"Couchmobile" Wows Parade Goers

"Couchmobile" Wows Parade Goers AG WORLD 28-4-22 couch to go into town? If so, you'll like this "couchmobile" created by Morgan L'Argent, Minneapolis, Minn. He added a pair of motors to an old 2-seater couch. "It was just something fun to do," he says. Two 24-volt electric motors, one on each side, control it. L'Argent can go forward, backward or even spin in place using a remote control car controller with two joysticks, each of which controls one motor. When not "moving," it looks and acts like a regular couch. Although not street legal, he put a fake license plate on the front for fun. L'Argent says the mobile couch goes faster than walking but slower than running. "When I built this I wanted to make everything enclosed so when it's not moving, you can't tell anything's been changed, " he says. When people see it, their jaws drop, he says. Others make comments such as "Can I have a ride?" or "Where's the TV or beer?" L'Argent says he plans on creating a webpage that describes how to create a couchmobile. Once posted, a link will be found at www.artcarparade.com.

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