Whether it’s a “populated center” or a kitschy vintage-vehicle sales strip, Lowell offers a target-rich opportunity to photograph old cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
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Tom Watson
Ah, the Edsel. Now there was a “car.”
Tom
Jim Taylor
The Edsel wasn’t a car, Tom. It was the Titanic on tires — so heavy, so unwieldy, that it got lower (to the ground, not in the water) every year as its springs sagged.
Jim T
Isabel Gibson
Jim – Sounds like hard experience to me . . .
Isabel Gibson
Tom – I’ll let Jim’s response (which sounds like the voice of bitter experience) speak to this.
Great photos, Isabel. Love those old, heavy, hefty vehicles.
I had an Italian-made car (bought in winter while it was under 8″ of snow — never test drove it!). It was a tank to drive. It pulled so hard to the left, the passenger had to help me keep it going straight. I managed to trade it in for my first brand new car — a Ford Tempo — which (when it finally died) I just walked away from; its hood rusted shut. I left it in a large parking lot on St. Laurent Blvd.
I was so young and foolish.
Isabel Gibson
Barbara – I can just see you and your passenger leaning right, putting your backs into it to keep it going straight. Crazy!
Tom Watson
I agree with Jim Taylor. I had my tongue a long way in my cheek when I made my comment. I love the “Titanic on wheels” description.
Tom
Isabel Gibson
Tom – They’re all just cars to me . . . I’m interested only insofar as they look photogenic. Even for that I had to get in pretty close – its overall shape was not lovely.
Corrine Summers
Loved the VW. My 1st new car in 1957. Deluxe model/leather seats – $1865.00!!!
Isabel Gibson
Corrine – If that was a VW Beetle, here are images. I mean, of course there would be images of the 1957 VW . . .
Ah, the Edsel. Now there was a “car.”
Tom
The Edsel wasn’t a car, Tom. It was the Titanic on tires — so heavy, so unwieldy, that it got lower (to the ground, not in the water) every year as its springs sagged.
Jim T
Jim – Sounds like hard experience to me . . .
Tom – I’ll let Jim’s response (which sounds like the voice of bitter experience) speak to this.
Great photos, Isabel. Love those old, heavy, hefty vehicles.
I had an Italian-made car (bought in winter while it was under 8″ of snow — never test drove it!). It was a tank to drive. It pulled so hard to the left, the passenger had to help me keep it going straight. I managed to trade it in for my first brand new car — a Ford Tempo — which (when it finally died) I just walked away from; its hood rusted shut. I left it in a large parking lot on St. Laurent Blvd.
I was so young and foolish.
Barbara – I can just see you and your passenger leaning right, putting your backs into it to keep it going straight. Crazy!
I agree with Jim Taylor. I had my tongue a long way in my cheek when I made my comment. I love the “Titanic on wheels” description.
Tom
Tom – They’re all just cars to me . . . I’m interested only insofar as they look photogenic. Even for that I had to get in pretty close – its overall shape was not lovely.
Loved the VW. My 1st new car in 1957. Deluxe model/leather seats – $1865.00!!!
Corrine – If that was a VW Beetle, here are images. I mean, of course there would be images of the 1957 VW . . .