Post your POS car ugly and rusty junker

Guth said:
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The Anti-Muscle Car — an elusive 1976 Plymouth Feather Duster. Whereas the often brightly colored Mopar muscle cars that came before it focused on straight line performance, the Feather Duster was an increased fuel economy package offered by Plymouth complete with its own graphics package. Though this example had obviously seen better days, it appeared to be an original paint survivor.
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These images were taken from the car’s good side.
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It must have been around 1970 while in college I bought a 1965 Plymouth Belvedere with 35,000 miles for $250. I won’t say it impressed the girls but it was good reliable transportation. Unfortunately I don’t think I ever took a picture of it.
 
KoNickon said:
What is this car? I can't make out the chrome name on the trunk/boot lid. (And what is that chrome assembly between the badge and the latch? (I know, this isn't primarily an automobile quiz, but I'm curious.)
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Looks like a mid/late-1940's Chrysler product; I'll guess Plymouth. As a kid, I had a 1941 Plymouth business coupe - that had plenty of room for salesman's product samples but no back seat, plus an extended trunk. Essentially a standard 2-door model with a shorter cabin. Same age as I, my first car, I got it for $50 I think and rebuilt the motor. Later in the mid-1960's I had a 1955 Plymouth 2-door with V8 motor, automatic shift (lever on dash), two-tone paint black & blue, burned oil pretty bad.

I'll add that it seems to me over many years, car quality has improved. They perform better, are more reliable, last longer without major repairs, less rust. True I think for both US and Japanese cars. Don't know about European.
 
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KoNickon said:
What is this car? I can't make out the chrome name on the trunk/boot lid. (And what is that chrome assembly between the badge and the latch? (I know, this isn't primarily an automobile quiz, but I'm curious.)
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It's a Dodge "Custom" or "Deluxe" from the late 1940s. The extra chrome assembly is the brake light.
 
Not quite abandoned yet as it shows signs of occasional use, but this old Ford F250 in my town rarely leaves its parking spot.

This batch of Ektachrome was heavily aged and heat damaged, and is almost completely blue to the naked eye. I was able to salvage it and get pretty decent results by doing a 5-stop bracket for each frame, followed by an HDR merge in Lightroom and some color temperature and contrast corrections.

Arlington, VA
May 2025

Mamiya RZ67
110mm f/2.8
Kodak E100GX

Rusted F250 - Arlington - May 2025 - RZ67 - 110mm f2pt8 - E100GX.jpg
 
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