Hasta La Ideas

You may have seen pics of this restored Marcos Mantis floating around on the internet lately. Like its namesake it has a menacing yet beautifully brutal look; angular and elegant at once, it is the rare fully-synthesized expression of ability and aesthetics – something all the more exceptional when you find out that it is made of plywood. Yes, a “stressed plywood monocoque.”

Read a bit more about its creator Jem Marsh and see some interior and undercarriage shots by its owner here. Via thecoolist: originally at Blenheim Gang

More pics and photographic evidence of plywood after the jump.

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