Scorpion Art Car Built For Burning Man Can Be Yours

If you have ever seen stories or video shot on Burning Man held out in the desert each year, you may know that odd goes hand in hand with that event. An art car called Scorpion has been at the Burning Man even each year since 2011. It started life as a 1991 28-foot International boom truck before being turned into an art car by its builders.

The Scorpion is 55-feet long, 22 to 45-feet wide, and 39 to 45-feet tall and was created to be a mechanized exact replica of an actual emperor scorpion called Fluffy. The wild contraption has a computer controlled 7 gun flame thrower on the tail and 21 hydraulic points that make the arms, legs, and claws move like a spider.

Another hydraulic system makes the entire vehicle lift off the ground. The entire works is covered in sculpted metal sheathing and steam punk style rivets. A multicolor light show makes key points on the vehicle glow for cool effect at night. The designer and builder of the vehicle is Kirk Jellum, and aerospace engineer that worked on the James Webb Space telescope.

Presumably that means he knows how to design something that will last and works well. Scorpion isn't street legal and has to be transported on a wide load semi truck due to the 11.5-foot width of the vehicle. It takes six people a full day to assemble the truck and take it down. The truck stores in a space measuring 33-foot x 11.5-foot for the main body with more space needed for legs. The builder wants to sell to devote time to another art car project. The current bid is $50,000 and the auction on eBay ends in 3 days and 15 hours.

SOURCE: eBay