Rocket car spotted on the streets of LA

Dwiff sez, "Custom rocket car surfaces in Los Angeles neighborhood Silver Lake, looking like something straight out of Penelope Pitstop." Link (Thanks, Dwiff!)

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“Penelope Pitstop” Ha! And I thought I was the only one who remembered that old show! (Though, it is rerun on Boomerang these days, so…) Anyway, cool car. Iz Wantz!!!
manicbassman

where’s Dick Dastardly and Muttley then? and surely this creation has to have fenders to be street legal?
genglefins

this looks like the steampunk version of the Ace & Gary mobile.
sicklecell

It’s perfect
landwomble

Doesn’t look like it’d be particularly safe for any pedestrians it hit though: instant kebabs
Xopher

Longboxes 1: In this age of Google, I suppose no one will believe that I actually REMEMBER that it was called “The Perils of Penelope Pitstop” and was a spinoff of an earlier show called “The Wacky Races,” but I do.
Takuan

ah! but I remember:
http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/greatrace2.jpg

“Push the button,Max!”
Takuan

speaking of steampunk:
http://www.petersen.org/images/Exhibitimages/hannibal8-1965greatrace.jpg

“I… am Professor Fate!”
Argon

That’s just the point of it.
aes

I saw it parked in front of the Scientology Celebrity center on Saturday night. Interesting.
BritSwedeGuy

May I be the first to say
STEAMPUNK!
STEAMPUNK!
STEAMPUNK!
STEAMPUNK!!!
JSG

Here’s another very elegant bit of steampunkery.

http://www.blastolene.com/b702_f.html

Some of the other cars on the site are very steampunkish.
CVR

Not only a little dangerous for pedestrians…check out the photo of the cockpit. There isn’t a padded surface in sight. But it’s and undeniably cool machine.
holtt

(Much) more info Gizmodo
Jack

Was it parked in front of a gold house? Maybe the creator of Itchy & Scratchy got his dream!
Chris Spurgeon

Want!