Bunkbed Snake Pit car that can be driven from top bed or bottom up for auction

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  • High-speed bed is fitted with a V8 600bhp engine and could sell for £15k

  • Snake Pit car with SIX synchronised Ford Cobra V8 engines capable of 2,000bhp also going under the hammer


By Rob Cooper


Last updated at 5:05 PM on 24th January 2012



It must be every car fans dream but they might not get much sleep with the engine noise in this superpowered 600bhp bunkbed.


The unusual vehicle, which goes under the hammer next month, boasts a V8 engine, automatic transmission, disc brakes and super-wide Goodyear tyres.


It can in theory be driven in comfort from either the top or bottom bunk.



Superpowered bunkbed: The unusual car, which is fitted with a 600bhp engine, goes under the hammer in Weybridge, Surrey, next month

Superpowered bunkbed: The unusual car, which is fitted with a 600bhp engine, goes under the hammer in Weybridge, Surrey, next month



Auctioneers Historics at Brooklands, Surrey, expect offers in the region of £12,000 to £15,000 for the custom car.


Also on the list for the February 18 auction at Mercedes-Benz World is the iconic 'Bugaloos Buggy' made famous by the children's television show in the 1970s.




Broadcaster NBC commissioned George Barris to make the Bugaloo who made the original Batmobile and later versions of the KITT car in Knight Rider.



Unorthodox car: The vehicle has been fitted with superwide Goodyear tyres, disc brakes and an automatic gearbox

Unorthodox car: The vehicle has been fitted with superwide Goodyear tyres, disc brakes and an automatic gearbox




Creator: George Barris made this bunkbed car which is going to be sold-off next month. He also made the original Batmobile and later versions of the KITT car in Knight Rider

Creator: George Barris made this bunkbed car which is going to be sold-off next month. He also made the original Batmobile and later versions of the KITT car in Knight Rider



Using a four-passenger fibreglass body mounted on a Volkswagen floorplan, the car was built to look like a bug - reflecting the programme's characters who could fly and walk on water - with wings set on a T-shaped roll bar and oversized headlights designed to look like eyes.


The car is fully street legal and also has a guide price of £12,000 to £15,000.


Also going under the hammer is a 23-foot long multi-engined Snake Pit car which is fitted with six synchronised Ford Cobra V8 engines.



For sale: A replica of the the iconic 'Bugaloos Buggy' made famous by the children's television show in the 1970s

For sale: A replica of the the iconic 'Bugaloos Buggy' made famous by the children's television show in the 1970s





The custom car took George Barris, Harry Bradley, Joe Bailon and Jay Ohrberg four years to build and has an estimated 2,000bhp,12 Holley four-barrel carburettors, 48 exhausts, two Ford C-6 automatic transmissions and a pair of Pontiac rear axles, the Snake Pit is all about extraordinary figures.


Joe Bailon, a car customiser also famous for introducing the three part process used to create candy paint colours, added than 30 coats of lacquer to compliment the orange and pearl white paintwork.


It has an estimated value of £65,000.



Constructed on top of a VW: Bugaloos Buggy was built to look like a bug and mounted on a Volkswagen floorplan

Constructed on top of a VW: Bugaloos Buggy was built to look like a bug and mounted on a Volkswagen floorplan









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