Art Cars - collaborations and builds

Art Cars - collaborations and builds

French has been involved in the building of art cars since 2003 when he was on a team to build the "Texas Snail" car.  In 2023 French was the lead for the metal team on the largest new car to come to Burning Man in 2023, "The Abduction" where he led a team to clad the entire two story car in 18ga steel using his armoring techniques.  French put up to code fire systems in "The Fire Rod", Scorpion chair, and Struggle Bus art cars.

- "Texas Snail" (2003)

- "The Fire Rod" (2020)

- "The Abduction" (2023)

- "the Hovercraft" (2023)

- "Scorpion Chair"for Simon the Turtle (2024)

- "Xilla Pirate Ship" (2024)

- "Struggle Bus" (2025)

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The Struggle Bus

The "Struggle Bus" is an amazing art car build by Arizona burners Joel and Jennifer Roberts.

Xilla Pirate Ship MastHead

Sculptured masthead for ship artcar Burning Man 2024

The Abduction Art Car

Sean T French, Lead - metal fabrication 2023 debuted at Burning Man 2023.
 

Scorpion fire chair - "Scorch"

for Simon the Turtle art car Burning Man/LoveBurn 2024

The Hovercraft

Lance Greathouse is an amazing builder who has taught me a lot over the years.  Thank you Lance.  I was honored to help him paint his "Hovercraft" car.

Texas Snail 2003

1) 2003 Texas Snail. - 2003 Burning Man

The Fire Rod (2020)

Owned by Nick Rice "Back Country Nick" the "Fire Rod " is the ultimate rat rod...