In a recent visit to Colonia, there were several old cars parked in the historic district of Colonia del Sacramento. Sometimes these oldies are more or less restored. This old Ford was painted pink; it is more charitable to render it in black and white.
Sometimes the dear old cars are just left to decay in a friendly old cobbled street, windshield covered by stickers. This Citroen has been in this same place for at least 20 years. Those reeds grow from inside the car, through what used to be a removable roof. Nature takes back its own.
This Vauxhall is used as a prop for the menu board of a popular restaurant. The front still looks proudly toward the customers.
Sometimes the classics are just used by their owners, while waiting for their turn to become an urban ornament.
Taken with a Minolta Autocord TLR. Film was Tri-X developed in D-76 1:1.
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Would not have guessed that first shot was a Ford. An image search revealed it to be a Ford Anglia. Interesting that the pre-war styling lasted into the 1950s. Seems to have had good gas economy rivaling the VW.
ReplyDeleteLots of old British cars here, because of trade restrictions at that time. We sold meat to the UK and had to buy something from them. British Fords, Austin and Morris were very common until the mid 1960s. This Anglia was a nice little economy car. This one, they painted pink to honor the similar-looking Pink Panther. Weird.
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