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D.B Wilson and his toaster car visits the Big Banana Car in Kalamazoo.

(Junfu Han \ Kalamazoo Gazette)

KALAMAZOO, MI — If you were near downtown Kalamazoo yesterday, you may have seen the now familiar Big Banana Car followed by -- a giant toaster?

You aren't crazy.

The toaster car, a boxy silver vehicle with two slices of "toast" on top, is a customized 2004 Scion XB belonging to D.B. Wilson of Los Angeles, according to the banana car's driver and promoter, Tom Brown.

After driving from Los Angeles to Chicago this week, Wilson and his "Pastry Resistance," as it's known on its Facebook page, came to Kalamazoo to visit Steve Braithwaite, builder and owner of the banana car, Brown said. Braithwaite and Wilson met nearly two years ago at the Huston Art Car Parade.

After his brief visit Thursday, Wilson has moved on to his next adventure with the toaster car — a trip to upstate New York.

As for Braithwaite, his next project is in the works. Later this summer, Kalamazoo-area residents could be seeing a submarine sandwich driving around. According to banana car promoter Tom Brown, the new art car will be almost as long as the banana, but will be able to seat 12 people, rather than just three.