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With the rise in fuel prices in recent years, the HUMMER brand has been the poster child for gas-guzzling. For some, however, the rugged vehicles represent a dream come true. The husband-wife art duo of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom wanted to make their own H3, and they used $35,000 in worthless lottery tickets to get the job done. The couple's work of art is called "Ghost of a Dream," and the idea behind the name is that people often dream of buying a new car when they're scratching off their tickets.
The final H3 Lottery Edition looks incredibly true to life, and it includes windshield wipers, tires, tow hooks, and all its body panels made entirely out of lottery tickets. The rims are plastic molds lined with coins that represent the principal tool people use to scratch off the tickets. Even if the final work of art doesn't end up in a major gallery any time soon, at least someone has finally found a use for all those worthless lottery losers.
[Source: Projo via Jalopnik]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
B @ Mar 30th 2008 6:40PM
I hope that they weren't tickets that they had bought.
mrcarmine @ Mar 31st 2008 1:19AM
hmm.... i don't want to sound too much like a business school student, but if they DID buy 35k worth of tickets, the amount of time and effort wasted in doing so could have been spent working, increasing the 35k principal. investing it would have brought them up to a level where they could afford a better car after not too long. after all, you could buy a brand new, fully loaded h3 for about 40k...
mrcarmine @ Mar 31st 2008 1:20AM
but yeah
i know it's not made from tickets they bought... let me make that clear lol
SPG @ Mar 30th 2008 7:12PM
Still just can't bring myself to like Folk Art.
I do however envy their paitence and concentration as it would of been necessary when creating this.
steve @ Mar 30th 2008 7:14PM
this should be put on fuh2.com
MajorGeek @ Mar 30th 2008 9:51PM
I sent them a pic flipping em off with my pants stuffed, apparently they have no sense of humor.
Shmalec @ Mar 30th 2008 7:52PM
I don't see what they do when they're done...they can't sell it for much...
icu812ru469 @ Mar 30th 2008 10:15PM
It's crap... burn it.
andre lavoie @ Mar 30th 2008 11:27PM
I can definitely appreciate the skill, time, and effort that was put into making this. But still...
Torrent @ Mar 31st 2008 3:04AM
Now the question is... is it an H3 alpha? I ain't settlin' for no 5 cylinders.
blogged to death @ Mar 31st 2008 9:23AM
Brining up a comment made by a famous economist - the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
94 taurus owner @ Mar 31st 2008 4:36PM
Wow!!! ford explorer inspired rims look great on a GM PRODUCED VEHICLE!!!!!