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2nd January 2014, 01:32 AM
A working truck has been carved out of more than 11,000lb of ice as a Canadian battery company prepared the ultimate test for their product.
A team of ice sculptors from Ontario created the truck, complete with license plates and pine tree-shaped air freshner, around the frame of a regular chassis.
They then drove it for about a mile, at 12mph, in a feat that those involved in the project hope will make it to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3F600000578-724_634x421.jpg Cool: This pick up truck made from ice was built to show off a car battery
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3EA00000578-539_634x944.jpg Chilled: Everything from the rear view mirror to pine tree-shaped air freshener were carved from ice
The sculpture was commissioned by Canadian Tire, which wanted to show how well the car batteries it manufactures hold up in the cold.
Creating a working truck out of ice was no easy feat for the artists at Iceculture. A steel frame was needed to provide extra support and fans had to be incorporated to prevent hot air and exhaust fumes from melting the exterior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_bsfwPE1shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_bsfwPE1s
'It was probably one of the biggest challenges we’ve ever done.' Heidi Bayley, of Iceculture, told the Toronto Sun. (http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/29/ont-companies-make-ice-truck-drive-it-4-km)
The team hope it will set the record for the first self-propelled ice creation, and it stars in a Canadian Tire commercial.
When the truck was taken on its debut drive last month it attracted plenty of attention as bemused people watched it drive by.
After being showed off, the pick up was parked and left to melt - which took 40 hours.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3D500000578-844_634x422.jpg Winter wonder: The team who built the truck added fans to prevent it being melted by lights and the exhaust
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3E300000578-719_634x420.jpg Record: The makers of the vehicle hope it will be included in the Guinness Book of World Records
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3EE00000578-938_634x419.jpg Powerful: Canadian Tire commissioned the truck to show how well its battery worked
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3BE00000578-670_634x421.jpg Finishing touches: The license plate, carved from a block of ice, is attached to the truck
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2532308/Is-coolest-ride-Pick-truck-carved-ice-taken-quick-spin-time-melt.html#ixzz2pECSda4Q
A team of ice sculptors from Ontario created the truck, complete with license plates and pine tree-shaped air freshner, around the frame of a regular chassis.
They then drove it for about a mile, at 12mph, in a feat that those involved in the project hope will make it to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Scroll down for video
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3F600000578-724_634x421.jpg Cool: This pick up truck made from ice was built to show off a car battery
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3EA00000578-539_634x944.jpg Chilled: Everything from the rear view mirror to pine tree-shaped air freshener were carved from ice
The sculpture was commissioned by Canadian Tire, which wanted to show how well the car batteries it manufactures hold up in the cold.
Creating a working truck out of ice was no easy feat for the artists at Iceculture. A steel frame was needed to provide extra support and fans had to be incorporated to prevent hot air and exhaust fumes from melting the exterior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_bsfwPE1shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_bsfwPE1s
'It was probably one of the biggest challenges we’ve ever done.' Heidi Bayley, of Iceculture, told the Toronto Sun. (http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/29/ont-companies-make-ice-truck-drive-it-4-km)
The team hope it will set the record for the first self-propelled ice creation, and it stars in a Canadian Tire commercial.
When the truck was taken on its debut drive last month it attracted plenty of attention as bemused people watched it drive by.
After being showed off, the pick up was parked and left to melt - which took 40 hours.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3D500000578-844_634x422.jpg Winter wonder: The team who built the truck added fans to prevent it being melted by lights and the exhaust
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3E300000578-719_634x420.jpg Record: The makers of the vehicle hope it will be included in the Guinness Book of World Records
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3EE00000578-938_634x419.jpg Powerful: Canadian Tire commissioned the truck to show how well its battery worked
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/01/article-2532308-1A60B3BE00000578-670_634x421.jpg Finishing touches: The license plate, carved from a block of ice, is attached to the truck
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2532308/Is-coolest-ride-Pick-truck-carved-ice-taken-quick-spin-time-melt.html#ixzz2pECSda4Q