[goatsNdonkey]

So true...saw this old DeSoto for sale....even in its rusted out, decrepit condition, it was still commanding attention:

Different car makes were so distinctive in those days. Now most of the late model SUVs look the almost exactly the same.

I much prefer fender-mount mirrors to the door-mount kind, but hardly any company has them anymore.

[Merv-O]

Different car makes were so distinctive in those days. Now most of the late model SUVs look the almost exactly the same.

I much prefer fender-mount mirrors to the door-mount kind, but hardly any company has them anymore.

Indeed....and it was big, but the ergonomics is such that the interior was cramped and the payload was less for sure. One thing, this car is about 60 years old and didn't rust through--how many modern vehicles will stand that test of time?

[Basie]

Taken in geister slucht ( ghost valley). The story ( not sure if it is true) is that some wayward gentlemen used this car as a getaway vehicle after a trip into the sperrgebiet, that is German for forbidden area, which is close to where this vehicle is now. It is an area where diamonds were found and out of bounds for the public. Apparently the gentlemen were shot by the diamond detectives of the day ( notice bullet holes, but people tended to put bullets in al sort of things ) and their ghosts are still hanging around in this desert valley. It is about 80 miles from the coast and with very little rainfall. so the rust is slow to do it's thing. I was not accosted by anything strange

[Basie]

Remains of a life boat abandoned at Grosse Bucht on the Skeleton coast. It has been there for more than forty years and the non sleeping rust has won. Very much blue hour with 8 s exposure

[WPRESTO]

Taken in geister slucht ( ghost valley). The story ( not sure if it is true) is that some wayward gentlemen used this car as a getaway vehicle after a trip into the sperrgebiet, that is German for forbidden area, which is close to where this vehicle is now. It is an area where diamonds were found and out of bounds for the public. Apparently the gentlemen were shot by the diamond detectives of the day ( notice bullet holes, but people tended to put bullets in al sort of things ) and their ghosts are still hanging around in this desert valley. It is about 80 miles from the coast and with very little rainfall. so the rust is slow to do it's thing. I was not accosted by anything strange

We didn't get to that spot in Namibia - perhaps as well. I like the social weaver nest in the background.

[Basie]

I like the social weaver nest in the background

Thanks WP Prestro. The South is one of most underrated areas in Namibia. Don't miss it next time.

The background to the other side of the wreck.

[WPRESTO]

Amazing. We saw only one or two Oryx (gemsbok) at a time.

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Rusty mail box

[Merv-O]

World War I Memorial display honoring the 100th Anniversary of the end of the War. The Helmut, now with a rusted patina, is representative of U.S.'s contribution to the 'Great War'. The display is in the Union League Lobby, Philadelphia, PA.

[normhead]

Few from the Algonquin Park Logging museum.

[Merv-O]

Rust on the Rails

[noelcmn]

[goatsNdonkey]

I guess I'm going to have to daub some kind of sealer putty on the bottom corner of the ol' electric box.



Helios-44-2 f/2 58mm, wide open.
Pentax K10D

[Basie]

Electrical plant motor for old mining machinery at Pomona in the Namib desert. Not far the coast and probably dating from 1930's, hence the lot of rust

[Arjay Bee]