Tribe.net. Local Connections Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#6361d858-1777-42d9-b3f8-b501a52b6ee0 2009-02-07T19:59:02Z 2009-02-07T19:59:02Z

Results are in: http://www.instructables.com/id/Craftsman_Workshop_of_the_Future_Contest_Winners/ Congrats to Jim Mason, who won the grand prize - $20,000 worth of tools; The Golden Mean (Snail Car) won $500 worth. Now you know who to borrow tools from.

Ali 2009-02-07T19:59:02Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#c5938742-e62b-4d5d-af3f-cdd511739d82 2009-01-08T15:36:07Z 2009-01-08T15:36:07Z

Voting ends JANUARY 11th!

Ali 2009-01-08T15:36:07Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#22f79848-f0a5-4c17-9f1a-122eca73ef20 2009-01-08T15:14:47Z 2009-01-08T15:14:47Z

Hear that folks? Keep the votes a'coming!

Ali 2009-01-08T15:14:47Z Glitter fart http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#3c92a1c7-6d8f-44c8-9a3e-16398cc2611b 2009-01-08T07:59:22Z 2009-01-08T07:59:22Z

I know it sounds silly, but I have had My Craftsman tools forever. My dad used them and so do I. and I do need more tools!

Glitter fart 2009-01-08T07:59:22Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#b7e6b4cf-8ba3-4b00-82ae-d3c884341e1f 2009-01-08T06:18:10Z 2009-01-08T06:18:10Z

Sweet...thanks, didn't know that...have voted for Jim's as well!

Ali 2009-01-08T06:18:10Z $item.owner.firstName http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#12893249-991b-4a02-bbc2-3afc4262c9e7 2009-01-08T03:21:57Z 2009-01-08T03:21:57Z

Also you can vote for more than one. They are giving away 11 prizes.

$item.owner.firstName 2009-01-08T03:21:57Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#fa567343-9c9f-4d12-bfe2-81780e1132f4 2009-01-07T15:08:06Z 2009-01-07T15:08:06Z

Thanks for posting this very nice summary of MVs!

Ali 2009-01-07T15:08:06Z SOLAR DEATH RAY 3000 http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#c05f6f42-5264-4f97-a36c-df9c334254d4 2009-01-07T07:14:14Z 2009-01-07T07:09:26Z

JR shared these thoughts over on eplaya and The Golden Mean is an excellent example of a mutant vehicle whose contribution to the community exceeds the impact of the vehicle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ok so since you asked, what is a mutant vehicle? We start with the premise that all vehicle traffic on the playa has a significant negative impact on the event in terms of stuff like dust, pollution, traffic, safety, etc. Thus, we define a mutant vehicle as a vehicle whose contribution to the event exceeds its negative impact. That’s obviously more than a bit vague, but it does give us the flexibility to license stuff that just has to be licensed because it’s so awesome. Typically, tho’ what we are dealing with is aesthetics - what does the vehicle look like? This easily accounts for 99% of MVs we handle every year. And we try an adopt an “average burner” viewpoint. Would the “average burner” think this vehicle improves the event? This is obviously still vague, as what’s an “average burner”. So what we’ve done is really taken the word “mutant” to heart. What we’re looking for a vehicle that have been mutated into something other then base vehicle. Does the vehicle look more like Toyota pickup or a dragon, or cat or boat or whatever? The more it looks like a dragon and the less it looks like a pickup, the more likely it is to be licensed. And, honestly, for me, it’s really that first glance that’s counts most. Further, we look at how well executed the mutation is. Sloppiness doesn’t get you any points. And we specifically don’t license what we call “decorated, not mutated”. Which is what happens when someone glues fake fur and zip ties doodads to their golf cart. Oh, and another thing a mutant vehicle isn’t is subtle. If you have to explain what’s going on, it probably isn’t a mutant vehicle. A classic MV should be identifiable from halfway across the playa… in a dust storm. With night licenses, the same basic rules apply. There has to be something interesting to look at. This is usually accomplished with some sort of light or flame effect or simply illuminating vehicle so that you can see why it qualified for a day license. One thing we try avoid, to the best of our human abilities, is judging the artistic merit of a vehicle’s mutation. At the DMV, bad art is still art. I hope that answers your question." JR DMV Council ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out this album for a text and photo history of vehicles at BRC and to better understand how the Department of Mutant Vehicles operates. http://tribes.tribe.net/bmmv/photos/9c599175-6bde-4e49-8221-859a03c6b77f

SOLAR DEATH RAY 3000 2009-01-07T07:09:26Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#1705299e-3bd5-4563-b8ed-10ed28774974 2009-01-07T01:59:18Z 2009-01-07T01:59:18Z

Jim Mason's also in the running...they could probably use the tools! Instructables is having a contest for $20,000 in Craftsman tools. We entered our GEK gasified honda accord, which, not to shock you, finally works (and mostly as originally intended). the locals finished it last week while i was away and took it for a cruise through west oakland, running on eucalyptus chips. reports are that no shots were fired. and smiles of disbelief once again were seen on all. video on you tube: http://www.instructables.com/id/Convert_your_Honda_Accord_to_run_on_trash/ we put it on the instructables contest as a "build a gasifier in 5 easy steps" sort of thing. well, it is probably the longest and most complicated instructable ever written, if you count all the sub-instructables and link detours. you can see it here:

Ali 2009-01-07T01:59:18Z $item.owner.firstName http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#fb44f19d-d0c1-4e3c-84cf-f29ead4a5ad4 2009-01-07T00:18:01Z 2009-01-07T00:18:01Z

This guy needs more tools like Bill Gates needs more money! ;-) I loved the line "Using my old Craftsman tools..." ps: I voted for him and great job on The Golden Mean and the documentation of the build.

$item.owner.firstName 2009-01-07T00:18:01Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#3a99eec7-a82d-453d-a86a-b37249a94e46 2009-01-06T20:32:44Z 2009-01-06T20:32:44Z

There are step-by-step instructions on how to make an art car, which may also be of interest to y'all.

Ali 2009-01-06T20:32:44Z Ali http://artcars.tribe.net/thread/5ea72d1a-7888-4cbf-890e-40db8786b8ce#9693dfd8-95fd-4b87-ad23-cc95a35bb23f 2009-01-06T20:31:56Z 2009-01-06T20:31:56Z

Please take a moment to vote for The Golden Mean (aka, the Snail Art Car) on Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/id/Snail_Art_Car_The_Golden_Mean/?voteButton_EE28KI9FOWZPJBQ One of our local artcar builder extraordinaires (Jon Sarriugarte) is in a contest and could possibly win $20k worth of tools. It'd be awesome to get the support of this community. Thanks!

Ali 2009-01-06T20:31:56Z