The dreary cold and snowbound winter months around here lead to what some call cabin fever, what others call stir-craziness. I argue instead that they just lead to enhanced creativity while we pass the time and try to figure out how to stay warm. Case in point, our infrequent photochopping series, which has taken an above-freezing-months sabbatical from these here pages. Not necessarily because our favorite photochoppers haven’t been busy, but because I have been. Indeed, they’ve been rather prolific and we’ve been saving them up like squirrels storing their nuts for the winter.
So a fine chop to start with, the above take on a 1949 De Soto comes from digital artist Jim Hoagland and shoves the cabin to the rear third of the car to add a second front axle, a la Lady Penelope’s FAB 1 and some earlier photochops we’ve seen. There’s space enough for a straight-12, maybe even a straight-18 under that aircraft carrier hood.
We’ll pause here to include some of Hoagland’s other photochops, most of which feature similar cab rearrangements. From left: his 1964 Plymouth Belvedere V24 852 Max Wedge, Rear Engine Lincoln Pickup, Ferrari 330 GT SuperBird, Fiat 8V Supersonic Pickup, Custom Fiat 8V Coupe Vignale, Ford Fairlane Sportster, Lamborghini Brubaker, and Olds 88 Sportster.
Continuing with the four-to-the-fore theme, we also came across this six-wheeled Cadillac on Slammed Brochure Cars, but never were able to put an artist’s name to it. If this is your work, speak up so we can credit you!
Truque posted this Ford flatbed truck ‘chop, and we followed the thread back to Joe MacCarthy, who actively explores a range of vehicular mutations.
One last six-wheeler, Duntov’s Inferno, isn’t necessarily a photochop, but shows much of the same spirit. Illustrator Damon Moran showed us what Zora most feared.
Our old friend Phil at Phil Are Go showed us the ultimate in Sixties cross-country road trips with this stretched Country Squire that could fit the whole pee-wee football league.
Jean-Phillippe Secordel-Martin, who submitted this Cadillac to us through our Facebook page, also likes to take the long view, though he also likes that view somewhat less obstructed.
Not long enough, though. There, we fixed it.
Another one from Truque, it looks like this Beetle cabover pickup was done by Brazilian artist Danilo Andrade. Who needs a Type 2 with one of these, right?
* Another one without an artist’s name attached to it, this 2CV we came across on GentleCar almost looks like what’s left over when they built those two-headed four-wheel-drive 2CV firefighter’s vehicles.
Finally, what’s a photochop post without something from Andy Prieboy? Lately he’s been showcasing his work on Motorland, including this take on an Italia-influenced Hudson step-down successor.
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