Cadillac Ranch - Famous Buried Art Cars

As a tribute to America's best automobile, a collective of artists called Ant Farm decided to place 10 Cadillacs, ranging from a 1949 Club Coupe to a 1963 Sedan, in a wheat field located west of Amarillo, Texas. Mr. Stanley Marsh 3, a local helium tycoon, provided some place for the cars to rest. Ten big holes were dug and the cars were driven with their front end into them. Thus the Cadillac Ranch was born becoming the worlds most famous art cars, and as you can see they have undergone many paint jobs since their creation in 1974. Full story here.

Original Cadillacs


Cadillacs From Space


Multi Colored Cadillacs




Lit Up Cadillacs


White Cadillacs


Pink Cadillacs


Yellow Cadillacs


Red Cadillacs


Cadillac Fin close up

The Message Stick Vehicle - Australian Aborginal Art Car - Symbol of Unity and Peace

The Message Stick Vehicle Art Car - Via Sacred Oz

The message stick vehicle art car is a 1961 Vietnam war era army off road ambulance driven by film maker Michael Butler and Samantha Martin and painted by over 200 Aboriginal Artists across Australia. It re-enacts a 50,000 year-old Aboriginal tradition of Message Sticks being passed on by young warriors from tribe to tribe as safe passage onto their lands. The Message Stick Art Car has been transformed and is now recognized as a totemic symbol of unity and peace for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people.

Michael Butler and Samantha Martin - Via Sacred Oz

The Message Stick Vehicle Art Car - Nelson Mandela Hand Print - Via Sacred Oz

This project has been endorsed by Mr Nelson Mandela and Hon Gough Whitlam. This program is the journey of the Message Stick and also of three young people who discover culture, bush medicine and the mystical powers of the traditional and modern Aboriginal way of life and survival. Welcome to Art Car Central.

The Message Stick 5 part documentary series on DVD is now available for SALE on Art Car Central.

This program is the journey of the Message Stick and also of three young people who discover culture, bush medicine and the mystical powers of the traditional and modern Aboriginal way of life and survival. 

By purchasing the DVD you are helping Michael and Samantha continue their journey to bring awareness to the world of the indigenous people of Australia, so come and journey with them.

The Message Stick Vehicle Art Car - with Aboriginal young - Via Sacred Oz

The Message Stick Vehicle Art Car - Aboriginal elder adding to the story  - Via Sacred Oz

The Message Stick Art Car - Side

The Message Stick Vehicle Art Car - Side

The Message Stick Vehicle Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

The Message Stick Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

The Message Stick Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

The Message Stick Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

The Message Stick Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

The Message Stick Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

The Message Stick Art Car - Photos via a hazy moon

Mike Mullen's Psychedelic 1961 Citroën Mystery Art Car

Mike Mullen's Psychedelic 1961 Citroen Mystery Art Car

Mike Mullen's Psychedelic 1961 Citroen Mystery Art Car

Mike Mullen's Psychedelic 1961 Citroen Mystery Art Car

Mike Mullen's Psychedelic 1961 Citroen Mystery Art Car

Mullen, 55, is a court officer in Detroit, Mich., who evicts people whose homes are in foreclosure, became an over night art car owner when he came upon this Psychedelic 1961 Citroën Mystery painted art car parked in a garage. On a typical day inspecting homes he opened up the garage of a house and found a 1961 Citroën parked beside five other European sports cars: an Austin-Healey, a Jensen-Healey, two Saab Sonetts, a Triumph TR8 and the eye-popping Citroën.

It turns out that the artists, possibly university students or teachers, transformed 61 Citreon from ordinary to OMG in Minneapolis about 40 years ago. Mullen, who now owns the art car, is set on finding out who created this amazing art car and thank them personally. By posting his story on art car central we hope to reach out and find those responsible for this amazing work of art.

If you are responsible please step forward and be congratulated:)

For the complete story

1958 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 4x4 Hippie Glam Art Car Magnolia Pearl by Rrobin Brown - You Really Must See this Car!!!

