Strange Amazonian forest creature!

Strange Amazonian forest creature! · Posted by Douglas_of_Sweden, 10-06-2009, 05:41 PM

Shot with K-7 and several lenses.

*Ash* · 10-06-2009, 05:55 PM

Volvo limo - a novel thought...
The greenest car available today.
Nice captures.

Douglas_of_Sweden · 10-06-2009, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Ash

Volvo limo - a novel thought...
The greenest car available today.
Nice captures.

Thanks Ash!

This may explain the title for those not so used to old Volvo cars: Volvo Amazon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't know what color this had originally.

*heliphoto* · 10-06-2009, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by Douglas_of_Sweden

Thanks Ash!

This may explain the title for those not so used to old Volvo cars: Volvo Amazon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't know what color this had originally.

Thanks for the link - I was a bit confused about the title... I'm lichen the pictures though

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Douglas_of_Sweden · 10-07-2009, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by heliphoto

Thanks for the link - I was a bit confused about the title... I'm lichen the pictures though .

Thanks!
You know, there are lichen even inside the Chernobyl reactor, so they can grow on anything.

RP-K20D · 10-07-2009, 02:37 AM

Lovely old Volvo, and a limousine too, a particularly rare beast!

Its the right sort of age to actually have been beige from the start, but as its a limo, white would have been more likely.

Overall, it doesn't look that bad a nick, a few grand and a few weekends and that'll be fine!

*dcmsox2004* · 10-07-2009, 05:14 AM

is it available to rent for this saturday??
feel bad for this old volvo....

**Peter Zack** · 10-07-2009, 05:20 AM

Pretty sad old gal. I like the series though and the SAS limo sticker really stands out.

I'm really impressed with the paint job though. I see almost no rust anywhere.

Douglas_of_Sweden · 10-07-2009, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by RP-K20D

Lovely old Volvo, and a limousine too, a particularly rare beast!

Its the right sort of age to actually have been beige from the start, but as its a limo, white would have been more likely.

Overall, it doesn't look that bad a nick, a few grand and a few weekends and that'll be fine!

I know the owner if you want to buy it?
They have an old Mercedes in similar shape, a bit less lichen, but it is growing.

Originally Posted by dcmsox2004

is it available to rent for this saturday??
feel bad for this old volvo....

I'll check with them. Where do you want it?

Originally Posted by Peter Zack

Pretty sad old gal. I like the series though and the SAS limo sticker really stands out.

I'm really impressed with the paint job though. I see almost no rust anywhere.

We might be on to something here! Better take this to the patent registration office before anyone else does: lichen prevents rust! Finally a perfect way to prolong the life lengths of cars. Cover them in lichen from the start. It will be environmental also because the lichen will probably consume most dirt that attach to the car, so you wont have to wash it anymore!

*daacon* · 10-07-2009, 08:18 AM

Very cool a rare find indeed - was Jimmy Hoffa inside ?

Douglas_of_Sweden · 10-07-2009, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by daacon

Very cool a rare find indeed - was Jimmy Hoffa inside ?

Thanks daacon!
I didn't look. Haven't you still found him? I thought Jim Carrey found him in Bruce Almighty?! Or his dog.
Anyway, over here it would more likely be the contract killer that got Olof Palme (Swedish prime minister shot to death in 1986).

Black Magic · 10-07-2009, 11:36 PM

Nice shots. Reminds me of the Discovery Channel program "Life After People"

the swede · 10-08-2009, 11:05 AM

Lovely Douglas!

The colour? Maybe "kalifornia vit"

(an old swedish song about the Amazon went "A Volvo Amazon, with trims in chrome, california white...bla bla"

About the quality of the car: The body sheet metal in that car is THICK, realy THICK. So even though they rust (as most cars do) it is fairly eyasy to restore them. Theres alot of body to grind on. We have alot of restored Amazon'es in Sweden nowdays, getting popular.....again.