Lrry, A Fire Breathing Robo-Beast

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts, Car & Vehicle on September 3, 2009 at 10:47 am



Italian artist Lyle Rowell rides slowly on a 1,900 pound mechanical animal that breathes fire! It walks on two front legs and rolls on two back wheels. He calls it Lrry.

The contraption is the product of four months of Rowell “crawling around in the scrap and dirt” to gather parts that he liked. He took an engine from an old Volkswagen Bug–like Citroën and stuffed it into two chopped-up and welded-together motorcycle frames. Aside from propane for Lrry’s fire breath, Rowell was able to scrounge up nearly every part, all the way down to the linkages and sprockets.

The beast spits fire from the back end, too. Link (with video) -via Metafilter

(image credit: Elle Dunn)


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8 comments to "Lrry, A Fire Breathing Robo-Beast"

  1. Gauldar
    September 3rd, 2009 at 11:23 am

    I saw this linked from another website last year I think. Has he made any improvements since then?

  2. Miss Cellania
    September 3rd, 2009 at 11:30 am

    I don't know, I didn't see it until today.

  3. Gauldar
    September 3rd, 2009 at 11:35 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwtWf1eNc3k

    Still cool to hear about it again, I had forgot about it till now.

  4. matt
    September 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am

    That video on his site is annoying. Show the damn thing already!

  5. earbox
    September 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Is that pronounced Larry?

  6. Alex
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    @Gauldar - good memory! You probably saw it on Neatorama last year ;)

    http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/12/fire-breathing-robo-dog-in-london/

  7. Cori
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    It makes me think of the Mechanical Hound from Fahrenheit 451.

  8. abstractpsyche
    September 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Why the heck don't we have mechanical dump yards here?? Did he get it tested for emission?? (LOL!! Not the fire emission)


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