The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
More Scenes From The Open Road~The Saga Continues | Future Art Reference25 of 36 |  |  |
gearpunk loves this.
Hems303 loves this.
inky loves this.
ho2cultcha loves this.
blunderbuss2 loves this.
mikielikesigns2 loves this.
electobacco loves this.
Hedgewalker loves this.
walksoftly loves this.
Manikin loves this.
Trey loves this.
trunkman loves this.
miKKoChristmas11 loves this.
kerry10456 loves this.
AmberRose loves this.
BELLIN68 loves this.Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate
Posted 11 months ago
packrat-pl…
(236 items)
I could not resist posting these vehicles I found in a junk yard in Nevada. They are self descriptive, obviously somebody has way too much time on their hands! I wonder how many hours are involved in (customizing) these?
enjoy
Create an account or login in order to post a comment.
wow , very cool and very fun:) love this:)
Thank you very much for the kind words BELLIN68.
anytime buddy:)
Thank you very much AmberRose & kerry10456
I see these once in a while, never this extreme though.
Ya gotta love seeing stuff like this when your on the road, makes ya smile.
looks like somethnig left over from th Burningman Festival. Got to love the mindset.
Another amazing photo packrat ! I am in love with all your photo's . Keep them coming :-) I think that was a car I once drove LOL
Thank you very much for the kind words Manikin. Can you imagine showing up at an estate sale in one of these!
Thank you rocker-sd, EJW-54, miKKoChristmas11, trunkman, Trey, walksoftly & Hedgewalker.
You nailed it, that would be more like it!
Dude. Packrat. This series is very creative and totally awesome! Now the next step is for you to start a TV series with it.... : )
electobacco,
Thank you very much for the kind words. You have a great idea, however, that sounds a lot like a job to me, and I don't think I want another one of those at this time.
incredible! auto art.
Thank you very much mikielikesigns2
Thank you very much blunderbuss2 & ho2cultcha
Someone has had a lot of fun...reminds of something from 'Mad Max' especially that last photo!....:-)
Thank you very much inky, I know, but it looks like too much work, good imagination, though.
Road Warrior!
Thank you very much Hems303.
Great analogy, I hadn't thought of that!