Video: Fiat Cinque Tank
30 Jun 2009
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The Fiat Cinque Tank, a dream bulldozer custom-built by ironsmith Kogoro Kurata, consists of an old Fiat 500 body mounted on the caterpillar tracks of a cheap secondhand tractor. The farm machine can only reach a speed of 3 kilometers per hour, turning a trip to the nearest convenience store into a 2-hour adventure, according to Kurata. But the classic look of the cabin no doubt impresses the neighbors, and the working power shovel comes in handy when obstacles block the way.
See Kurata’s site for photos documenting the construction process: 1, 2, 3, 4.
[Link: Monkey Farm]
Ten years from now, it’ll be a transforming robot instead of a tank built out in the back yard from a car.
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Nice video. I think the model should be a FIAT 500
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