The “Sashimi Tabernackle Choir” is an 80’s 240 that was outfitted with two hundred fifty “Billy Bass”-type automated rubber fish and lobsters. Built in 2001, the choir syncs the reverse engineered robots to orchestrate music for parades in Texas.

With wry humor they document the process here, including this comment on why they used the 240:

Volvos make the best Art Cars because (A) they have nice thick metal to bolt things to, (B) they last forever, and (C) when bystanders start throwing stuff at you, you need a nice solid car around you.

The Lobster conductor at 1:03 in this video is kinda’ frightening.

Check out more parade cars here.

Photo from SashmiTabernacleChoir.org