Terminus: Zombie Car and curious doorways

[jack_babalon]

While out hunting flowers, I came across a few other sights in the neighborhood that caught the eye. My favorite being what I have dubbed the 'Zombie Car', located in a friends backyard (who I inadverently woke up to gain access too... sorry once again, man). I have no idea what year or model it is (and would be much obliged to anyone who might be able to identify it), but I really dig how the front grill and headlights resemble a sort of fish face - conjuring images of a behemoth steel pirhana that has been beached in the brambles of a abandoned yard. If I had the time, talent and the models to do so with I would love to do some kind of shoot inside or on it.

Comments

[entropic-om.livejournal.com]

That rusted/vined over door is incredibly evocative.
The plot bunnies LOVE it. Heh.

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Muffled sobbing and the sound of chipped nails scrapping against rust can be heard coming from behind the door... some say it is the sound of a mother's ghost grieving for a child she was separated from too soon. I for one, however, blame the economy instead.

[catwalk.livejournal.com]

that car does look like you shouldn't stand too close
or it might bite. :-)

also, very pretty silhouette dancer on the door.

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Which makes me curious... if zombies want 'brains' what would a zombie car want? Engines? Wheels? Passengers? Mmmmm passengers...

The dancer is on the doorway to a little belly dancing studio down the block from Little 5. I've been meaning to get a picture of it for awhile now.

[weishaupt.livejournal.com]

I would love to see that car is some kind of zombie remake of 'Christine'.

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

I guess since it's a zombie car, maybe every other car it dents in turn becomes another zombie car... then we move from 'Christine' to 'Maximum Overdrive'.

[vomikronnoxis.livejournal.com]

The 1/2 Way shoes complex is bizarre -- filled with junk, complete with what I took for creepy mannequins in the shadows...

~rl

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that place was even open when I went by. It looked gutted out from what I could see of the inside (through a hole in the side where an AC used to be). For some reason I was captivated by the candle on its sign reminding me of that old nursery rhyme - "here comes a candle to light you to bed/ here comes a chopper to chop off your head".

[clevortrevor]

zombie car made my day.

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Zombie Car is glad you think so and promises you and Mr. _9 will be the last to be eaten when the Zombie Car Apocalypse occurs!

[clevortrevor]

wait... does zombie car eat braaaains or engiiiines?

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

"Passsssengers"

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Zombie car is a Chevy Bel Air, something between a '52 and a '54. Before '52, they didn't have as many "teeth" in the grille, and in '55, they swapped out the toothy look for a grille with finer lines. This is what he would have looked like back in the day:
Sexy, in either condition.

Ding-ding-ding... we have a winner!!!

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

There is apparently no end to your sheer 'ass-kickery':)

How'd you track it down, if you don't mind me asking?

Re: Ding-ding-ding... we have a winner!!!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Apparently I made a deal with the mechanical gods in which I gave up the ability to recognize people's faces, and gained the ability to recognize cars and planes. Which is to say that I knew make, model, and approximate year from looking at the headlight configuration and the curve of the hood, and then I pulled up shots of Bel Airs from 51 to 58 to confirm the match. I'm good with metal things.

[daucus-carota.livejournal.com]

godalmighty... you see things!
xxx

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Well, thankfully Science may be able to provide an answer for that one... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7827761.stm

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

That explains a lot, actually.

[lydia-knew.livejournal.com]

Wow, looks like 40's to me...and what a face! Thanks for these and your "bloomy" pics. They made me feel all spring-y.

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Your welcome. It just doesn't feel like Spring until the first dogwood blooms and the zombie cars growl.