The clock is ticking on Christmas shopping, especially if you’re doing it online this year and would like to have your stuff arrive in due time. In case you’re still looking for something to give to that special petrolhead in your life (or yourself), here’s an idea.
There’s a thing called Carbecue, made by the UK-based Smithers of Stamford. It is exactly what its name suggests and the kookiest yet most creative use of half a car: a barbecue made out of an actual, recycled automobile. So not only will you be buying something that looks incredible, even if the idea isn’t exactly novel, but you would be helping our planet with some creative recycling.
Dubbed “the best barbecue in the world,” the Carbecue is made from an old Hindustan Ambassador taxi and is fitted with a gas BBQ that is sure to “drive your friends wild with envy.” It’s also bound to be a conversation piece, offering you plenty of opportunities to make use of all those car puns you’ve been thinking of all along but never got the chance to use.
The Carbecue weighs 130 kg (287 pounds) and goes against a wall. It comes with handy hooks under the hood that you can use to hang your tools of trade and even has room to place your beer. Smithers describes it as a “life-time purchase” that would make the garden or business of any true petrolhead the envy of all others.
All jokes aside, the Carbecue is a creative, cute, almost elegant piece of garden furniture. Smithers sells a lot of industrial and retro / vintage designs, and their experience is notable here.
Just be prepared to dig deep into your pocket: the Carbecue retails for £3,165 ($4,218 at today’s exchange rate). But at least you get free shipping if you order from the UK.
Dubbed “the best barbecue in the world,” the Carbecue is made from an old Hindustan Ambassador taxi and is fitted with a gas BBQ that is sure to “drive your friends wild with envy.” It’s also bound to be a conversation piece, offering you plenty of opportunities to make use of all those car puns you’ve been thinking of all along but never got the chance to use.
The Carbecue weighs 130 kg (287 pounds) and goes against a wall. It comes with handy hooks under the hood that you can use to hang your tools of trade and even has room to place your beer. Smithers describes it as a “life-time purchase” that would make the garden or business of any true petrolhead the envy of all others.
All jokes aside, the Carbecue is a creative, cute, almost elegant piece of garden furniture. Smithers sells a lot of industrial and retro / vintage designs, and their experience is notable here.
Just be prepared to dig deep into your pocket: the Carbecue retails for £3,165 ($4,218 at today’s exchange rate). But at least you get free shipping if you order from the UK.