Do you recognize this car? This is the same type of car used in the movie made of the Stephen King novel, Christine. This is a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury. I took this photo in 1994 on a large ranch in California. The car parked beside the Plymouth Fury is a GTO. What a shame these cars are sitting in the desert rotting away.
As you might have guessed, along with ghost towns, Gary and I also have a fascination for rusty relics, old cars and trucks that is. The rest of the photos were taken over the years in several locations like Ludlow, Bullfrog, Bellemont, and the last in Arkansas.
Some time in the future I'll give you a photo tour of some of the old cars we've had as daily drivers. The post will have to be split into several posts because the list of cars is very long, but that's another story.
There's something wonderful about the rust patina achieved over time on abandoned cars. Of course I couldn't help but think of a glaze for ceramics that might look like rust. I came across these beads on Etsy by Amber Van Meter which I think capture that rusty relic feel. Do you have a glaze which looks like rust? I'd love to learn about it.
If you liked these rusty cars stay tuned because coming up next are rusty trucks and then some old barns. And who doesn't like old barns. Leave comments please, I'd love to hear what you think.
don't have a rust glaze but wish i did... i have rust as an ingredient in almost all the glazes but that doesn't count. that gto brings memories of my childhood... we used to call them goats
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ReplyDeleteWe used to have a 1975 Midnight Blue Impala when I was a girl. I nicknamed her, "Christine".
ReplyDeleteYou can read about her in my poem, "Wheels" on the Poetikat's Invisible Keepsakes blog.
Hello Linda! Thank you for checking in on me. I am doing great – I have been occupied with getting the pottery shop completed. I just have some painting left to do and that is it! Will you be able to keep up with blogging while on the road?
ReplyDeleteHi Poetikat, wow, a whole poem about a car, I love it, that sounds like something I would do. I will have to check out the blog post, I hope I can find it.
ReplyDeleteHi Jewels, So glad to hear from you. It is funny how I become attached to the bloggers around the world particularly in a state like Arkansas where I once lived. I should probably be packing instead of blogging, but I work well under pressure, Gary is pulling his hair out though. We will probably drive right through Arkansas, I will let you know, it would be nice to meet you in person.
Amazing photos once again of the old cars. Sometimes I would see one in a gultch or something and I knew it didn't pay to remove it. usually all of them are striped. Just wondering what those cars would say if they could talk....hummmm
ReplyDeleteOh Mary, I think the same thing about the cars and buildings and all the old things, I'll bet even teapots have a story to tell.
ReplyDeleteAbout your comment "What a shame to see these old cars just rusting away in the desert" - I don't think it's a shame, really. Many of us, you included, find beauty in this very thing...finding them in a natural setting as their final resting (or "rusting") place rather than "restored" in a museum.
ReplyDeleteAs much as we wouldn't want our roads flanked by every old abandoned modern-day vehicle, I think it's neat that some of them are left just where they were when they "died". The same goes for finding old barns. Wouldn't it be a shame if all of them were torn down?
In my family, there's an annual Thanksgiving tradition that includes going to visit the old relic cars....ones that we drove in the late 60's and early 70's when we were young. They're final resting place - in a wooded area at the back of the family farm. It's a special time to rehash memories of our teenage years and share them with our kids and grandkids. Those same cars, parked in the yard near the farm house would be an eyesore but, here, in this natural setting, they're a thing of beauty, each with a story to tell.
Alaska is such a young state, we rarely have vintage relics out in the open. When I see images of abandoned steel I can't help but want to take my plasma cutter to them and weld some ART!
ReplyDeleteHi Marianne, thanks you're right the rusty relics are beautiful in their decaying state. I love the fact your family has an annual trip to the vintage tin in the back 40 so to speak on Thanksgiving and can reminese about them.
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, thanks, some of that metal is, I am sure, worth using because most metal nowadays isn't that well made like it was in the heyday of the industrial revolution of our country, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteHi, that red Plymouth is a 1957 model, not a '58.
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