V12 has been installed in rear engine configuration, to add that
little bit of authenticity.
G-WAGON The Mercedes G-Wagon is an iconic ultra-luxury
SUV, that also comes with a hefty price tag.
What do you do then, when you lack the funds but have an abundance of another resource
readily available all around you?
A motoring enthusiast in Russia teamed up with a local ice sculpting company to solve
this very problem.
He used the chassis, frame, engine and gearbox from an old UAZ 469 military truck and let
the artists do the rest.
The result?
A fully functional limitation G-Wagon made entirely out of blocks of ice coming in at
a chunky 6 tons.
Blue LED lighting makes the ice pop and adds that extra bling factor.
Temperatures are well below freezing in this part of the world, so there’s little chance
of this beauty suffering the same melty fate as Frosty the SnowMan.
CARDBOARD LEXUS Just because you can do something, doesn’t
mean you should.
Lexus in Japan decided to try their hand at some next level origami when they made an
IS300 purely out of cardboard.
It took over 1,700 individually shaped and contoured 10mm thick sheets to create the
fully functional replica of Lexus’ bestselling saloon.
The project took 3 months to complete, with each piece drawn in AutoCAD and precision
laser cut to make sure the curves and contours of the car were spot on.
It’s not only the exterior of the car, the seats, dashboard and wheels are cardboard
too.
The electric motor, drivetrain and headlights are the only parts of the car not made of
cardboard.
Although it’s a cool concept, it’s absolutely useless when driving in the rain and would
end up a soggy, pulpy mess on the side of the road.
ROLLING CAR A beaten up, 20-year-old Volkswagen Golf isn’t
a car you’d want to be seen rolling around in – unless you take that meaning literally
like the ingenious YouTuber Garage54.
He took a humble old Golf destined for the scrap yard, and gave it purpose and a new
life in the form of a rolling stunt car.
The body was cut down and shortened dramatically, improving the car’s centre of gravity and
rotational force.
They also welded curved tubular steel to the chassis subframe to make what can only be
described as a snail’s shell.
The car is driven at high speeds before smashing the brakes.
The sudden jolt then causes the forward momentum to flip the car forward, and the curved steel
frame allows it to roll over and complete a full somersault until it’s resting back
on 4 wheels again.
Looks like a bumpy ride, but fun nonetheless...
RIPSAW Who says you can’t have the best of both
worlds?
The uber rich no longer have to pick between speed, style, comfort and safety – thanks
to the insane brainchild of Howe and Howe.
Each Ripsaw is custom made for individual clients, in what can only be called glamping
in a tank.
This is the fastest armoured track driven vehicle in the world.
The older EV2 model features a 6.6 litre turbo diesel V8 motor putting out a mind-bending
700hp and 975-foot pounds of torque.
It does 0-60mph in just 3.5 seconds – that’s as fast as a GT500 Shelby Mustang!
The newer EV3 prototype is even faster, shoehorning in a 1,500hp Hellcat V8 for even more insane
high-speed hijinks.
Not only is it armour plated, it can tackle any off-road terrain with ease.
The downside is the $400,000 price tag, but if you’re even considering getting one of
these – it’s likely that money isn’t an issue.
SPLINTER The speed of a car is ultimately determined
by two simple factors – power and weight.
The Splinter is an ultra-high-performance supercar built almost completely out of wood!
While most cars are made from steel and aluminium alloys to protect those inside, wood is much
lighter and that reduction in weight translates directly into a blistering top speed of 240
miles per hour.
Almost every part of Splinter is timber laminate; including the chassis, suspension components
and wheel cores.
Even the immaculate interior is made from chequered cherry tree skins.
In fact, the only metallic parts of the car are the engine, gearbox, drive train, and
the radial parts of the wheels.
Though the Splinter wouldn’t be classified as road legal, there’s no doubt that the
427 cubic inch small block sitting at the heart of this beast puts plenty of power down
on the asphalt.
CYBERTRUCK Notorious YouTuber Garage54 decided he was
too impatient to wait for the release of the much-hyped Tesla Cybertruck, so in usual fashion
he decided to jump the gun and just make his very own.
After seeing the hype around the cybertruck, Garage 54 set to work on making their own
version of it, and at first glance, you might actually just think this is an unfinished
test model from the Tesla factory itself.
But take a closer look and you’ll realize that this is far from any regular old prototype.
Made from the body of a UAZ van and actual scrap metal, the polished angular body really
does match the look of Elon’s crazy concept.
While not everything about the car is perfect, it’s actually totally driveable, and has
caused quite a stir on social media whenever passerbys in rural Russia see a car that shouldn’t
even be available in major cities for another year casually riding around.
VAYDOR Suicide Squad was one of the biggest hits
of 2016, and although the Joker only made a relatively brief cameo, it was his car that
stole the show.
The theme song for the film was even called Purple Lamborghini as a tribute to the one-
of-a-kind car.
We’ve been led astray though as the car isn’t Italian made, but originates in the
land of the rising sun.
How is this possible?
Through the dreams and hard work of Matt McEntegart, car designer extraordinaire.
Matt runs a custom car shop with the idea of bringing supercar levels of luxury to the
average consumer.
By stripping down all the body plating of average affordable cars, he creates blank
canvases on which to build whatever he can dream of for little more than the cost of
fiberglass and paint.
And with its sleek body and crazy handling on the road, it’s easy to see why the Vaydor
was the perfect pick for the kind of car the Joker might rip through the streets of Gotham
in.
For just $11,000, you too can roll around in your very own pseudo supercar.