Rotten and forgotten - european cars and places

grobmotorix · February 11, 2011, 03:21:37 PM

I´ve searched through the tons of my photos and tried to show a pictorial anthology of lost places and rotten and forgotten technology in the area I´m living.

Hope you´ll like it.

grobmotorix · February 11, 2011, 03:29:08 PM

Part II:

grobmotorix · February 11, 2011, 03:31:41 PM

Part III:

Otto Puzzell · February 12, 2011, 04:22:54 AM

You are a fabulous photographer. These images are haunting.

Ultra · February 12, 2011, 04:32:19 AM

Otto is right. First class work. The spookiness is palpable.

woodinsight · February 12, 2011, 04:50:07 AM

Surreal and artistically captured - excellent images Grob

Allemano · February 12, 2011, 05:06:07 AM

Grob: these pictures are far beyond anything I've seen here!
Such a great quality!

I would hang up the image of the Zagato Lancia as a poster in my room!

grobmotorix · February 12, 2011, 06:22:49 AM

Thank you all!

@Allemano:
The "Zagato Lancia" is a first series Alpine A210.

I´ve found this one inside the never finished huge Nazi "Collosseum" at the former "Reichsparteitaggelände" in Nuremberg.
It was meant to be a huge Congress Hall (Kongresshalle).
The photo with the Alpine shows where the various spectator levels were planned...

A spooky place even today:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_party_rally_grounds

Allemano · February 12, 2011, 06:56:17 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on February 12, 2011, 06:22:49 AM
Thank you all!

@Allemano:
The "Zagato Lancia" is a first series Alpine A210.

No, actually from the 310 series! :D

However I had this in mind:

grobmotorix · February 12, 2011, 07:04:23 AM

Ahem, that´s 1:1, I guess.. :D

Sure it looks much like the Lancia.

Wonder if it might be there, still?

There has been a bunch of rotten NSU Ro80, too, some years ago
They were crammed into one little black cave in the Collosseum´s infield...

Wendax · February 12, 2011, 03:52:43 PM

Being a fan of 1920s Bauhaus architecture, I am interested to know where the derelict building on the pictures #8 and #20 might be..

BTW, great pictures!

grobmotorix · February 12, 2011, 04:00:25 PM

Preventorium Dolhain-Limbourg

barrett · February 13, 2011, 03:43:42 AM

Really incredible stuff Grob, thank you for sharing!

Otto Puzzell · February 14, 2011, 05:14:41 AM

Front Page Featured :)

http://www.autopuzzles.com

DeAutogids · February 14, 2011, 08:33:45 AM

I once was at a fair in Nuremburg. (Why not call it "Just a mountain"...). Certain parts of the fair, where for example the Noris ring races are held as well, are spooky. And then to think that people go up there to take pictures...

Vincent Vell Vet · February 16, 2011, 06:02:57 PM

Grob, as a recent member of Auto Puzzles, as you know I am a big fan of your work and hugely impressed.
These recent shots are of a different style/subject matter (sort of) and just as beautifull as any of your other work.
I just love them!!!

Now please tell me, which one is the Lancia Zagato?
I'm somewhat embarassed that I can't identify it.

Dave/VVV

grobmotorix · February 17, 2011, 01:00:24 AM

Thank you Vincent.

Well, Allemano thought, that the car in the second picture was the Lancia Zagato. In fact it is an early (Renault) Alpine A 310.

Vincent Vell Vet · February 17, 2011, 07:32:17 PM

Ok, thanks. I can see that it's an Alpine now that you mention it.

And also, could you or someone identify the woody wagon for me?
Why does the wood go vertically, is that someones attempt at customizing perhalps? ? ? WeIrDnEsS!i!i!i!

I just love re-viewing this thread each time I log onto Puzzland!!! :)
Such beauty!

grobmotorix · February 18, 2011, 01:00:44 AM

If I remember it correctly, the Woodie was an IFA F8, built in the former GDR, based upon pre-war DKW technology.

Every wooden shed or garage door with a wooden surface has vertically oriented boards simply due to gravity.
The water and rain can run down directly and does not get into the inside of the construction to make it rot away.

Then the car looks like a rolling shed, of course :D

DeAutogids · February 18, 2011, 04:50:46 AM

It does not fit the bill entirely, as these are probably not forgotten.

grobmotorix · February 18, 2011, 06:38:09 AM

Whohooo. A nice place indeed!

Thank you for sharing.

DeAutogids · February 18, 2011, 07:06:54 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on February 18, 2011, 06:38:09 AM
Whohooo. A nice place indeed!

Thank you for sharing.

Added some pictures of the same place but then years before I took the other pictures. As you might be able to see, the cars on the left side have changed.

Vincent Vell Vet · February 19, 2011, 02:51:50 PM

Nice ones!!!
What's that big thirties car in the third pic? She's a beaut!
Did you happen to peek under the cover of that huge car in the 5th pic?
Love that big MG sedan. Magnette isn't it?

DeAutogids · February 19, 2011, 03:39:31 PM

A, that thirties cars isn't one. It's a Triumph though.

As this was a private house, with a big fence around it and warning signsI was being filmed, I thought it prudent not to go in and take a peek.

I believe you are right with the MG.

knightfan26917 · February 23, 2011, 01:05:51 AM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on February 12, 2011, 04:22:54 AM
These images are haunting.

AMEN ... 100% agreed ... and then some.

Those photos are simply stunning ... excellent work! Have any more???

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