Hauntrod Funnycar for your short-range travel needs

Cory Doctorow 3:49 am Tue Oct 9, 2007

A mere $8,500 gets you this short-range haunted funnycar, called the "HauntRod." The manufacturer is targeting this to people who run Hallowe'en spook-houses, but I think this would be better served as a Segway replacement. Fill the streets with them, I say!

Custom built from the ground up, the difference is in the details, every inch of this vehicle has been tricked out. Custom paint, hand cut engraved tombstone brake, clutch, gas, and side entry step pedals. Skull mirrors, hand laid webbing on the windscreen and wing supports. Radical knifed off side mounted exhaust pipes. Coachlamp LED Headlights & Taillights that illuminate candles mounted below. Tombstone Radiator, with upper torso of skeleton riding behind. Skull suicide shifter takes you through the standard 4-speed transmission. Ultra Dependable 120cc ThumpStar Engine with chain drive train is standard equipment.

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(Thanks, Pooja!)

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