Vanadu

( Joe Soriero, The Baltimore Sun / July 16, 2011 )

Owner: Clarke Bedford, 64, of Hyattsville, Md.

Before becoming an art car, this was: a 1988 Ford Ecoline Van.

Inspiration: "Originally inspired by just the romantic notion of a cabin you would find in the woods up in Maine. But Artscape makes everyone name their cars, so I named mine Vanadu. And it just sort of evolved from there to fit that name. It's always changing."

Most unusual feature: "The moose horns."

Does this car ever hit the streets: "I take it out quite a lot. People make a big thing out of it."