5/28/11

Gone Hollywood

Glamour girl at the local park with a dream car realized - '56 Lincoln Premiere in Starmist White over Amethyst. When the photo was taken, it was an icon of an already superseded future and just the sort of extravagant foolishness the old timers in the sturdy Rambler next door had learned to live without. Kodachrome 35mm slide.

Root Beer Injun Head


Part of a roadside 'Indian Village' complex that included a 50 foot tall teepee gas station and motor court of smaller teepee cabins on US 40 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Camarito

People personalize their cars in very personal ways, but this particular impulse is new to me. Seems that Hebron, Ohio's Manny Powell had a tricked out 454 big block that he wanted on permanent display, so he sawed a '69 Z28 shell into 29 pieces and went from there. Honey, I shrunk the Camaro. As for interior accommodations, try to imagine any of the guys on either side, inside. Read all about it.