Friday, 11 May 2007
Sunday, 6 May 2007
Austin Healy 3000
When my Mom worked in a hotel on Jersey in the late 50s the local lads would take her and her mates out for high speed drives in their Austin Healys around the Islands derestricted roads.
It's a miracle I'm here!
Little Bromley
If these were real we'd be talkin' £3m at least.
Ahh the joys of minature motor racing!
Rust In Peace
A scrapyard somewhere in South Staffs 05 05 07
An entropic reminder of the transitory nature of youth.
Vauxhall Viva - Ford Cortina 1600E - Triumph 2000 TC.
Friday, 4 May 2007
Thursday, 3 May 2007
PDH 94 R
Opel Kadett City 1.2 owned by my Mom, then sold to a colleague of my Dads who got a skinfull and parked it half way up a lampost causing severe back injuries. A copper by the way!
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
My continuing obsession.
Trucks are made fer haulin'.
Need to pick me up some balin' wair and some kerosene.
Anybody seen mah Pappy?
Need to pick me up some balin' wair and some kerosene.
Anybody seen mah Pappy?
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Bad Machine (components)
Some of the car related detritus I have collected over the years (there's a whole stack of printed material also, manufacturers brochures etc) I've been waiting for the right moment to use all this stuff.
Sunday, 22 April 2007
I've got a Silver Machine.
(well me dad had one back in the early 70s)
1. 1/100 scale diecast model Ford Capri MkI photographed/manipulated and drawn over in fotoshoppe/printed onto a4 sheets cut and sellotaped together and affixed to board (primed with white acrylic) formerly used as base for model scrapyard.
2. Same process but smaller print taped to small box canvas
3. Silver Capri 2.0 S for sale in Kingstanding (not far away from where my MkII Ford Escort seized up one morning on the way to work!)
1. 1/100 scale diecast model Ford Capri MkI photographed/manipulated and drawn over in fotoshoppe/printed onto a4 sheets cut and sellotaped together and affixed to board (primed with white acrylic) formerly used as base for model scrapyard.
2. Same process but smaller print taped to small box canvas
3. Silver Capri 2.0 S for sale in Kingstanding (not far away from where my MkII Ford Escort seized up one morning on the way to work!)
Sunday, 15 April 2007
Friday, 13 April 2007
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Pick Up Culture
Fuzztone with Chevy C-10 Lichfield 2005
I love these utilitarian vehicles.
An American Icon exemplifying an honest work ethic and the image of good ol'boys partying on the weekend with an endless supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Metallica cranked up high on the stereo.
An America of the imagination I suppose. Influenced by movies and dreams of escape. Endless blacktop stretching to the horizon, Motels, Diners & Truckstops. Strange when I consider that most of the film influences that spring to mind come from work that edges towards darkness: Blue Velvet, Duel, Vanishing Point etc.
Phot Credit Eve Arnold The Misfits. Marilyn Monroe on the set of "The Misfits" Colour photograph1960
So a workhorse vehicle, faithful loadlugger, criss crossing the prairies and rolling into town. Also a symbol of freedom perhaps, taking the place of the horse as the farm hands mount of choice.
tbc
Opel Fruitless
During the 1970s and 80s my dad had mostly Opels as company cars. This has inspired an enduring and nostalgic love of the marque and I have owned several Opels myself.
Arrival
Here you can see the board that I found in the street which I subsequently used as a base for my 1;43 scale junkyard diorama. The Caravan came from The Acme Toy Company in sunny Erdopolis and is home to my alter-ego Duwayne Almann Kellog.
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