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Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield
Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield
There aren't many Haunted Inns that come complete with spooky art cars parked in the front but owner and resident Jim Warfield has done his best to give his clients the complete package.

In the town of Mount Carroll, Ill is where you will find Raven's Grin Inn, a 19th-century mansion that's been turned into a wacky house of horrors by Jim Warfield which just happens to be located a block away from a cemetery.

Warfield rescued the house from being demolished about 20 years ago and then went on to fill it
with all kinds of freaky art projects  like the "the last Elvis impersonator" that sits decaying in a wheelchair and of course plenty of creaky, spooky and secret passages. If you are feeling up to it you can get a group of 10 and go on a tour for $10 per person per hour but you must call in advance for reservations.

What got Jim a post here on art car central was one three spooky cars, a  87 Olds station Art Car wagon, "Custom cruiser" with arms that go up and down via a 79 T-Bird Vacuum /headlight door lifter device and a reptile hood with doll trapped in its bloody teeth. I think traveling cross country in one of these with the whole family is scary enough even without the skulls, but that's just me.

It took Jim about 5 years to rebuild his spooky art car to the point were felt comfortable taking it down to the local drag strip that allows anyone to race any car for $10. If speed doesn't kill then definitely a spooky induced heart attack would be enough to beat the competition. Go get em Jim:)

Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield
Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield
Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield
Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield

Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield
Spooky Art Car Scares Customers at Raven's Grin Inn - Jim Warfield

40 Art Cars on Poles and the famous Spindle

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Spindle Car Sculpture By Dustin Shuler
Pole Art Cars - by neopsychedelia


Today I found 40 Art Cars on Poles and other miscellaneous objects, an exhaustive list but I am sure I missed a few. Most of the photos came from flickr, so forgive me for not putting a credit on them all, there way way too many. On of the most famous art car sculptures is called "Spindle" By Dustin Shuler formerly located at Cermak Plaza Berwyn Illinois IL April 2008. This beauty made an appearance in the 1992 film "Wayne's World," with an opening night I will never forget. It consisted of a 50 foot spike with eight cars impaled on it and was taken down on May 2, 2008 to make way for a Walgreens store... complete story here

Train on poleMoving VAn on PoleWhite bike on Poleskater on polevw on polelawn mower on poleurinal on polefighter jet on polefire truck on polegocart on polechain saw on poleMotorcycle on polelicense plates on poleRussian car on polemulti cars on poles
Yellow model T on poleold chevy on poleold red car on polehelicopter on polegreen car on polefirebird on poleconvertible on poleconvertible with dummy on polecar stranded on poleblack model t on poleJeep on poleOld Jeep on polesemi truck on polepickup truck on poleold rusted car on polecrushed mercedes on poleold pink ar on polepink cadilac on polefighter jet on poleWhite mercedes on pole
 

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