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Car on the Wall

Posted by
Elaine Hancock (Olney, United States) on 15 January 2019 in Art & Design.

When my older son was a teenager, he saved his money to buy a car and the first car he bought was a 1964 Ford Galaxie. It was in pretty bad condition and he worked on it for hours to try and fix it up. It eventually totally broke down and he got rid of it. He always talks about his first car. My younger son found this front piece of a 1964 Ford Galaxie. He shined it up and mounted it on a piece of wood that he cut and polished. He gave it to his brother for Christmas. His brother lives in Miami and it was impossible for him to take it back there so guess where it got hung....my house! (In the basement) Happy Silly Tuesday!

"There are moments when time stands still. You hope it will wait for you."
Dorothea Lange

© Copyright 2023 Elaine Hancock, All Rights Reserved

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quelle décoration et effet cette calandre de voiture avec ces deux ronds génail
Belle journée
Nicou

15 Jan 2019 5:36am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

Oh, what a fine story this makes . . and the grille lochs good !

15 Jan 2019 7:15am

Ralf Kesper from Fröndenberg, Germany

Good idea!

15 Jan 2019 7:27am

Marcel P. from Wallonie picarde, Belgium

une façon de rester fidèle à son premier choix...

15 Jan 2019 8:12am

Pascale MD from Occitanie, France

Une déco très originale, mise en valeur sur le bois.
Bonne journée Elaine.

15 Jan 2019 8:19am

jpla from St Barthélémy, France

ça ne me rajeunit pas
JP

15 Jan 2019 8:24am

Captain Guildive Ajoupa from Saint Nazaire.Pays de la Loire., France

Très belle attention, dommage que ce cadeau soit dorénavant à la cave.

15 Jan 2019 8:54am

Willem from Noord-Scharwoude, Netherlands

Cool idea, cool photo.

15 Jan 2019 9:32am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Your sons are great ! This ornament is amazing, I envy you !!

15 Jan 2019 9:36am

Shaun from Massachusetts, United States

This would look great on any wall. Very well made by your son. I wonder if you ever thought of putting lights in this? 5*

15 Jan 2019 9:50am

@Shaun: He wanted to add lights but ran out of time. It is a future project. He said he would like to somehow find original lights but I have a feeling that they might be very hard to find.

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Superb framing... I had guessed it was at your house ... !!

15 Jan 2019 10:32am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Lovely back story and what a thoughtful present apart from the tranSporTation element :)

15 Jan 2019 10:50am

existence artistique from Angers, France

Génial

15 Jan 2019 11:51am

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

He did a fabulous job! I have seen car parts used to make all sorts of things. We stayed at and Air B&B where they had a bench made fro parts of a Ford. Happy ST.

15 Jan 2019 2:52pm

Devi from Chennai, India

what a piece of memory..how touching ! I think he should have taken it with him !!Packed it well and sent it by a truck or something !! A symbol of love !

15 Jan 2019 3:28pm

@Devi: He lives in a small condo in Florida and has no place to put it. He loved it though and hopefully one day when they get a bigger house he can hang it up somewhere.

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Well, it was a really good idea. Your son did a great job putting this together.

15 Jan 2019 4:39pm

Adela Fonts from Bar Grcelona, Spain

The car built into the wall!

15 Jan 2019 5:06pm

Libouton Martine from Bousval, Belgium

Haaa oui !!! Une très belle idée de ton fils !

15 Jan 2019 5:12pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

How fortunate that you were stuck with the gift!! Happy Silly Tuesday! It was a good idea.

15 Jan 2019 5:17pm

tataray from Charentes-Poitou, France

Magnifique effet.

15 Jan 2019 8:39pm

Le Krop from Charenton-le-Pont, France

ça, un sous-sol ? impossible ! bien trop propre et rangé !

15 Jan 2019 10:39pm

Darkelf Photography from Perth, Australia

That is a cool piece of home decoration!

16 Jan 2019 2:20am

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

Of course you got it. Happy Silly Tuesday !

16 Jan 2019 2:31am

Denny Jump from Bellevue, WA, United States

This is so cool ;-) The lights aren't even too bright ;-)

16 Jan 2019 4:17am

Lewis from Harns, Netherlands

What a sweet present )

21 Jan 2019 1:32pm