"monovich" (monovich)
09/12/2013 at 13:09 • Filed to: None
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"monovich" (monovich)
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Every once in a while my wife drags me out to Goodwill, the Goodwill Outlet more specifically. We've been doing it for years, well before Macklemore blew the lid off of it with his thrift shop bit. The place itself is pretty awful, and I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone. Most of the time I busy myself with saving Legos that are scattered in the bins. It just doesn't seem right to let a Lego go to waste, no matter how small. Other times I dig out wooden train tracks to expand my kid's already massive Brio empire. Sometimes though I find some really interesting stuff mixed into the broken vacuum cleaners, rejected VCRs, and Jazzercise videos. I've found some pretty amazing antiques, cool old magazines, vintage camera equipment, and other fun stuff that makes the dignity I leave at the doors somewhat worth it.
Recently I found a box of old love letters and photos tossed about a bin. I'm fascinated by things like this. I suppose some of it might actually be a voyeuristic streak I have, but I justify that by the fact that someone threw this box away and didn't care if other people saw the memories and personal effects contained within.
Which brings me to this post. Mixed into the letters and photos were a bunch of cars and motoring memorabilia. As soon as I saw them the car guy in me went on full alert. I sifted frantically, not wanting any of motor head bits to slip through my fingers and get tossed in the trash. My wife saw what I was doing and asked why.
"Look at all this cool car stuff!" I said. She stared disapprovingly but also with the look that said she knew I was a lost cause.
In the mix of what I sifted through were IDs, letters, photos, and discount cards in the name of Mr. William C. Hunnicutt and Bill (William) Guyot. Who were these guys? Were they the same guy? The photos show what look like dirt track car races involving a very cool mix of old American steel. Just looking at photos of those old cars being raced when they must have been close to new drew me in and fired up my imagination. What would have it been like to be racing or even just hanging outside the fence and looking in? Were these shots taken by young kids who were car spotting? Maybe they were doing something "cool" like skipping school. I'll never know, but occasionally I take the box of photos out and sift through it, letting my mind run with questions as I do.
Jagvar
> monovich
09/12/2013 at 13:19 |
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I love finds like these. I collect old ocean liner post cards, and it's so interesting to actually read the scribbled notes and wonder about the people who wrote them. One such card from 1909 was written by a young lady returning to the U.S. from a trip to London, where she had the thrilling opportunity to drive an automobile!
Party-vi
> monovich
09/12/2013 at 13:19 |
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This is probably the coolest thing I've seen on Oppo all day - thanks for sharing!
lonestranger
> Party-vi
09/12/2013 at 13:52 |
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This is probably the neatest thing I've seen on Oppo all month .
Frank Grimes
> monovich
09/12/2013 at 15:27 |
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Love these especially the cars at the drag strip. I figure this is true because one of the vettes has slicks on the back. I love the striped corvette I wonder if it was a race car because the stripes look familiar and are similar to this corvette raced at sebring in 57 which the corvette in the photo appears to be. Or it could be the guy copied the sebring vette and had the stripes painted on. You should post these to http://www.rikhovingkustoms.com/RHK1/Custom_Ca… he has a massive archive of old custom cars.
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monovich
> Frank Grimes
09/12/2013 at 15:33 |
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Thanks for the tip. I may just do that. I need to properly scan them instead of just snapping poorly lit pics. I wanted to do that here but it would take me another month to find the time to do that so quick pics won the day.
The stripe on the Vette is very similar to the pic you posted. Such gorgeous cars.
CalzoneGolem
> monovich
09/13/2013 at 11:50 |
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Walmarts usually have scanning capabilities and can burn you a cd of them a couple bucks.