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17/05/2020 5:36 am
NOT 1:43 (my apologies). Just something for your Sunday entertainment.
I found a piece on the BBC News website entitled "The Faded Beauty of Abandoned Cars Across Europe And The US". Some beautifully shot images to provide a few moments of amusement.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
17/05/2020 5:49 am
Disgusting old junk, should have been recycled years ago. Art, eye sores to me.
17/05/2020 6:03 am
so sad to see them rusty away
17/05/2020 6:35 am
Thank you, Graeme. As the ferns and mosses grow over and into these abandoned remnants, there is something of an attractive nature there. Interesting.
17/05/2020 6:48 am
Beauties , Photos of Art
17/05/2020 9:25 am
Really atmospheric and rather sad but excellent photos...
That first one is a Fuldamobile, sold in the UK as a Coronet and I've been after a model of one for ages but no luck so far. I think a similar version was made by SAMS once.
17/05/2020 9:26 am
Cool pics. I enjoyed them
17/05/2020 11:08 am
The Model T cries out for restoration and love.
The row of pick ups was cool and having the story behind the 60 dodge, but most of the rest are just polution.
17/05/2020 11:50 am
John,
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See ebay for
Fuldamobil/Bambi Sporty Pickup 1962 Rare Argentina Diecast Car Scale 1:43+Magzne
17/05/2020 11:39 pm
Interesting David! All it needs is a roof! Many thanks
18/05/2020 5:11 am
There is a sadness and beauty to these pics for me, a car guy who loves to see vintage pieces restored, but the reality is most end up in wrecking yards and a much smaller percentage are "retired" like these. IMO if that fact is accepted then these cars left to be slowly consumed by nature definitely become an art form; usually one of beauty and sadness. One day most will be hauled out and recycled as pollution concerns and land development prevail; so I say enjoy this art form while it lasts. Many of us see an art form in old junk yard pics; this is just another much slower form of that.