Wow! We have a winner! Samuel from Albany, CA directed us to this image from Makezine.com. Shot in South Korea, it looks like NO other scooter mod I’ve ever seen before. Pinky & The Brain couldn’t have done it better (or worser).
We’ve got some angle-iron scaffolding, and a 2-wheeled drawn cart, and some industrial cart casters (one of which is completely flat), some tarps, some rope, and a man with a dream and a cigarette (which he is smoking whilst at the controls). Speaking of which… HOW he’s controlling the brakes and gas, I have no idea… but the REAL question is how long did it survive before crumpling into a pile of waste on the side of the road? Incidentally, if there was a “Scariest Scooter Mod” award, he would be a shoo-in.
Dude’s got guts, that’s for sure and THAT’S why his makeshift scooter / cargo truck wins the WTF?! Scooter of the year award for 2006!
15. December 2006 at 9:27 pm
May be the first “S”UV. ;b
15. December 2006 at 9:45 pm
Yes – that is one of the best “WTF” snaps I have ever seen.
I want to meet the cigarette smoker guy and shake his hand!
WOW!
:-)
16. December 2006 at 2:08 am
In the U.S., that guy would be stopped for everything else first…
From the top down:
No helmet, smoking, unsecured load and maybe stealing a shopping cart…
“well, sir, your license, reg and insurance seem to be in order but don’t let me catch you smoking again…”
16. December 2006 at 5:41 am
More likely it brings to mind, “What’s he smoking?”… WTF award well placed!!!
20. December 2006 at 7:07 pm
Is that a Buddy/MyBubu??
4. January 2007 at 4:07 am
I can’t help but think of the pragmatic approach: Is he in some type of business that requires scaffolding? painting, roof repair, sign construction? If only we let such entrepreners prosper in the US!
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