Show me a nice old car

[Larry Cloetta]

This fellow is a retired professional photographer who decided he'd try his hand at cars. This is a 1947 Mercury, or used to be. He did all the design work and custom fabrication work himself, by himself. Fit and finish is immaculate. I asked him how long he'd had it and how long it took him to finish it. He said he'd had it 16 years, finished it two years ago, the first 14 years were spent working on it. He said the only thing which hadn't been altered from the stock '47 Merc was the rear window.





The hood opens, smoothly, first straight up, then tilts, by means of two electric motors attached to the two rods at the front.



Nikon Z7 + 24-70/28 S

 

[Guth]

That highly modded Merc is magnificent! Great story to boot. Thanks for sharing!

 

[dourbalistar]

A 1962 Chevrolet C10 Stepside (Apache) in my neighborhood.

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2020.04.03 Roll #241-04581-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

Kodak Retina IIIc; Rodenstock 50mm f2 Retina-Heligon; Ilford FP4+


Plymouth by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Guth]

How about a nice old race car with intimacy issues? A 1988 Acura Spice IMSA GTP Lights car that was raced by Parker Johnstone (and still is in the realm of vintage racing events). When not on the track, the car is on display at his Honda dealership.


1988 Acura Spice Race Car Front Right by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


1988 Acura Spice Race Car With Intimacy Issues by Bill Guthrie, on Flickr

 

[Abbazz]

Old and tired Beetle (Sigma DP2 Merrill):



Cheers!

Abbazz

 

[markjwyatt]

Kodak Retina IIIc; Rodenstock 50mm f2 Retina-Heligon; Ilford FP4+


Buick by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[madNbad]

Leica M4, Voigtlander 35 2.0 Ultron ASPH, 022 filter, Kodak TMX, HC-110B:


Farm Truck, Dayton, Oregon

 

[dourbalistar]

Spotted this bright blue 1971-72 International Harvester Scout II, parked just one street over from our house. Sometimes you don't have to go far to find something interesting!

Leica M5, Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 v3, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2020.05.16 Roll #246-04838-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[Gerry M]

Cameo

Cameo

D200
Tokina 12-24

 

[Doug]

Old pickup in an open-air work area

Leica M-D 262, 35mm Summilux ASPH

 

[Bob Michaels]

Havana - waiting to pick up a bride and groom from their wedding and drive them around town to show off. This was mid day in the summer so those red leather seats were almost hot enough to fry an egg.

 

[Bob Michaels]

Havana - this car was being driven while being prepped for painting. These cars are normally painted out in the street by waiting for a time when there is no wind blowing. This was across the street from where I stay when in town.

 

[dourbalistar]

I have a few other photos of this 1949 GMC New Design upthread, but all in black and white. I think this color shot really shows off the truck's green patina.

Leica M5, Canon 35mm f/2 LTM, Fujifilm Fujicolor 200.


2019.10.10 Roll #222-0023.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[besk]

That is an Edsel by the way.

Havana - waiting to pick up a bride and groom from their wedding and drive them around town to show off. This was mid day in the summer so those red leather seats were almost hot enough to fry an egg.

 

[Bob Michaels]

That is an Edsel by the way.

Thanks. I forget you youngsters. You can just assume people of my generation automatically know it is an Edsel from the distinctive grill shape.

 

[AndersG]

SAAB 92 - the first SAAB car, Svedino's Car and Aircraft Museum, August 2020.
Canon 30D, Canon 20/2.8 USM at 1/50 sec, f/5.6 and ISO 400.

 

[valdas]

ORWO TF12D sound recording film (probably the same as Lomo sells as Fantome 8):

 

[Ricochetrider]

Old Car? I could do this all day. Nice? Hmmm...

 

[madNbad]

To practice camera scanning, I've been going through some old negatives from when I had less of an idea about proper exposure and development times were a suggestion. Modern software is amazingly good ad finding the details and adjusting for a decent image. Nikon Ftn, Nikkor 24 2.8, Tri-X (Pan), D-76:


Bugattis 1975 New Hope Auto Show