City dwellers are well aware of what happens to old cars that have reached the end of their service life. They are often in the courtyards of residential buildings, on the roads, for centuries, they are dismantled for parts. German photographer Dieter Klein travels around the world in search of vintage cars lost in deep forests. Here you can find rare cars that, if restored, would cost more than $ 100,000, or vehicles used by the Allies during World War II. Left alone with nature, four-wheeled friends of man grow over the years with mosses, trees sprout through them, flowers bloom on their bodies. A mystical sight.
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Saturday, July 17, 2021
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Volkswagen Beetle Fender Redesigned Into Retro Style Kart
Those who are looking for an alternative to cars and a respite from public transport can thank Aldekas Studio for a new vehicle that is both stylish and sustainable. The Mexican designer remade the fenders and headlights from the Volkswagen Beetle, which is officially a Type 1 model originally released in the 1930s, into a miniature kart called the Bugkart Wasowski.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Shaniko Ghost Town Filled With Classic Cars
If you like the atmosphere of abandoned cities and retro cars, then the town of Shaniko, located in the United States of America, can delight you with its views. However, Shaniko is different from his own kind - he has owners. But the abandoned town, filled with classic and rare cars, looks very original.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
The World’s First Flying Car | PAL-V
That's it - the Dutch company PAL-V announced the acceptance of pre-orders for its "world's first certified serial flying car", which was licensed according to the standards of automotive and aviation security of the United States and Europe.
Monday, July 20, 2020
Trees Growing in Cars
The site Vintage.es has published pictures of old cars, the special thing in these photos is that trees have grown in these old cars. Significantly, the car looks like a tree guard, and it seems that all are scripted but not true, the trees have found an ideal location and a strong protection.
The most interesting thing is that more than 4,000 old cars are scattered over 32 acres in the forest of northern Georgia, which appears to be a junk condensate. But mother-nature does leave its mark.
The most interesting thing is that more than 4,000 old cars are scattered over 32 acres in the forest of northern Georgia, which appears to be a junk condensate. But mother-nature does leave its mark.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
The Retro Bus Ikarus 55
In 1952 – 1973 Ikarus 55 is a high-floor coach and the first rear-engine Ikarus bus by Hungarian bus maker Ikarus. Infinite human imagination has given it a variety of nicknames, honoring the bus with "Sputnik", "Cigar", "Rocket" and even "Vacuum Cleaner". While the bus was shown at international shows and even received awards at car dealerships in Geneva and Paris.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
1934 Henderson Streamline
In the 30s, when the aviation industry progressively developed, many engineers, designers of cars and motorcycles began to clearly understand the importance of aerodynamics. One of these designers who realized that streamlining affects speed was Orly Courtney. So in 1934, Courtney introduced the concept of a motorcycle built on the basis of the 1930 Henderson Streamline.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Subaru 360 | The Cutest Cop Car
Subaru 360 With only 25 horsepower and less than 500 KG, The world's smallest police car goes to auction. The Subaru 360 model has a body painted in black and white in addition to including traditional elements of the patrols such as lights and police sirens. In 1958 Subaru launched one of its most striking models on the market with memory. Dubbed 360, it is a small vehicle that weighed less than 500 kilos and was only in production until 1971. While many nut fans do not remember or know this car, the truth is that during its short life cycle it even caught the eye of the New Zealand Ministry of Transport, which acquired a unit to make it a police car. Subaru 360 | The Cutest Cop Car →
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Forests Take Over These Abandoned Cars In Hawaii
Abandoned vehicles are engulfed in the surrounding forest in " Nature Takes Over, " a series of photos by Thomas Strogalski . It turned out that the German photographer, usually based in Düsseldorf, spent five weeks in Maui, Hawaii, serving a client, and during his stay discovered remarkable irregularities surrounded by the lush and fascinating local nature. Thomas could not resist and found some free time to carry out this personal project.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
17 examples of bus ads that turn public transport into cool wheels
What do advertisements and buses have in common?
The advertisement is engine of the trade. Buses have an engine. Everything is very simple!
Throughout the world, according to a long tradition, any type of public transport is comprehensively pasted with advertising images and slogans. However, it is one thing to simply push goods into people's heads, another to do it with a twist.
We will show you photographs of how marketers from different countries originally beat the surface of buses by placing bright messages on them. Here are collected as examples of advertising certain brands, and social advertising. And yes, there’s one trolley in the selection.
17 examples of bus ads that turn public transport into cool wheels →
1. Part of a zoo advertising company in Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday, February 1, 2019
1937 French Military Tracked Motorcycle Mercier
The tracked motorcycle Mercier (Moto Chenille - in French) was developed by the Swiss inventor Adrien Mercier, who worked in Bois-Colombe, France.
In 1936, the French military conducted the first tests on hilly terrain, finding the development quite interesting and useful. However, production volumes hardly reached the expected figures. So, a small batch of tracked motorcycles was released in several variations. They were completed with a 350-cc engine Jap OHV, which were highly technological for its time.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
American found rare cars in the garage, Whose gates have not opened from last 30 years
Mr. Tom Cotter ( Youtube channel here ) introduces Ferrari which is also unusual to restore cars that were sleeping in the barn and rare cars left abandoned to the world .
He seems to find that people who find "such a car" contact him because he is famous as "restore contractor" rather than looking for such a car on his own.
From time to time on the Internet come across news about the discovery of so-called "time capsules" - cars with low mileage, which for decades have stood in the garage. It is not always this rarities, on the contrary. But from time to time there are truly unique finds. Just recently, luck smiled American Tom Cotter.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
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