Volkswagenpedia.org » wtf http://www.volkswagenpedia.org Volkswagen news, pictures, videos. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:41:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Great Volkswagen Ape of Vermont http://www.volkswagenpedia.org/the-great-volkswagen-ape-of-vermont/ http://www.volkswagenpedia.org/the-great-volkswagen-ape-of-vermont/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:34:12 +0000 admin http://www.volkswagenpedia.org/?p=336 Volkswagenpedia has spent a lot of time riding the Green Mountains of Vermont – but when we stumbled across the Great Ape & it’s mighty Volkswagen Bug, we were shocked. “The Concrete Ape in Vermont” (via ClunkBucket) ranks up there with any of Weird New Jersey’s haunted graveyards or abandoned schools. Ape & Bug were joined when artist T.J. Neil created the visual in 1987. The Gorilla stands tall among Pioneer Auto Sales, a used car lot on Route 7 in Brandon, VT.

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One would think a sculpture of this mass would take years to create – right? Actually, according to artist Neil, the creature was built on-site in a matter of three months. After the ape was stable, and engine/trans axle were removed from rusty VW Bug, it was hoisted up by crane to site atop this majestic stone beast. Notice the chains coming from Ape’s wrists – Neil admits part of the piece’s inspiration came from the motion picture classic, King Kong.

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But why a Volkswagen? “…they would have put an army tank up there if they were selling army tanks. A rusty gold Volkswagen appeared at the time, so up it went,” said TJ. Good thing Pioneer wasn’t selling jetliners.

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