Thursday, September 8, 2011

Of Course We Validate Parking Here At Cave Of Cool Inc.


Check out the 'Hotwheels' car based on the vehicle in this print. Thanks for the tip Bubby Shelby. How influencial is this image if it caught the attention of the people at Mattel.

4 comments:

Jordan said...

That's a Syd Mead painting (if you don't already know this). Mead was an conceptual illustrator in the automobile industry whose speculative renderings (like this one) as well as his car paintings for GM, Ford etc. got Hollywood interested in him. His first big movie project was Blade Runner (he designed the flying "Spinner" cars) and then he worked on Tron doing vehicle design (including those two-wheeled cars that race across graph paper). That painting's from a book called "Dragon's Dream," which I have. Great stuff!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

You run a classy joint, dude.

Bubbashelby said...

That limo was also made into a Hotwheel a few years back (and has re-appeared with many re-paints since) http://hotwheels.wikia.com/wiki/Sentinel_400_Limo

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

I never realized that this pic was so influencial in pop culture.