[noelcmn]

Bump!

[ramseybuckeye]

[noelcmn]

[usn ret]

Now those are olde, maybe from the late 40's or early 50's from Japan I think, the tin toys, that is.
correct me if I am wrong............ TFS Cliff

[noelcmn]

Thanks Cliff, afraid to say, you are wrong . These are locally made stuff by a "foreigner' usually from Zimbabwe, and being sold on the streets at many places throughout Johannesburg. Made entirely from used cans-aerosol, coffee, food etc. That accounts for the colors as well as the writing on some parts. They're most likely just a couple of weeks old, and rusted because they have not been sold, and exposed to the overnight frost. These guys usually do not have a decent place to store their creations.

[normhead]

A rusty moon wind chime:

I have one of those...

[arnold]

Thanks Cliff, afraid to say, you are wrong . These are locally made stuff by a "foreigner' usually from Zimbabwe, and being sold on the streets at many places throughout Johannesburg. Made entirely from used cans-aerosol, coffee, food etc. That accounts for the colors as well as the writing on some parts. They're most likely just a couple of weeks old, and rusted because they have not been sold, and exposed to the overnight frost. These guys usually do not have a decent place to store their creations.

I was always impressed with the ingenuity of the natives in creating their own toys because they had so little. Many were made from wire. Do you have a picture of a wire car with the steering wheel extended in order to be held by the person running behind?

[Arjay Bee]

Do you have a picture of a wire car with the steering wheel extended in order to be held by the person running behind?

Hi Arnold, I am pretty sure it was Noel who posted one in the diagonal thread recently Post #768 - They are very intriguing creations.

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A pile of rusting truck from my walk this morning:



K3 & Sigma 8-16

[jacamar]

[jacamar]

Thanks Cliff, afraid to say, you are wrong . These are locally made stuff by a "foreigner' usually from Zimbabwe, and being sold on the streets at many places throughout Johannesburg. Made entirely from used cans-aerosol, coffee, food etc. That accounts for the colors as well as the writing on some parts. They're most likely just a couple of weeks old, and rusted because they have not been sold, and exposed to the overnight frost. These guys usually do not have a decent place to store their creations.

That reminds me of the malimba I bought back with me from Malawi many years ago. The resonator is made from a piece of a nestle milk can.

[Arjay Bee]

Some kind of foot;ocker or tool chest abandoned on the road side. K30 Sigma 8-16 1/640sec, F9.0 ISO 200

[noelcmn]

I was always impressed with the ingenuity of the natives in creating their own toys because they had so little. Many were made from wire. Do you have a picture of a wire car with the steering wheel extended in order to be held by the person running behind?

That reminds me of the malimba I bought back with me from Malawi many years ago. The resonator is made from a piece of a nestle milk can.

Arnold, thank you, You are right, poor people make a plan, and I include myself in that bunch. The best home made toy I ever played with was an old tyre, laced with a bit of car oil on the inside, two broom sticks in there, and you could run around for hours with thattyre, a stick in each hand, and a simple squeeze of them worked wonderfully as brakes. I still se a lot of that aroudn parts of Johannesburg.
Jacamar, as a matter of interest, Jonathan Butler, the Jazz musician, started out playing a hand made guitar in Cape Town, made from an old gallon oil tin, a plank, and fishing gut for strings. Someone heard him sing and play, and next thing you know he's an international artist. I have met him a few times (way back in the 80's) and know his story well.

Here's another sample (also made from cans and wire), besides the one ArjayB mentioned- the latter being on display in the James Hall Museum of transport- fancy that!


And onto some rust.

[jacamar]

I posted a wider shot of this structure last year - here's a telephoto I took the other day. An incinerator at an abandoned lumber mill.

[ToyTank]

Thanks Cliff, afraid to say, you are wrong . These are locally made stuff by a "foreigner' usually from Zimbabwe, and being sold on the streets at many places throughout Johannesburg. Made entirely from used cans-aerosol, coffee, food etc. That accounts for the colors as well as the writing on some parts. They're most likely just a couple of weeks old, and rusted because they have not been sold, and exposed to the overnight frost. These guys usually do not have a decent place to store their creations.

Neat. Thanks for sharing, and knowing where they came from had to look a second time.

[Jean Poitiers]

Port-en-Bessin, France ... xpost