Steve Tansy’s rolling trick shot: a pool table for a hood, cue storage in the flanks, and an 11-ball at the helm over a rumbling (well, not currently) Hemi.

Dubbed The Pool Hustler, this one-off hot rod looks like it escaped a pool hall and headed straight for the drag strip. Instead of sheet metal and subtlety, you get billiards bravado. A real table forms the prow, green felt where most cars have paint.

The vehicle’s creator also worked on the early Batmobile and the Ecto-1 from “Ghostbusters”, giving him true Hollywood chops. And it’s coming up for auction, if you simply must own it.

A custom-designed vehicle resembling a modified pool table with green felt, wooden accents, and colorful pool balls, set in a greenhouse environment.

The cues slide into side compartments like they’re holstered for break time, and the steering trades a traditional wheel for a V-handle capped with that cheeky 11-ball, more for a grin than a true gauge.

A vintage styled racing vehicle with a streamlined green and yellow design displayed in an industrial greenhouse setting.

Underneath, a Hemi anchors the joke with genuine muscle, the kind of lump that suggests this gag has teeth when it’s buttoned up and running. But speed is almost beside the point.

A custom hot rod car designed to resemble a pool table, featuring a table-like front, green accents, and cue storage on the sides, displayed indoors.

The Pool Hustler is rolling theater: a sight gag turned sculpture, the rare custom that makes strangers wander over and ask for the story before they ask for the specs.

A green billiard table with a cue stick and several colored balls scattered across the surface.

Is it practical? Of course not. It’s a conversation starter on casters, a love letter to loud ideas and late nights. 

A bird's-eye view of an ornate green and yellow vintage car interior featuring plush seats with quilted patterns and shiny surfaces.
A modified pool table designed to resemble a vehicle, featuring a green felt surface, decorative details, and large wheels.

Photos via Historics Auctioneers. Learn more on Robb Report.


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