Brace yourself for the pool table car! Joe Fiscella, the friendly owner with the larger-than-life personality of the oldest billiard and game store in Orange County, CA, Triangle Billiards, says the first functional pool table car – which can go as fast as 60mph – is on cue to be completed by the end of May 2011.
“The sleekness of the car is unmatchable,” says Fiscella. “It really is a show-stopper – there’s an oddity to it that makes it impossible to look away.”
The idea for the pool table car – a melding of a 1999 Monte Carlo and a Brunswick pool table – originated from a customer in Fiscella’s show room who had seen a non-working pool table car. Fiscella became keen on the idea, but wanted to take the project to the next level and make the pool table car fully functional. To do this, Fiscella joined his 33 years of billiards experience with the “King of the Customizers” – Vini “Big Daddy” Bergman for the project. Bergman brings ample years of car customization experience to the project – having customized a variety of vehicles for high-profile clients on his Discovery Channel show “The Kustomizer.”
Over the course of the past few months, Fiscella estimates hundreds of hours have been put into the customization of the pool table car – with up to four people working on the project at the same time to help bring the project to life.
“It’s been awesome to be a part of the building process,” says Fiscella. “The creativity flying around unfolds right before your eyes – you can really see the design process and the flow of the project.”
Fiscella is documenting the construction of the pool table car on YouTube, check out the first installment here: http://bit.ly/dJKkOA.
What would you do to take a cruise around town in Fiscella’s masterpiece?
Have a 1976 Brunswick Billard Table,white in color.Do you have a value.
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excellent condtion circa 1960′s white celebrity brunswick pool table refelted 2 years ago dark green.
(no ball return) pockets only. What is an asking price for such a amazing table, I can only source out celebrity tables that have a ball return and red or tan felt tops, also seems all white tables are rare. please reply ASAP as parnets are downsizing soon.