The Star Wars Car

An anonymous reader writes "You think you're a Star Wars fan because you own a lightsaber? Behold, the Star Wars car. Some of the comments on the forum suggests that it's modelled after a A-Wing. One of the coolest "mods" I've seen in a long time, very original and time demanding it seems."

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MIRROR - Images slashdotted already.

[SiGiN]

Managed to save few images.. While can.
Mirror

Re:MIRROR - Images slashdotted already.

[jwilhelm]

Working Mirror.

Re:Mmmm, star wars

[Macgruder]

The gentleman's name is Shawn Crosby. His wife, Colleen, is very hot looking. They make costumes as hobbies, winning several awards at conventions. Not to mention they are both huge Star Wars fans. Her website is here. It's already down under the load, but bookmark it for future reference.

They (and I) are also members of LASFS (Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society). And I bet more than a few of them read Slashdot

Re:Sad but True

[Macgruder]

True. This guy's wife, Colleen, is very attractive. And together, Shawn and Colleen Crosby are one of the best costuming duo's in SF/Fantasy fandom.

(oddness alert, the parent post quoted Larry Niven, who is also close friends to the Crosby's. Members of LASFS and all that. See earlier post of mine for details and links)

I know the owner of this car

[dspisak]

Shawn is a pretty cool guy, very creative and artistic.

Contrary to commonly held views the guy has a lovely wife. I just love how people go straight for the typical stereotypes.

Anyways, I'm about to do something against the better part of my judgement and post a link to my photo gallery where I have just a few photos of his Star Wars H-Wing car:

http://www.nonmundane.org/gallery/Bizzare/R2day
http://www.nonmundane.org/gallery/Bizzare/R2light n ight
http://www.nonmundane.org/gallery/Bizzare/So lCockp it
http://www.nonmundane.org/gallery/Bizzare/SolC ockp it2
http://www.nonmundane.org/gallery/Bizzare/Sol GunLa test

If I remember correctly it is either going to show up in FHM or Wired magazine among other places.

And guys, please try to not kill my server if you can handle it. I only do this as it seems like most the mirrors or image hosts are hosed right now and I think people should at least have some idea of what the car looks like.

Re:I just don't get it.

[thegrommit]

If you read the whole thread, the owner (obi_shawn) shows up on page six and talks about what he does for a living:

I make action figures, hotwheels toys, props, models, and costumes for a living. So, much like a plumber that advertises on his panel van, my car shows what I do. And you'd better believe no one forgets it- I get a lot of business from being "that dude with the car".

He also uses the car to raise money for charity.

Don't cover the airbag! Safety first.

[twitter]

I recomend nothing at all on the stearing wheel airbag. Anyone who's seen the films of airbag tests gone wrong knows that airbags are ticky and mods must be tested.

If you must, use something light. Paper decals secured with water based glue might not hurt you, but even then you are pushing your luck. Solvent based glue or paint is almost certian to screw up airbag deployment and heavy objects will be embeded in your face.

Yeah, yeah, I sound like a ninny. Old cars did not have aribags at all. They used to kill and injure people more often too. What's that one piece of the mod worth to you? I'd feel really stupid if I or one of my friends was ever hurt more than they had to be in an accident just for looks and fantasy.

As for the rest of it, it's wonderful. All I can ask more of it is that it's all secure and won't fall off in front of someone who will then freak out and kill someone.

That said, I drive a 1970 VW camper van. No airbags, manual stearing, no power assisted breaks, and me six inches behind the front bumper. You can hear large bugs impact on the front pannel. It scares the hell out of me and I'm very careful with it. I'm not, however, going to defeat any of it's safety systems, like seat belts, and I've put in later manufactured seats with head rests. One day, people with think cars without navicomps are downright reckless. I'll feel much safer as they will not be able to pull out in front of me anymore.

Yet another MIRROR

[jazzbotley]

Slashdot this, he says:

http://cs.baylor.edu/~wilsonj/xwing.html

Famous last words ...

Re:It's no M.F.

[LMCBoy]

a parsec is a unit of distance, specifically the distance at which our sun would appear to be 1 arcsecond

Uh, no. A parsec is the distance of a star at which its parallax angle (as seen from the Earth) is one arcsecond.

parallax arcsecond.

Glad I could help ;)