Man creates space age bubble car

[Jazzy]

A British man has created his own Jetsons-style bubble car - partly made out of junk, and based on a design he sketched in the pub.

Paul Bacon, 39, from Leicester, doodled the Jetsons-style vehicle before hand-building what he believes is the first bubble-top car made in the UK.

Dubbed The Cosmotron, the amazing 140mph dream machine is partly made up of cleverly disguised household objects.

The steering wheel has the top of a rocket firework in its centre and a circular shower drain on the mount.

Elsewhere there are moisturiser bottletops on the rear grille, a central heating system that doubles as a fake radio and John Lewis salt and pepper pots sit atop the impressive engine .

The street-legal and taxed two-seater began life in 2011 when Mr Bacon bought a used 1998 BMW Z3 to act as a base for his design.

"As this is a unique car there were obviously no parts available for it so I had to make do with what I could find that fitted the bill," he said.

Toiling away in his back-garden workshop, Mr Bacon sculpted the flowing contours of the vehicle in polystyrene before covering it in aluminium tape and applying fibreglass.

And his understanding wife Kirsty stitched the impressively retro white pearl vinyl upholstery that covers the handmade seats and doors.

Mr Bacon added: "I liked the idea of creating a moving sculpture. If you build a sculpture in your back garden maybe your friends and family see it. If it's a car then everyone sees it."

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Very cool looking car!

Do you like it?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think it looks cool and futuristic, but I wouldn't drive it myself. I wouldnt want all the attention and stares.

 

[Evil Eye]

I wouldn't drive it myself. I wouldnt want all the attention and stares.

You're obviously supposed to fly it!
That way people won't stare!