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Rocket Powered Car!

Posted by James Turnbull, Friday, 13th April 2007

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Remember how excited everybody got when we thought Australians were all driving flying cars? Well here in Arkansas, blazing down the I-30 towards Little Rock, we find . . . a Rocket-Powered Car!

This couldn’t be anything other than some crazy genius driving a four-wheeled rocket along the interstate, as it quite clearly has massive flames shooting out the back.

Thanks to Julian.

15 Responses to 'Rocket Powered Car!'

  1. Ben says:

    Yup – powered by green pea soup lake a few yards to the East
    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  2. Andy says:

    (Boringly) perhaps it’s just someone on their way back from the US equivalent of B&Q with some long bits of wood sticking out the back.

    Jet car is better though!

  3. John says:

    Although a rocket car would be cool, it appears to be lumber sticking out the rear window, as andy indicated. Must have went to Home Depot or Lowes, or whatever they have in Arkansas.

  4. Julian says:

    Such scepticism! It’s clealy Batman on his way to fight crime in Little Rock.

  5. Dov says:

    Awesome. Has anyone here seen the Street Legal Jet Powered VW Beetle?

  6. Alex says:

    Woah! That VW is awesome!

  7. Al Cohole says:

    Dammit, I wanted to post that Beetle! :-)

    Same vehicle, other link:
    http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/

  8. Ben says:

    Don’t want to be behind THAT when the lights change…

  9. Steve says:

    Watch that crazy rocket beetle in action on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSn2igZtuPA

  10. Patrick says:

    It’s not Rocket Powered but it is pretty sweet. 100 MPG and 100 MPH

    http://www.flytheroad.com/

  11. cookie monster says:

    Rocket car?
    Dirty great ramp?
    Predicatable results?
    You bet!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpUMSarCSQw

  12. Lee says:

    It’s Richard Hammond!
    You just can’t keep a good hamster down.

  13. watchmoretv says:

    Strange, this rocket-powered car is just being overtaken by an other car!

  14. Justin says:

    It’s a Kayak sticking out the back of a Pickup truck. I’d say it’s probubly of the Ocean Kayak Drifter/Prowler variety used most frequently for Fishing.
    Thats exactly what my 2005 Ranger looks like from way up there with a Kayak in the bed hanging off the back and bed cover pulled over.
    Also you can tell it’s a Truck by comparing the shape of the shadow.
    You can odviously disprove Rocketry pretty easily, no smoke trail, no exaust distortion and so forth.