The Flickr Junkycar Image Generatr

The back story: In 2002, I found my original 1972 Kodak Pocket Instamatic 40 buried deep in a box in the basement, which triggered a quick drive to our local Dollar General to buy a cartridge of Ferrania brand 110 film. On the way home, I snapped a couple of photos of this really sad, forgotten Thunderbird using the same camera which took hundreds of my 1970s images.

This is a deep crop of the original, so isn't the sharpest photo. Still, it gets the point across.

I made this photo of vehicles parked on the streets in the Indian Basin District of San Francisco. With the number of houseless growing throughout the nation, people have resorted to living in old motor homes, Recreational Vehicles (RVs), and , in this case, a bus. They still live in the streets but not literally on the streets. The people who owned this bus also owned the full packed Volvo station wagon in front of it. Both vehicles filled to the gills with STUFF; I guess the owners filled the sidewalk outside the bus so they could get inside the bus. You can see a photo of the Volvo in following slide. I shot both images using my Canon Powershot SX50.

I made this photo of an old Volvo station wagon that was parked in the Indian Basin District of San Francisco. With the number of houseless growing throughout the nation, people have resorted to living in old motor homes and Recreational Vehicles (RVs). They still live in the streets but not literally on the streets. The people who owned this vehicle also owned a bus, which they also filled to the gills with STUFF. I will post that photo soon. I shot this using my Canon Powershot SX50.

** I've added a bunch of Flickr Notes to the photo, so enjoy! **

This 10 year old Caddy was obviously in an accident at some point. My neighbor swore he'd fix it up and use it as his daily driver. Well... that never happened. This junker sat for years becoming more moldy and rusty over time.

Everybody used to just call it "The Post". As in "I'm going to the Post... do you need anything?".

It's been five decades, so I'm curious if anybody remembers the movie, the plot and the actors. Within several minutes of this scene, she (the driver) discovers the dead body of her friend parked in a VW. It gets REALLY fascinating from there...

It was one of those crappy summer jobs that we've all been through. I was only 14 years old, so not even legally allowed to work. My "responsibilities" involved sitting on a plastic box outside the laundromat and trying to sell customers cartons of detergent. It worked on a commission basis. After about a week, I said "The heck with this!" and upgraded my career to "lawn care" (mowing lawns, that is).

Over time, the original emulsion has turned reddish due to improper storage. Sorry about that.

Just for the record, I did not take this photo. It was emailed to me by a friend who asked me to upload it. Personally, I think it's an incredibly cool example of utter entropy!

I've placed a number of Flickr notes on this car to explain all of its pertinent details.

I've placed a few Flickr notes on the more salient features of this car.
The interior is even worse! Years of dripping water from an open passenger side window have created a virtual mini-forest of weedy growth which flourishes from heavily moldy carpeting and seats. When you look inside, it absolutely reeks! This vintage beauty has been parked in a driveway for at least a decade several blocks away from my house.

This photo was taken about 10 year ago. After driving past this relic numerous times, I though it was finally time to snap some photos. Looks like the owner removed the original vinyl roof at some point.

You can see how the original foam dashboard pad had dried out and split in the middle, with the two halves rising up to a peak.

The body contained numerous semi-repaired rusted panels and the interior had that old car smell of moldy vinyl and ancient carpeting.


By the way, there's a series of YouTube videos made by a guy who owns a restoration shop in Portland Oregon. The only cars he works on are Mercury Cougars. He's an absolute font of knowledge and is totally intimate with every detail of these cars. To watch these, go to YouTube and search for "West Coast Classic Cougar". Enjoy!

This photo was taken about 10 year ago. After driving past this relic numerous times, I though it was finally time to snap some photos. Looks like the owner removed the original vinyl roof at some point. The body contained numerous semi-repaired rusted panels and the interior had that old car smell of moldy vinyl and ancient carpeting.

By the way, there's a series of YouTube videos made by a guy who owns a restoration shop in Portland Oregon. The only cars he works on are Mercury Cougars. He's an absolute font of knowledge and is totally intimate with every detail of these cars. To watch these, go to YouTube and search for "West Coast Classic Cougar". Enjoy!

I don't see a radio, either. It would have been a tube-driven AM radio, but looks like it might have been removed at some point.

Click on the photo to view all the details in their vintage and somewhat rusted glory.

Car seen in Chattanooga. Glad I got a pic!

I really hope this car belongs to no one I know....

It was parked at the library.

Well, there is definitely something burried in there. Treasure? Possibly!