A car shaped like a Highland cow has been deemed udder-ly brilliant by bosses of an internationally-renowned rally.
The hairy Ford Fiesta is on the moo-ve after being entered in the Mongol Rally.
The vehicle was designed by Perthshire artist Hilary Barker, who spent three weeks transforming the vehicle for a driving team, who are raising money for F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart’s charity Race Against Dementia.
And Hilary’s hard work paid off when her effort was named best in show — beating off competition from over 300 cars at the Mongol Rally launch party at Goodwood race track.
Super creative Hilary — who runs Highland Cow Art from her Callander farm — said: “This has been a delightful challenge for me to take on and I’m thrilled that the cow car, who I have christened Morag, was named best in show.
“Now she can wear her rosette with pride as she makes her way to Mongolia.”
The local artist was left stunned after being approached by fund-raisers from Team Jackie Moo-art to turn a Ford Fiesta, supplied by Peoples Ford, into a Highland Cow.
Morag left the UK on Sunday on a 10,000 mile trek to Mongolia via Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
Hilary said: “I think this is definitely the weirdest commission I’ve ever been asked to do.
“I love Highland cattle. I have 23 cows on the farm and I love painting them but I’ve never been asked to turn a car into one.
“I think my cows were quite surprised to see Morag. They were giving her a good sniff.”
Hilary said it was a real challenge turning a car into a Highland Cow.
“The whole thing has been sanded down,” she said. “That was quite unnerving taking a piece of sandpaper to a nice shiny car and scratching it all over so I can stick the fur on.
“When you are taking on a project like this, one has to check very carefully all round the car that you don’t cover bits with fur that will affect performance.
“The biggest challenge has been fitting the horns on. They’ve been put together on my sewing machine then filled with fence wire up the middle so they are light in weight and shouldn’t offer too much wind resistance.
She added: “Highland Cows are so iconic to Scotland so I was thrilled to be asked to help with this.
“It’s really given me a spring in my step thinking that this car will be making people across a third of the world smile. I really hope they laugh when they see it.”
