Here is my concept "art" for the Circus Ape Car
Two overhead cab models, holding hands. The wheels have been integrated into the hands, and I've used a different mechanism for the upper arm/shoulder. You can't really make any of it out, though.
The name actually refers more to another sketch, in which the cab is situated over a smaller wheel, which bears a comical resemblance to an ape on a unicycle (version is now depicted in third image). However, I did that with a pencil, in a notebook, with considerably better results. Pencils are really wonderful for sketching out an idea, and subsequently for filing it away (read: losing it). They are sadly ill suited for posting things on the internet. Neither is my normal computer, which has a fried power supply.
So, I dusted off the Vadem Clio. The Clio is a brilliantly conceived device, which is handicapped only by it's almost complete lack of a reason to exist. I installed a program on it called NF Pencil, which is a bit like a stripped down version of MS Paint. I think it was intended for PocketPCs; at least, it certainly wasn't intended for the Clio, because who uses those things? Not that there's anything wrong with the program (well, the english language menus didn't work out, but that's not a big deal), but the Clio is just too slow.
If you were the right age at the right time, you might have had some experience with the crayons they gave out at McDonalds. Not the usual Crayolas, but a set of four odd, glassy things which I think were supposed to resemble french fries. They came, at any rate, in a frech-fry like pack, and had wedge shaped ends. Working on the Clio is an eerily similar experience to playing with those crayons. It's almost nostalgic, really. Maybe I'll take to it eventually; who knows. I really, really want the Clio to turn out to be useful.