Wacky ideas are what make some people tick. They just can't live without thinking out of the box! And when we talk of out-of-the-box thinking, Kanyaboina Sudhakar of Sudha Cars definitely comes to mind! Sudha Car Museum in Bahadurpura, Hyderabad is the only one in the world to showcase handmade automobiles. Here are a few things you should know about the offbeat cars and bikes, and the man behind them.
1) It was founded by Mr. K. Sudhakar, whose name is recorded in the Guinness World Records for making the Largest Tricycle in the World.
2) Mr. Sudhakar got hooked on to this hobby right from his school days. At the age of 14 he first designed a bicycle and the very next year at the age of 15 he made his first "Easy Rider Motorbike". He tried his hands on a four-wheeler when he was studying in Intermediate Second year and created a stunning, rugged looking "Dune Buggy"!
3) "I get ideas from everything I see. Even when I see a mobile phone, I begin to think of the number of wheels and the amount of suspension that would be required for the design." The ideas also come from interactions with visitors, schoolchildren and friends. His museum gets more than 1,500 visitors in a day.
4) Some of the double-decker buses he has designed are being used in Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, Essel World in Mumbai as well as by the Telangana, Maharasthra and Karnataka Tourism Departments.
5) In the last 30 years, Sudhakar has come up with more than 650 creations including bikes, vintage cars and cycles, festive innovations such as a Christmas tree-shaped car and a cricket bat-shaped car which he introduced during the World Cup in 2007.
6) Some of his designs also support causes - like the condom-shaped bike for AIDS awareness and the cage-shaped car to save birds.
7) The design-to-model transformation can take anywhere between 20 days and three years. Most of the parts used in the cars are sourced from over 60 junkyards and garages surrounding the museum.
Bonus!
Here's a video showing the Sudha Cars Museum in Bahadurpura!
Images sourced from Sudha Cars.
2) Mr. Sudhakar got hooked on to this hobby right from his school days. At the age of 14 he first designed a bicycle and the very next year at the age of 15 he made his first "Easy Rider Motorbike". He tried his hands on a four-wheeler when he was studying in Intermediate Second year and created a stunning, rugged looking "Dune Buggy"!
3) "I get ideas from everything I see. Even when I see a mobile phone, I begin to think of the number of wheels and the amount of suspension that would be required for the design." The ideas also come from interactions with visitors, schoolchildren and friends. His museum gets more than 1,500 visitors in a day.
4) Some of the double-decker buses he has designed are being used in Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, Essel World in Mumbai as well as by the Telangana, Maharasthra and Karnataka Tourism Departments.
5) In the last 30 years, Sudhakar has come up with more than 650 creations including bikes, vintage cars and cycles, festive innovations such as a Christmas tree-shaped car and a cricket bat-shaped car which he introduced during the World Cup in 2007.
6) Some of his designs also support causes - like the condom-shaped bike for AIDS awareness and the cage-shaped car to save birds.
7) The design-to-model transformation can take anywhere between 20 days and three years. Most of the parts used in the cars are sourced from over 60 junkyards and garages surrounding the museum.
Bonus!
Here's a video showing the Sudha Cars Museum in Bahadurpura!
Images sourced from Sudha Cars.
