Northwest Mist

presents

the Ghost of The Lady Washington

Coming back to the playa with our second Mutant Vehicle, Northwest Mist has once again reincarnated the old EZ-GO electric golf cart.
Sailing the dust of the playa like a ghost ship, the deck rides 2 feet above the alkali waves. 
With seating for a driver and seven mates we shall explore new worlds and new art installations.
Look for us docked near the 3:00 plaza as part of the Reconnection Connection arm of BRC unofficial public transportation system, or wandering a playa near you.

Here is a conceptual sketch of The Lady.  Dame Diana, our creative designer has spent countless hours (when her boss thought she was working) designing in her version of CAD (MS Excel).



..isn't it amazing what you can do with what you've got to work with.

Of course we had to make that software into hardware.  The pictures below show the current state of The Lady and many progress shots leading up to now.

On Sunday June 22nd we raised the mast for the first time.  Many thanks to Phil and Cary for helping us today.


       

Last years MV was a great success on the playa.  The setup and tear down was a different story so this year it was going to be easyer, I insisted.
We designed a platform that would fold up easily and fit into the horse trailer.  The sketches below show the plan-form for running on the playa and the plan-form for travel mode. 
\The masts will get strapped to the top of the trailer but the whole rest of the MV folds into a 4' x 8' box on top of the golf car frame and drives into the trailer.


     

Here's what it looks like for real:


      


Here are some shots of building progress:

..in the second beginning.. there was rain...
     

struts
    

 the captains cabin                                                                                                                                       it's shaped like a boat
       

Gotta have a ship's wheel                                                                                                                      and of course a mostly naked figure head!
                                         


Hope to see ya on the playa...

Mike & Diana

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