Rusty cars

I'm Peter. I'm only interested in one thing, it's not tats porn or cats I'm afraid. No, I'm obsessed with the rusty cars people leave lying about. I am a junkie and they are my fix. I live on the south coast of England and repair boats for a living. I've been lucky enough to own hundreds of cars and continue to buy/save/re home when I can. When I was a lad people literally gave these old wrecks away to an enthusiastic young chap knocking the door. I'm an intense nerd, identifying these relics is a pastime of mine, please I love to see someone get one or have a go. If you Reblog, please Try to resist the temptation to delete peoples text from posts, I guess it's done to sever links to the original source. Mostly by grown men with cool-named blogs rather amusingly. Grow a penis ffs and stop dicking about with peoples content. Facts about myolddear I only came on tumblr for a look and just picked my xbox tag as a blog name. If you haven't heard it before, it's slang for my mother and has nothing to do with subject. I worry about the planet running out of fuel, subsequently I only drive enormous V8 cars to make the most of it while I can and suggest you do also. I never drink alcohol. Never have never will. True. Where I live "Oh arr" means yes and "Dun't bee daaft", no. I love animals, proved by regularly consuming various parts of them with gravy. Smoking is my worst vice. Them bastards just taste so yummy. Don't try them kids. They are for grown ups like me to enjoy and feel guilty and ill from. If I follow you, you should not feel obliged to follow back. I totally understand, crappy rust buckets are not everyone's idea of wanking material. I however love rusted up dumped cars from all over the world and that's why I love my blog. If I don't follow you back, don't take it personally, I generally only follow blogs dedicated to an interest I am interested in. Regular hard porn is an absolute no-no. First and foremost I'm a father who has his kids with him often and I don't want to have to explain what a 3-way is to their innocent eyes thank you very much. Secondly, I really can't be arsed to look at it in my feed.

[alfaromeole]

When condition 1- goes for at least EUR 120 000, this one could be a bargain if the owner decides that the seats are finally worn-out: Mercedes-Benz W 111 Hochkühler Coupé  (1961–1971), heavily patinated as we like it. But actually it’s a shame.

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The prettiest scrapyard, full of big cat tracks.  Near Grand Junction, CO, November 2015.

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The prettiest scrapyard, full of big cat tracks.  Near Grand Junction, CO, November 2015.

[choochland]

Abandoned car and tumbleweeds off Route 66

[byrondchambers]

[alfaromeole]

One of the greatest lemons of the British automotive industry in the 1970′s: Triumph Stag (1970–1977, four-seater convertible coupé with hardtop, here in good stale myolddear-condition) in British parking green. For whatever reason Triumph stuffed a new factory built 3-litre V8 engine into it –  soon known for overheating, ill-fitting poorly sized cylinder head gaskets, rough castings, and in some cases: residual waste in hoses (!) – instead of taking the Rover V8 or other reliable engines they had access to. The best thing you can say about it perhaps is its design by Giovanni Michelotti.

[grelicks]

Abandoned old buses outtakes. I have already shown the “better” photos of these three subjects (you can see them all here), but I post this set on the occasion of / as a tribute to this magnificent text (essay?) / post by my good friend Lambros S. Yes, it’s in Greek - but, still, you can all enjoy the fine selection of photos of old Greek buses illustrating his text. Και οι ελληνόφωνοι… να τσακιστείτε να διαβάσετε και το κείμενο!

Για όποιον ενδιαφέρεται για σχετική βιβλιογραφία, υπάρχει αυτό.

Και για όσους ενδιαφέρονται περισσότερο για τις διαδρομές, παρά για τα ίδια τα σαραβαλάκια, υπάρχει επίσης αυτό το εξαιρετικό Tumblr-blog: thebusflaneur

[grelicks]

1. A fourth and last photo of last year’s (2014) dead Unimog chilling in the fields ;) (according to autowahn). Between Pyrgos and Oreoi, northern Euboea, Greece, 2014.

2. A first photo of this year’s (2015) Unimog - alive and kicking. Agiokambos, northern Euboea, Greece, August 2015.

If anyone wonders why this vehicle is “interesting”, you better check this post by autowahn, where he perfectly sums up the reasons.

Oh… and did I ever mention that this here is NOT an “art” photography blog?

[myolddear]

"Slammed to the Dec" In memory of a young VW enthusiast from a family of restorers who kindly let me photo their parts and project vehicles. Declan Oliver was overcome by carbon monoxide aged just 19 and many of his friends use the # "Slammed to the Dec" on their own classic VW's. Perhaps if you are working on an older VW, grab a permanent marker and write it under the battery or behind a seat (or right down the side!) and take him for a ride.

[pimpseries]

[abbeyroad90]

On my way home from work…

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[biytrg]

Old Jaguar in Vouliagmeni, Greece

[biytrg]

Abandoned Jaguar XJS V12 in Vouliagmeni, Greece

[svartmjoell]

abandoned truck 2015 by svartmjoell

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Lowell is a small town area on the other side of the Lavender Pit Mine in Bisbee, Arizona. A street of empty storefronts and old cars!.

[johnnyjphotography]

A collection of Volvos sits rusted and forgotten in Ohio.

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