"How hard/creative is it to just slap some space engines on an otherwise regular looking car/garbage truck/hearse?"
   How did this person predict exactly what I was going to do for my entry in Mark Sandlin's Design a Civilian Space Vehicle Contest?

   Get ready for the wholesome family fun that I like to call Space Hearse! First you can decide which version you'd like to see. There's a regular version with large thumbnail graphics for people with speedy connections or for people who just enjoy the perverse agony of long downloads. There's also a "small" version which has smaller thumbnail graphics so everything will load a bit faster for people with modems or for those of us who are just frightened by large pictures and shiny objects in general. I guess I should mention that when you click on a thumbnail in either version, you'll get the same gigantic image, usually around 1000x800. So it barely matters which one you choose. You just can't win! It's sort of like life. And death. Which reminds me -- Let's go look at the Space Hearse!

   Go ahead, choose:

  • Regular - Robust, full-bodied flavor. No-holds-barred. "My nose is big. No, I ain't ashamed. Big like a pickle, but I'm still gettin' paid." This one goes to eleven.
  • Small - "Little, yellow, different." Petite. Sort of like Regular, but less. Merely enormous; no bigger than a house.