Art & Inspiration Sitting and Rotting.............picture thread

Saw this in a Youtube video, apparently just sold in an auction somewhere near Kansas/Nebraska. It's a flower car made from a Coupe Deville, not sure by who, but I love it! No idea what it sold for or who bought it, but I hope it went to a good place.

 

I like this. Part of me wants to see the ElCamino Style wraparound window, but I kinda Dig that Breezeway window too.

 

The picture of the coupe body in the pickup bed sure brings back memories. Been there , done that.

 

El Cadillacmino

 

At least they are under cover.

 

Great picture! Good details too.

 

Ya know, now that I look at this, you could easily make a period correct comp coupe out of that heap.

 

I hate trees

 

Passed this today in Alaska.

 

Literally everywhere in Alabama.

 

A Studebaker

 

Irondale (Birmingham) Alabama. Cursed to a slow death in a cul-de-sac

 

Clanton Alabama.

 

Now that I look at that I think @rusty1 could easily make an art piece out of it. Just sayin.

 

People In Montgomery Alabama Crush stuff like this, because it is easier to make a quick buck.....

 

Marbury Alabama

 

It ain't just Alabama. To most of the world a car that won't drive is just junk, like a lawn mower with the connecting rod sticking out the side of the engine.

 

I agree. To most of the world, time marches on, progress is good, better living through chemistry, you name the slogan, it applies to most of the world. Conveyance, transportation, getting from point A to point B.... that's what the rest of the world views automobiles as . But to those of us involved in this hobby, who were born with a defect (old-iron-blood deficiency), old cars offer our own diversion from day-to-day life that most people don't understand (if you've got a significant other that "get's it" or tolerates it consider yourself lucky).
Unfortunately, along with the afore mentioned blood deficit, we are also prone to visions of grandeur, monetary irresponsibility, twisted senses of reality... the list goes on so long that even Freud would be overwhelmed.
But.... we are the original recyclers, so we can hold our heads high and bring the junk out of hiding!! Just think of the biohazards that hotrodders 50 years in the future will have to deal with! I sure hate to think of all those Tesla and Prius batteries, not to mention the plastic, decaying in the woods!!

 

20 years ago, that car was restored, and driving around the same town it died in. Ive been trying to purchase it for years, but the yard wanted crazy money, for a car they crushed, for less than the perfect windshield was worth. If its scrap, sell it for scrap price. Then it would have lived.

 

Sylacauga Alabama

 

Sylacauga Alabama

 

Sylacauga Alabama