Classic Truck
Here is my latest contribution to the PhotoHunt meme. This picture was taken a little over a year ago during one of my “photo safaris” that took me into southern Virginia. I love looking for abandoned vehicles, buildings, old farm equipment and such to photograph. For me, there is something compelling about these subjects that just begs to be captured in the camera lens. Another version of this shot also appears in the rotating header images of this blog.
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Ah yes…the metal junk around us. Nice shot and nice choice…
Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you enjoyed your visit to Tarheel Ramblings, and I hope you'll come back often.
There is a lot of "metal junk" out in the countryside, and I enjoy discovering the artistic merits through my camera.
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This is a great picture! I felt like I was transported back in time. And I can feel the scorching heat.
Your car is a lot more rusty than the one I posted. Thanks for the comment on my blog!
You're right about there being something compelling about subjects like this. Really gets the imagination going about where it might have been and the people who might have owned it… could be mundane, but where's the fun in that? Nice shot!
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I'm sure this was once a beautiful truck
That's a great shot. Perfect for the theme.
Thanks, Lynn. Actually, the day I took this photograph it wasn't all that hot. It was a beautiful November day.
Jeanette, it was pretty rusty. :0) And I'm sure it's functional days were long past.
I can almost imagine a short story to go along with the picture. Funny, but the story I have in mind would be more at home with a dessert setting than Virginia. Thanks for stopping by and visiting, RJ Flamingo. Please visit again.
Napaboaniya, thanks for visiting. The first job I had was working on a farm and the truck we used was very similar to this one. Brings back a lot of memories.
Thank you, Carver. I'm glad you were able to visit.
Wow – I love this photo. There really is something compelling about it. I feel like there's an amazing story behind this truck, how it ended up there … the lives that touched it. Very cool.
A perfect photo for the theme today! I like it.
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Wow! That's perfectly captured…your subject is old yet there's something oddly refreshing with this photo. Love the details. Well done! Have a lovely weekend.
now that is an old beauty and there is many a stroy that goes with it I bet..:)
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It is an old beauty. I wish I had the means and the know-how to get an old truck like this to restore. Oh well, maybe in another life. :0)
Oh I love the old autos and equipment also. This was a great find. I went out and took a lot of pictures of old oil field equipment and rigs but changed my mind at the last minute and got silly. So you might not want to visit mine.
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But if you do bring your sense of humor!!
Happy weekend!!:-)
Hi, Shinade…I stopped by your blog, but my comment got eaten. Not sure why. Anyway, I loved your photo of Harriet. She has a lot of personality. It was a creative interpretation of the theme and put a smile on my face.
Fascinating! A great work of outdoor art with a little help from Nature! Love this shot!
WOW! I'm glad you stopped by at my site! Love that photo and amazing photography!~
Thanks, Drowsey, and I agree with you. I think I like taking pictures of old vehicles and buildings because I know there's a story there somewhere. I try to create a sense of wanting to know what that story is.
Thanks, Gemma. I guess I'm pretty much an outdoor photographer. About 95% of my photographs have been taken outside.
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Hi, Yen…I'm glad I stopped by your blog too! :0) And thanks for your kind comment. I hope you'll come back often to visit.
An evocative picture and a good one.
Hong Kong would be a great place for a photo safari! I would love to visit there some day. I would imagine it's a great place for street photography with lots of options for human subjects.
Welcome back, Dawn. I'm sure there are still some of these old trucks still in use even though it's been quite a few years since IH trucks were manufactured. It was fun finding this one out in the middle of nowhere.
I had a very quiet, pleasant Thanksgiving. The perfect day.
Love the thought that you do photo safaris as I like to do the same — only I tend to focus on buildings as my photo safaris tend to be within the urban parts of Hong Kong.
Looks like my neighbor's truck
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What a shame. It would take more money and work to put that guy back in the shape he deserves than you could ever get out of it. But I wouldn't mind trying.
We had similar ideas for this theme, I just went with a little bit larger scale.
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It would take a lot of time and money to put that truck back on the road. The other thing is that IH trucks have been out of production so long you would have to be very luck and do a lot of looking to find the parts you need to make repairs.
You might be able to scratch up the parts in the aftermarket, but they'd be pricey. There's actually an IH dealer in town (Cardinal International) but they deal in BIG trucks. Still, if this guy could stand up to a 392 gas engine, you could probably get one. They use those in the small single axle tractors sometimes. A lifetime ago, I worked for Raleigh Truck Leasing which was owned by Cardinal, and I busted more than a few knuckles on the small tractors we leased to Harris Wholesale. The only big problem the 392's had was they seemed to have a nasty habit of cracking exhaust manifolds. But a set of stainless steel headers will solve that problem. Other than that, I don't really remember any chronic oddities about them.
Now the REST of the drivetrain… yeah, that could be a challenge. And we haven't even gotten into frame and body work. Not likely that you'll find fenders or a bed for that model, so you're talking about custom fabrication if the rust is as bad as it looks like it is.
Yeah, I think this guy's done. A shame that.
I agree completely. To be honest, I had kind of forgotten that IH built pickups until I spotted this one. Back in high school, my best friend's father had an old IH Scout that he let me drive quite a bit (my best friend didn't have a license yet) until the night the breaks went out and I drove it through the picture window of a truck stop. I hadn't been doing anything wrong and there were several witnesses who confirmed that I was not speeding or acting stupid, or it could have gone badly. Luckily, no one was hurt. A female classmate was walking in the door next to the window when she heard me yelling and stopped. My girly scream probably saved her from being badly hurt. :0)