In the Garage: 1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle
The 1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle owned by Ryan McGuire. Credit: Handout
“When you turn your vehicle into a mobile sculpture,” he says, “it makes every trip feel like you're driving in a parade. No matter where you are -- pumping gas, stopped at a red light -- everyone is taking your picture as if you were a celebrity and they are the paparazzi. The bright green paint and protruding spikes are a magnet for attention, but as a person who has worn 50 bells around my ankles every day for nine years, it's this attention that fuels my desire to build these abstract creations.”
I selected the bright green paint because it gives these cars a cartoonish feel. I airbrushed the orange highlights when the green paint was still wet to allow the two colors to naturally blend together, simulating skin.” McGuire says he plays “loud dinosaur sound effects” through a rear trunk speaker and the interior “is completely red to simulate the belly of the beast.”
