It belongs to Rick Sullivan, of Clinton, Illinois, and it’s upside down.

Sullivan, who owns Kathy’s Collision Center in Clinton, said the vehicle was designed in very quick order.

“A girl designed this in seven seconds,” he said. “I got called out during a winter storm with eight inches of snow on the ground. Her car was upside down when I pulled up. I said to myself, I can do that.”

The work took him six months and one and a half trucks.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Spectators under a sea of umbrellas watch as cars arrive for the car show portion of the Webster County Cruisers Cruise to the Woods Sunday morning at the former Sunkissed Meadows golf course.

“It’s built on a Ford Ranger,” he said. “I bought the body parts for a 1995 Ford F150 and assembled them on top of the Ranger … upside down.”

That means the vehicle has eight wheels, four it’s actually driving on — which are well hidden — and four sticking up into the air. The rims and tires on top spin using an electric motor and a set of pulleys and belts. The “hood” has an oil pan mounted on, a part that would normally be under the truck.

“I had to put in a second battery just for the wheels,” he said.

The upside down truck has also enjoyed a few seconds of fame. It can be seen in a Dairy Queen commercial for their upside down Blizzards.

The truck turns heads and attracts attention wherever he takes it, but does it cause accidents?

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Kirk Stamper, of Nevada, at left, Frank Stamper, of Humboldt, and Todd Treganza, of Boone, chat under an umbrella Sunday morning next to Treganza's 1954 Packard at the Webster County Cruisers Cruise to the Woods car show on the former Sunkissed Meadows golf course.

“I hope so,” he joked, “I own a collision center.”

The effect can be quite startling.

Connor Thoma, 12, of Fort Dodge, got to sit in the driver’s seat.

“I thought it was rolled over,” he said.

Todd Jones, of Fort Dodge, took one look at the creation and then remembered, he’s a Toyota fan.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Rick Sullivan, of Clinton, Illinois, waves as he pulls up to the car show portion of the Webster County Cruisers Cruise to the Woods Sunday morning at the former Sunkissed Meadows golf course. The upside down truck turns a lot of heads wherever he drives it.

“That’s the way of a typical Ford,” he joked. “Found on the road upside down.”

His reaction on seeing it is pretty typical.

“I thought, ‘What the heck is that?'” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Some of the really vintage cars in the show were represented by Kirk Stamper, of Nevada.

He brought his 1929 Model A Ford to the show and, yes, he drove it there.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Spectators form a long row of umbrellas Sunday morning as cars taking part in the Webster County Cruisers Cruise to the Woods arrive at the former Sunkissed Meadows golf course for the car show portion of the day.

“It was a beautiful drive,” he said. “We stayed on the back roads.”

Driving those back roads is probably as close to stepping into a time machine and driving the car back in 1929. Very few roads were paved then. It also requires a bit more constant attention while going down the lane than a newer car.

“You have to drive it,” he said. “You can’t just ride.”

His dad, Frank Stamper, of Humboldt, brought his 1966 Ford F100, which unlike Sullivan’s, is right side up.

It was also getting wet in the rain, which is something car buffs try to avoid.

“We don’t like it,” he said.

Once he gets it home, he’s got a procedure for drying it off.

“I’ll open the doors and put fans on it.” he said.

Todd Treganza, of Boone, was watching his 1954 Packard get wet in the rain too as he shared an umbrella with both Stampers.

“This is the first time its ever gotten this wet,” he said. “It’s going in the garage with fans on it.”

Yes, the car owners are fussy about their cars. They are, after all, works of art, labors of love and have been a repository for spare income for years.

How fussy are they?

“We’re fussier than with our ladies,” Frank Stamper joked.

For the car buffs, there’s something else at a show or a run that’s much more important to them than the cars or worrying about a bit of rain.

“I’ve seen them all,” Kirk Stamper said. “I came to hang with my friends.”

Sullivan also has a mission. He’s using his odd upside down truck to get youth interested in the hobby.

“This will die out if we don’t get young people interested,” he said.

About 500 cars had registered to take part in the weekend long event.