Rat Rods??

The Detroit Red Wings and Autorama at Cobo filled the city and crowded The People Mover this weekend. I was more than happy to ride The People Mover to Cobo from Greektown Casino. I take a ride every chance I get it's a great way to see the city but still stay warm. So naturally I would like to discuss the Art at Cobo this week and some of the cars I seen while at Autorama. 

I guess, first I should explain what Autorama is, it's an indoor car show that is made up of older cars, its specializes in whats called “Rat Rods.” The classic Rat Rod is made up of old parts and painted with flat paint or not painted at all. The best part is how creative the builders get with using kegs for a gas tank or beer cans for a radiator overflow tank.

In short Autorama is the “poor mans” auto show and I love it. I like the fact that for one the cars are being used and not just a waste of money. I don't understand why someone would buy a car to look at in the garage, I would want to drive it and see what it could do. Here are a couple photos of the great cars that were at Autorama this weekend, if you missed it. 

Cobo is known for its auto connection, they have had auto shows at Cobo for a while now. This is a good reason to display some Detroit history and is the reason for its art work at The Cobo People Mover station. The title is Calvacade of Cars and the two artist are Larry Ebel / Linda Cianciolo Scarlett. 

Here is the description on The People Movers site:

“There are 2 Fords, 2 Chryslers, 2 G.M.s and 1 Cord. The artists first created this design by taking photographs of the actual cars. Then they chose the colors and the arrangement of how things should be placed and sent it to Crovatto Mosaics. Crovatto is located in a little town in Italy, and its chief industry is making venetian glass mosaics (too expensive to have done in the States). To make the venetian glass, workers pound out very small pieces of colored glass and put them on individual pieces of mesh. They would then ship the pieces of mesh to us. Installation was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.”

This is a great description, and I am sure it took a great deal of time to assemble. I know it takes me a long time to put together a 1000 piece puzzle, this would have taken me years to complete. This is a great piece of art and you have to see it in person to get the true beauty of the cars and the work it took to assemble. 

Are you a fan of Jigsaw puzzles?

What is your all time favorite car, and why?