A bit of your history on this side of the water.
Jun 5, 2014 14:14:00 #
My camera club went on a field trip to Porthleven and I found this piece of your history........
Jun 5, 2014 14:36:02 #
I knew that West Virginia moonshine was strong and caused people to forget where they were or where they parked, but how in the blazes did some good ol boy end up parking his pickup over there?
Jun 5, 2014 14:38:01 #
A beauty. Thanks for sharing the photos. To my aesthetic sense the 1930's and 40's streamlined "Aero" look was the most pleasing of any era except for a some of the sleek beauties coming out now.
Jun 5, 2014 15:14:08 #
Nanaval, that's not a piece of history! In the Virginias, that's just another daily driver!!
If you drive around my neighborhood, there are at least a dozen or so similar old jalopies like that on blocks in my neighbors yards and driveways and garages. :lol:
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If you drive around my neighborhood, there are at least a dozen or so similar old jalopies like that on blocks in my neighbors yards and driveways and garages. :lol:
SS
Jun 5, 2014 15:15:22 #
Jun 5, 2014 16:52:16 #
robertjerl wrote:
I knew that West Virginia moonshine was strong and caused people to forget where they were or where they parked, but how in the blazes did some good ol boy end up parking his pickup over there?
Now that is a question I do not know the answer to...... must have had a lot of moonshine to end up over here.
Jun 5, 2014 16:54:26 #
wings42 wrote:
A beauty. Thanks for sharing the photos. To my aesthetic sense the 1930's and 40's streamlined "Aero" look was the most pleasing of any era except for a some of the sleek beauties coming out now.
Glad you liked them wings42. From the broken exhaust pipe looks like the owner is doing it up.
Jun 5, 2014 16:54:57 #
That's what I call a nice field trip!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jun 5, 2014 16:57:16 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Nanaval, that's not a piece of history! In the Virginias, that's just another daily driver!!
If you drive around my neighborhood, there are at least a dozen or so similar old jalopies like that on blocks in my neighbors yards and driveways and garages. :lol:
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If you drive around my neighborhood, there are at least a dozen or so similar old jalopies like that on blocks in my neighbors yards and driveways and garages. :lol:
SS
Hi SharpShooter I guess they were built to last then, we have classic cars but you do not see them driving on the roads much unless there is a rally or show. Maybe not history, but something old from your side.
Jun 5, 2014 16:58:18 #
angler wrote:
Good set Nanaval.
Thanks angler, made a change from the sea and boats. Thanks for looking.
Jun 5, 2014 16:59:02 #
Or maybe he had one of the early digital map things, they often sent people to strange places by largely imaginary routes.
Jun 5, 2014 16:59:19 #
HOT Texas wrote:
That's what I call a nice field trip!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Hi HOT Texas Glad you like them and thanks for the thumbups.
Jun 5, 2014 17:04:39 #
robertjerl wrote:
Or maybe he had one of the early digital map things, they often sent people to strange places by largely imaginary routes.
You could be right there, I heard they were not very good. :D
Jun 5, 2014 17:16:05 #
They weren't and I still prefer paper maps. Here in California we used to see news stories of people rescued (or body recovered) in the mountains or desert because they got sent off on a logging or fire road to somewhere their city street class sedan couldn't handle. One ended up in the middle of the Mojave Desert because he followed a pair of tank tracks left by George Patton's troops on a training exercise for North Africa in 1943. Trails last a long time in the desert because the vegetation takes so long to regrow.
By the way your pictures took me down memory lane, except for the color there were a lot of those old Chevy pickups in Western Kentucky when I was a kid.
By the way your pictures took me down memory lane, except for the color there were a lot of those old Chevy pickups in Western Kentucky when I was a kid.
nanaval wrote:
You could be right there, I heard they were not very good. :D
Jun 5, 2014 17:50:57 #
Great job on these my friend..love the old timers..and you captured it well!! :thumbup:
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