The
tribal truck is a
1988 Nissan stake bed truck with a V-6 and dual
rear wheels. The theme is sort of a mock tribal
thing drawing inspiration from indigenous
cultures around the world. The conversion from a
boring commercial vehicle to a stunning work of
mobile art has just begun. The following
pictures show the beginnings of it's evolution.
Who knows what it will eventually look like?
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Here's
the "before" picture. As you can see,
it's pretty ordinary. |
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I
bought a big sheet of 16 gauge steel and
borrowed a cutting torch and got to work cutting
out these spirals and some tribal mask shapes. I
also found what are called skeleton plates.
These are the left over pieces of steel after a
bunch of metal parts are laser cut out of them.
The resulting throwaway pieces are quite
interesting looking as you will see... |
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I
removed the wood from the stakes and put these
skeleton plates on instead. Then I bolted the
painted spirals to the sides. The side plates
are painted purple, green, and blue as are the
wheels.
See
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