Magnolia Pearl 4x4 Rolls Royce Art Car

Magnolia Pearl aka Robin "Pearl" Brown of Bandera, Texas and her partner John Gray opened up a business selling clothing and accessories made from vintage laces, velvets, silks, and embroidered linens from her collection. It all started with a bag she made that was so amazing that a total stranger tracked her down in store and bought it from her. So she made another and another and today she is an accomplished textile artist who has designed all kinds of things from vintage backpacks, purses, clothing, jewelry, and even some fine furniture pieces.

What interested me about her was her amazing 1958 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 4x4 Hippie Glam Art Car and the matching airstream that went with it. WOW!!! First of all, this Rolls Royce art car is even more over the top than John Lenon's Art Car, with more flowers and off road power in one car than all of Haight Ashbury and Monster Jam put together.

The airstream also has an amazing paint job but it truly is breath taking and cozy once you get inside and see all the details. She has completely remade this airstream in her unique style with plenty of texture and color to keep the eyes busy for a long long time. And after a long day of doing some off road cross country travel you can pull over and soak in a claw foot tub filled with hot water and  bubbles. Have tea and fall asleep in what looks like the most comfortable airstream bead I have ever seen.

Robin Bandera and her creations are a delight to the eyes and soul in every way and has managed to pull together her style using the elements at her disposal with ease and perfection, case in point. The only criticism I have of her is that she should have installed a roll cage inside the art car, but I am willing to over look this minor detail, this time:) Great Job!!!

Magnolia Pearl 4x4 Rolls Royce Art Car Rear - Photo by That Car

Magnolia Pearl 4x4 Rolls Royce Art Car Grill - Photo by That Car

Magnolia Pearl aka Robin "Pearl" Brown of Bandera on the right

Magnolia Pearl Rolls Royce Art Car Inside - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Rolls Royce Art Car Inside

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream and Rolls Royce - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream Rear - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream Hallway - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream Bedroom - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream With Claw-Foot Bathtub - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream Shelving Space - Photo by Jonny Valiant

Magnolia Pearl Air Stream Inside - Photo by Jonny Valiant

One of the Biggest Pink Colored Freighter Ships on Earth - Contship Germany

I think I found one the biggest pink colored freighter ships on earth called the "Contship Germany" owned by The CONTI-Group, one of the world's leading managing owners of container vessels and tankers. That's a whole lot of pink paint if you ask me but I think its just a starting point for what could be a beautiful art ship. They probably should call on Emily Duffy creator of the Vain Van Art Car about putting on the finishing touches on this transatlantic beauty and then reposting it here on art car central.

Pink Contship Germany Art Ship - via

Contship Germany "Pink Lady" - painting - via

Pink Contship Germany Art Ship - via

Pink Contship Germany Art Ship - via

Pink Contship Germany Art Ship

Massive Armored Graffiti Art Truck by Mr Cartoon

Massive Armored Graffiti Art Truck by Mr Cartoon - Art Car Central

This Armored Art Truck was created by artist Mr Cartoon to promote the 2009 film, "Armored", starring the likes of Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne and Matt Dillon, Mr. Cartoon and SA Studios created a one-of-a-kind armored truck in Cartoon’s signature Angeleno style. The only other armored art car vehicle I've seen so far was one covered in pennies I wrote about here on Art Car Central.

Mark Machado, aka Mr. Cartoon is a Mexican American tattoo and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles, California. At age of eight, Mr. Cartoon realized his passion for art and then went on to his first paying art gig at age twelve. He grew up in Harbor area of Los Angeles County were he begun began airbrushing t-shirts and Lowrider cars before adopting the legendary "Fineline Style" tattoo art. 

Massive Armored Graffiti Art Truck by Mr Cartoon - Art Car Central

Massive Armored Graffiti Art Truck by Mr Cartoon - Art Car Central

Massive Armored Graffiti Art Truck by Mr Cartoon - Art Car Central

Massive Armored Graffiti Art Truck by Mr Cartoon - Art Car Central

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