17 of the WEIRDEST concept cars, modifications, and special edition designs ever made
Every year car companies announce concept cars of potential future models to add to they line -ups.
This is an exciting period for car-enthusiasts but sometimes the designs can make you think, what on earth happened here?
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British inventor of the world's smallest legally roadworthy car
Related articlesA design too ambitious, a bizarre special edition or just one person's modifications that got out of hand produce some truly unique results.
Here are 17 of the stranger and more bizarre car modifications and designs we could find:
'Siamese twins' Mini
This 'conjoined twin' Mini designed and built by Frank Jessop and Neville Holmes of Collingham, Nottinghamshire, is one of the strangest cars ever.
It looks like to Mini's reversed into each other and someone just decided to weld them together.
The reason this Mini was made is still unknown and what the benefits of having a double ended car are similarly subject to debate.
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1983 Citroen 2CV customised, Picasso's Citroen
In true and authentic Picasso design, on this special edition version of the 2CV, everything has got a bit jumbled.
It was created by 44-year-old mechanic Andy Saunders of Dorset, over a six month period.
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1972 Mini Outspan Orange
The Outspan Orange car is in a class of it's own.
The highly modified Mini looks just like an orange. It's hardly a performance car with a top speed of 30mph, which is a good thing as the car could roll over if it goes any faster.
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Volkswagen Beetle caravan
A Volkswagon bug converted to a camper, San Diego, CA
Two of the most loathsome things to grace the roads were merged together by a Californian.
Looking like a caravan crashed into a VW bug, this a clear example of a concept vehicle that should have never left the idea phase.
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Veah electric car/bicycle
Belgian Xavier Van der Stappen driving his 'Veah' electric car/bicycle in 2009 .
Van der Stappen participated in the Paris-Dakar No Oil race, a 6,000 kms trip from Brussels to Dakar without using any gasoline, in his bizarre car creation.
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Shoe car
Mr. K. Sudhakar rides a shoe car outside the Sudha Cars Museum.
He is a Guinness World Record holder for making the Largest Tricycle in the World
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The hairy Citroen 2CV
The 2CV is a fairly unsophisticated car, which is to be expected with a car over 50 years old. It's design leaves a lot to be desired and probably felt old-fashioned even it it's day.
One family believed however that the 2CV could be improved (or not) with the addition of fur and felt, making it look like a mouse.
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Trabi-Treffen Trabant
You've probably seen the Trabant on lists for the worst cars of all time.
It was an uncomfortable and ubiquitous east German vehicle with an unreliable two-stroke engine, which was East-Germany's answer to the VW Beetle.
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Barcelona car
Devout Barcelona fan Mario Hernandez a.k.a 'Nicara' poses with his car in Soyapango, a suburb of San Salvador.
Hernandez, a store owner, is a hardcore fan of Spanish Barcelona Football Club wrapped his car ready for El Classico in 2010.
This is one of the least timeless cars on the list with transfers and retirements occurring twice every season.
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The 1934 Lincoln Model 40 Speedster
Wheel's writer Jil McIntosh with Edsel Ford's personal car The 1934 Lincoln Model 40 Speedster.
The 1934 special edition Speedster looks like a child's HotWheelz edition instead of an actual design by the company.
The bizarre styling makes it look old-fashioned and futuristic at the same time.
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1962 Peel P50
The Peel P50 held the Guinness Book of World Records' title of smallest car for over 50 years.
It's a one-seater, three-wheeled microcar that was manufactured from 1962 to 1965.
The P50 is a mere 54 inches long and just 41 inches wide.
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Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970
Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970, Ivrea, Italy is a concept car designed by Paolo Martin that was unveiled at the 1970 Geneva Motor show.
It looks like the kind of car someone designed thinking 'this is what future cars will look like' and wouldn't look out of place being driven by a Bond villain.
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Limo-plane
In 2004, a plane was converted into a luxury limousine. The completely impractical car/plane was built on a Mercedes Benz chassis and as powered by a diesel engine.
Tourists could rent it out for $1,000 for three hours in Guadalajara, state of Jalisco in Mexico.
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Wooden electric car
A wooden electric car is seen on April 7, 2015 in Shenyang, Liaoning province of China. Liu Fulong,
A 49-year-old carpenter spent three months and 20,000 yuan (about 3200 dollars) building his wooden electric car which weighs 500 kg and has a top speed of 60 km/h.
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Smallest car in the world
British inventor Perry Watkins is owner of the world's smallest legally roadworthy car.
The vehicle measures 104.14cm high, 66.04cm wide and 132.08cm long.
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A 1935 Stout Scarab
The vehicle was designed by William B. Stout (1880-1956), who was also responsible for the Ford Tri-Motor aircraft.
It's a rear-engined, early forerunner of the MPV, with a streamlined, aluminium body and moveable seating.
Although highly innovative for it's time, the Scarab never went into full production and only nine were ever built.
1978 Panther 6
1978 Panther 6 was an extravagant six-wheel convertible that is vaguely reminiscent of Lady Penelope's Thunderbird car.
There were only two versions of the car ever made and it was claimed in it's day that it could do 200mph, but this was not proved.
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