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Friday, June 12, 2009

365 - 26: Me and the Pontiac

For years I've biked down a little alley nearby and wondered about a permanently parked, filthy and shredded old Pontiac--I think from the 1940s (split windshields stop in 1950).
It's gorgeous.
I finally got my camera out and my courage up to crawl inside it today. These are some of the shots I got, while worrying I would fall through the floorboards or kneel on a mouse nest. (Click on the photos to see the car's interior wood, leather, and ivory? or bakelite trimming better.)




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7 comments:

  1. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooJune 12, 2009 at 3:38 PM

    Now those are good images.

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  2. FrescaJune 13, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    Thanks. They were incredibly fun to take--what an amazing car!

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  3. Bianca Castafiore?June 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    great textures. love the shrine. every good car needs a good shrine.

    stay well, you!

    word verification: fuffloy

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  4. binkJune 13, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    I can't believe someone hadn't ripped off the statue long ago...in addition to the car not having been towed. Obviously that is one spiritually protected car!

    Looks like a bakelite steering wheel to me...but I'm no expert.

    oooh, my word is "blosavs"

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  5. FrescaJune 13, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    Yes, what is a car without a shrine?
    And what bad luck it would surely be to steal a St. Christopher statue!
    bink, I'll have to take you past the car one day--maybe you can tell what material the wheel is.

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  6. binkJune 14, 2009 at 10:42 PM

    oooo...freaky...can you see the baby's face peering out from the bottom photo out of the hole behind of the ripped cloth? If it's baby Jesus you could make a fortune setting this up as a shrine.

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  7. FrescaJune 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    Hmmm...can't quite make it out, but the Holy Ghost is definitely in residence!

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