Corner Station

Corner Station, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

A 1950-ish hot rod Chevrolet pickup truck. It's signwritten for a fake garage (note the "KL5" phone number: it translates to "555"). It's parked in front of an old filling station that now sells vintage gas pumps and other petroliana. The owner parks it out front to draw attention to his business-and it works pretty well.

Out to Pasture

Out to Pasture, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

I've show you this truck before but I keep returning to it. As it sits it's just a fantastic sculpture.

Viking

Chevrolet, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

A vintage Chevrolet Viking truck. Like most everything in this yard, parked for unknown reasons and left to go to ground.

SHerwood 2-2296

SHerwood 2-2296, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

I love finding alphanumeric phone numbers still in situ. They turn up all over the place sometimes-old business cards or matchbooks, old ashtrays, old signs, old boxes and sometimes, old trucks.

Pleasantly, this truck hasn't strayed too far from it's home in Elgin, either.

Chevrolet

Chevrolet, originally uploaded by William 74.

There is something a little sad about an abandoned car or truck, particularly one that's still in someone's yard. I can't help but wonder why they're in the state they're in. Did it simply wear out? Some sort of catastrophic mechanical problem? And why are they still sitting there-was there a never-realized plan to fix it?

This is an old Chevrolet truck, and I found it on a farm surrounded by a couple of others of similar vintage. All long disused, all rusty, all sinking into the ground.