Big Red

Like Walter the bus, Big Red started out as an airfield fire/rescue engine.  He is actually the same brand just a different model than Walter.  In fact, the reason Kirk bought this second one is because they have the same chassis and wheelbase.  In case you did not know the VW bug and the VW bus both have the same wheelbase making these two fire trucks the perfect brother and sister for conversion into large scale VW's.  Kirk decided he wanted to make a Baja this time though.

Here Big Red is all done ready for Burning Man 2012!

Kirk had taken a few years to build Walter from start to finish but Big Red only took about 9 months!  Kirk knew what he wanted the second time around and he knew what it would be used for.  This made the fabrication process much quicker and much more painless.  Of course there were struggles (like when Big Red's diesel engine decided to literally explode) and hardships along the way, but Big Red really went from the drawing board to fully created incredibly fast!

Here he is at Burning Man 2012!

The lightstrips blazing

So while Walter and Big Red are two separate great art creations they are similar in many ways.  Walter is more of a party mobile/ dj station while Big Red is more of a playa cruising vehicle/ art car.  I am always really inspired by Kirks creations not just because of the scale of them but how much he really puts into each one.  Each person who works on these machines or plays with them gets a really big kick out of them.  They are monstrous creations of mad design and damn fine engineering!