Prestige Motors Mini Cooper Halloween Costume Contest won by Paul Agures

Paul Agures of Clifton New Jersey won first prize for th 5th year in a row, the Prestige Motors, Mahwah New Jersey, annual Mini Cooper Halloween Costume party. This year his Mini Cooper was dressed up as a One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater. The whole costume was engineered and designed by him from what ever he had laying around in his garage with a minimum of store bought materials. The wings are actuated by solenoids and the horn is actuated by a starter solenoid. The mouth is actuated by an electric motor . The costume was poweered by a 12 volt deep cycle battery connected to a power inverter to power up the stereo receiver used for the music. The rest was using 12 volt motors and solenoids. Everything was controlled by aremote control wired to each. The car was apinted with water soluable paint made of corn starch sugar and elmers glue dyed with purple dye...and you guessed it...it was purple...Congratulations from his friend Steve Vodzik to another well done project. Can`t wait to see what he comes up with for next years costume