The (Avante) 2001 Odyssey. Aka the legend of the Alien Avante from planet Blob.

[Mokei Kagaku 2118]

Link to complete history here: 5kg of Alien Avante from planet Blob in outer space

Before (as purchased):

Current condition:

 

[Collin 891]

The Incredible Machine.

[Lee76 603]

It’s a bit like those animal shelter adverts before and after.. The previous owner should be prosecuted for cruelty....

[ACCEL 1778]

looks like a form of art work crossed in between Fred Sanford and Andy Warhol collection...

or as though a collection from the Borg itself, or perhaps also WALL-E's collection of stuff from his rotating shelf of parts.

 

[slimleeroy 227]

OMG that is just...........😬

[Howards 254]

I gotta say that's impressive. 

[Wez-li 1368]

I wonder if it was finished, or the previous owner had plans to add more stuff? 

[Mokei Kagaku 2118]

1 hour ago, Wez-li said:

I wonder if it was finished, or the previous owner had plans to add more stuff? 

I doubt it ever worked as intended and was therefore probably never really completed, but I don't know if more "functions" were planned.

What I do know however, is that he had a Mugen/Academy Mercury for sale at the same time, and it was similarly modified. The BIN for that one was low too, so I kind of regret not buying that one too. At least, I should have saved the auction photos.

[Wez-li 1368]

31 minutes ago, Mokei Kagaku said:

I doubt it ever worked as intended and was therefore probably never really completed, but I don't know if more "functions" were planned.

What I do know however, is that he had a Mugen/Academy Mercury for sale at the same time, and it was similarly modified. The BIN for that one was low too, so I kind of regret not buying that one too. At least, I should have saved the auction photos.

What was the intention though, those pics raise more questions than answers

 

It's crazy,  you probably should've picked that Mugen up too then if it was similar. 

Funny how you can still find things that have been treated like this, even though its pretty common knowledge that they're worth a lot now. 

[BattleTrak 13]

What happens when it hits 88mph?

Did you try and figure out what all this crap does?  You don’t need a quarter of it just for some fans and lights..  The lever switch, relays and extra batteries looks like it might’ve been for switching to a second battery pack for extended runs..and maybe that why the fans are there also.. unbelievable!

[Grastens 2150]

On 7/17/2020 at 5:46 PM, Mokei Kagaku said:

Current condition:

 

So there WAS an Avante 2001 hiding under all that! The Facebook photos suggested otherwise 

That would have been an interesting project on another (more ubiquitous) car, but knowing what we know now about the Avante 2001... it does elicit a bit of an emotional response, doesn't it?

Nice work cleaning it up!

[Mokei Kagaku 2118]

9 hours ago, Grastens said:

So there WAS an Avante 2001 hiding under all that! The Facebook photos suggested otherwise 

With close to 4kg (yes, really) of "alien" parts, not much of the Avante 2001 was visible.

9 hours ago, Grastens said:

That would have been an interesting project on another (more ubiquitous) car, but knowing what we know now about the Avante 2001... it does elicit a bit of an emotional response, doesn't it?

If it had been a DF-02, TT-02B or similar low cost modern chassis, I probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place, but if I had, I would have left it as it was. Being an Avante 2001 with the rare original wheels in good condition, I never considered keeping the "improvements". Also, the car was so dirty and smelled badly (i.e. excessive amounts of rancid unknown grease), so it was way too disgusting to keep without getting rid of the modifications and cleaning it thoroughly.

 

9 hours ago, Grastens said:

Nice work cleaning it up!

Thanks! A NOS upper deck is still in transit from France and there is still a little work to be done, but if nothing else, it's clean and it doesn't feel inappropriate to store in indoor anymore!