The most awesomest jambox ever.

June 12, 2007 10:36 AM

The most awesomest jambox ever.It has to be seen to be understood, so I won't try to explain it for you. Best to let it's creator do that. And don't forget to check out the making-of feature as well.
posted by ninjew (43 comments total)

Without even reading anything - have to make the first comment that that is sweet. Looks like the dashboard from my 82 Honda Acura.
posted by Peter H at 10:41 AM on June 12, 2007

Civic, I mean.
posted by Peter H at 10:42 AM on June 12, 2007

I LOVE the dual electric antennas.
posted by stenseng at 10:44 AM on June 12, 2007

Man, that's like dipping a stick in sugar jar.........saaaaweet!
posted by doctorschlock at 10:51 AM on June 12, 2007

Correction: Man, that's like dipping a stick in a sugar bowl. Sweeet!
posted by doctorschlock at 10:53 AM on June 12, 2007

That is cool. I like the de-mister and the 8-track.
posted by dios at 10:55 AM on June 12, 2007

That is terrific.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:00 AM on June 12, 2007

You know what I want to see? I want to see a Transformers movie, only the Transformers are all made out of plywood and late 70s/early 80s used car parts, and they do battle by breakdance-fighting to early hiphop!



I'd watch that movie.
posted by stenseng at 11:03 AM on June 12, 2007 [3 favorites]

A friend of mine will be receiving this link shortly. I expect by tomorrow morning he will have built his own much larger and more complicated version. Of titanium, or some exotic metal. From parts currently strewn around his workshop.

I can't wait.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:06 AM on June 12, 2007

NINETY-TWO POUNDS???

Well, if you're a superhero you could shoulder it... the Thing would look rockin' carrying this down Yancy Street, hehehe...

stenseng, I'd watch that movie too.

That's pretty darn cool.
posted by zoogleplex at 11:06 AM on June 12, 2007

That. Was. SO. COOL.
posted by piratebowling at 11:09 AM on June 12, 2007

Q: why aren't people like this running our world?
A: they have better things to do with their time.
posted by freebird at 11:14 AM on June 12, 2007

Damn, I need that datsun side marker light.
posted by IronLizard at 11:14 AM on June 12, 2007

/vulcan neck pinch
/applause from entire bus
posted by DU at 11:27 AM on June 12, 2007

NINETY-TWO POUNDS???

Everyone knows with true analog equipment weight=quality.
posted by Peter H at 11:28 AM on June 12, 2007

Excellent touches:
-Cupholder
-Blender
-8 track

It's the little things that count.
posted by MtDewd at 11:34 AM on June 12, 2007

"The only real drawback to the Toyota cup holder is that you can't use the 8-track player while it's in use..."


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
posted by mr.curmudgeon at 11:36 AM on June 12, 2007

I kind of just smiled and moved on at first, but going through all the options really kills. The 120VAC outlet. The cupholder. The video of the antennae coming out.

Yes.
posted by DU at 11:37 AM on June 12, 2007

It will even power an official NASCAR Jeff Gordon blender!

A portable block party, if you ask me! But really, friends, what do we expect from the man who brought us Wanky the Safety Cat?
posted by NationalKato at 11:40 AM on June 12, 2007

rock the house!
I had a pathetic red-headed stepchild of this set up in my room for a little bit, but never would I have dreamed up such a lovely creation, let alone make it REAL.

I would play with the antennae all day long.
posted by Busithoth at 11:41 AM on June 12, 2007

the only thing cooler than this boombox is the Star Trek IV reference made above by DU.
posted by ericbop at 11:43 AM on June 12, 2007

This guy is an Evil Genius. Meet his other creation: Wanky the Saftey Cat.
posted by mr.curmudgeon at 11:44 AM on June 12, 2007

doh...that's supposed to be safety.
posted by mr.curmudgeon at 11:44 AM on June 12, 2007

So, "jambox". Where and by whom is that actually used? Second time in a week here, and it's freaking me out.

Boombox.

Boombox.
posted by cortex at 11:58 AM on June 12, 2007 [3 favorites]

completely awesome. all it needs now is a few horns.
posted by mrgrimm at 11:59 AM on June 12, 2007

Come on. The cup holder CLEARLY BLOCKS the 8-track player. And there is NO 8-TRACK TAPE for demo purposes.

I demand a refund.
posted by GuyZero at 12:12 PM on June 12, 2007

So, "jambox". Where and by whom is that actually used? Second time in a week here, and it's freaking me out.

You can blame Meatwad.
posted by solipsophistocracy at 12:57 PM on June 12, 2007

the only thing cooler than this boombox is the Star Trek IV reference made above by DU.

Way to insult the boombox Nerdowski.
posted by i_cola at 12:58 PM on June 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Mash go on that jambox, cortex.

You had me at the auto-extend antennas.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:58 PM on June 12, 2007

A cup holder and an 8-track. Baby, it just doesn't get any better than this.
posted by lekvar at 1:04 PM on June 12, 2007

As the first person to tell cortex that it was a jambox (and being summarily made fun of by several people for it), I thank you, ninjew, for using the term. And for the link of course since it's a freakin' awesome jambox, but, yeah, whatever. JAMbox, mickey fickey.
posted by sleepy pete at 1:28 PM on June 12, 2007

You can blame Meatwad.

I grew up with jambox. Never heard boombox til later 80s, but I no linguist.
posted by mrgrimm at 1:31 PM on June 12, 2007

I was sorta referencing Meatwad as well with the 'jambox'. Also I just like the word.
posted by ninjew at 1:44 PM on June 12, 2007

Ninety-two pounds of plywood and car parts joined together as an homage to the homemade car-battery boomboxes used by first-generation break dancers....

Car-battery boomboxes jamboxes?
posted by zennie at 2:15 PM on June 12, 2007

You know who else liked to jamboxes?
posted by NationalKato at 2:21 PM on June 12, 2007

I'm happy. My '77 Datsun's nervous. But I'm happy.

It's like how lolcats have made me look at my cat differently. I fear this will make me look at my car differently.
posted by imperium at 2:30 PM on June 12, 2007

BOOMBOX. BOOMBOX, YOU UNCLEAN HEATHENS.

This thread is so going to go wiggum over that. BOOMBOX, DAMNIT.
posted by loquacious at 2:38 PM on June 12, 2007

Seconded loquacious. Fight!
posted by imperium at 2:45 PM on June 12, 2007

Radio Raheem would be proud.
posted by Burhanistan at 2:50 PM on June 12, 2007

I'm happy. My '77 Datsun's nervous. But I'm happy.

You don't have a spare l28 block lying around, do you?
posted by IronLizard at 5:15 PM on June 12, 2007

Ghettoblaster. If ever there was one, that's it.
posted by Item at 5:39 PM on June 12, 2007

On that we can agree.
posted by cortex at 5:49 PM on June 12, 2007

Surely there's room for at least one fleshlight receptacle on that beast.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:36 PM on June 12, 2007 [1 favorite]