The focus is a bit soft, as I only slowed down to shoot this ’49 Ford front clip lawn decoration. The flags were commemorating something to do with the “419” number on the Ford; I want to say some Navy ship. Could it be to do with the USS Wainwright (DD419)? I only got a momentary glance at it. And the yellow flag? Someone will know.
Obviously, it was the Ford front end that caught my attention. It does make a rather nice garden ornament; always liked that front end, the best part of the car. So what front clip would you have as a lawn ornament?
1950 Buick.
+1
But, I live in a condo and the board (plus all 149 of my townhouse neighbors) would probably have an issue with a 1950 Buick front clip on our overly manicured property.
’59 Buick or ’61 Plymouth.
Evidently I want to scare neighborhood children? They’re both just very fascinating, visually interesting “faces”.
I know a fellow who has a Ford 2N tractor on his front lawn (on steel wheels). It had burned up in a fire before he bought it, and he left it “as-is.” It’s got a very nice rusty (rustic!) patina now. Looks sharp.
My son has an old horse-drawn plough on his front lawn. It was there when he bought the house, but he stripped, de-rusted and painted it to look new.
The yellow flag looks like a version of the Gasden flag, better known as the” don’t tread on me” flag. It was used by the Marines back in early times so I would guess that the 419 is a Marine reference?
There is only one appropriate answer to this question.
Dang it, JPC beat me. I saw the headline and said: “Bullet Nose ‘Baker!”
+1. This popped right into my mind, but then I thought: Bugeye! On second thought though, I’d have to have the whole car in the case of the Healey, so the Studebaker wins.
One more for the Bugeye —
or, as they’d say across the pond in its land of origin, a Frogeye
Or…
Moving a bit upmarket, are we?
1958 Plymouth. Good luck finding one though…
Yes, thank you Hollywood, destroyed 16 of the 28 belvediers/furys used in the making of Christine.
That’s nothing compared to the 200+ Dodge Chargers destroyed for the Dukes of Hazard TV show
I too am in a condo now but a 60s Rolls Royce Phantom comes to mind. The grille is rather architechtural. I would worry of course about neighborhood kids trying to make off with the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament.
I wonder if anybody has ever driven past there and called 911 because they thought there was a car wrapped around a tree.
Gotta go with the ’37 Cord here. You could then use that front clip as a nice bench from which you can look at your garden!
I’d put one in front of my house and keep it as a Halloween decoration.
Especially with that “Coffin” nose. LOL
Maybe the car was left on the front lawn when the owner went off to Korea and hasn’t returned yet, and the tree grew in place through and around the car?
Sure beats the terlet my mother had in her back garden. And no, that’s not an acronym for a toyota starlet…
Thinking in bench terms, I’d want a big stone shield and flat fenders for tables. ’46-48 Plymouth would do it. Move the bumper down a couple of inches, then you’ve got two nice recesses for sitting. ’47 Hudson has better tables but not as much stone shield.
Near us is a front clip from a truck from the 20s placed in the front yard with landscaping around it. However, every year it appears to be lower and disolving into the ground.
I’d have to go with a 70’s full-size Mopar.
And agree on the flag. Very popular here in NH, the “Live Free or Die” State.
I saw a bumper sticker on a New Hampshire car years ago that read ” Live Free or Die Trying”.
I am surprised I never have seen that slogan. That motto means quite a bit to many here.
I’ll take a guess…the 419 is the date of the Waco tragedy? Kinda’ goes along with the “don’t tread on me” flag.
How about simply the address for the “419”?
Also the date of the Oklahoma City Bombing. So it could be some sort of anarchist thing but I sure hope not. Personally I am hoping that it references the Wainwright as I served aboard DD-786 and am a big fan of destroyers – “The Greyhounds of the Fleet”.
I would prefer the Tigrone SS419, but that’s just me. It’s an awful long way from New London.
Maybe an email scammer?
A rusty old cj would be perfect for me
1928-29 Model A. I love the look of those early As…..
How about something with a door in front, like an Isetta? You could use one as your front porch.
Or the back of a 50s station wagon so that its backwards facing 3rd seat can be used as a nifty garden bench.
Best placed in front of an orthodonture office.
… at the Ob-Gyn office … ?
Procotologist?
mis-spelled, no less
hilarious !
On the day that global warming kicks in …
In a nature-lover’s front yard ….
A Leaf ? …..
….. or an Amphibian …. ? …
A Nissan Juke half buried in the ground with its nose sticking up or just the front half of one.
The Yellow Do Not Tread On Me Flag is one of the flags that has been hijacked by the more conservative elements of United States politics. Personally, I feel inclined to take back the flag by flying the Rainbow Flag and/or Leather Pride Flag next to the Do Not Tread On Me Flag. Maybe even throw the Cascadia Flag in there. Alas, I do not have a house or a pole.
The Gadsden flag being in current use by the Navy and Marine Corps as a Global War on Terrorism symbol, as well as by Tea Party groups and Second Amendment fanatics, there could be any number of reasons for the flag display, possibly several of them at the same time.
The flags indicate to me that the 419 plate is not a reference to either Nigerian advance fee scams (look up 419 fraud), or April 19 Revolution Day in Korea!
For a front yard front clip, my first instinct is to go with a Morgan, especially if it is in front of an ash tree.
This was in Schutz’s front yard, until he lost it, gambling, to that POW, Hogan.
No wonder Schultz kept saying “I see nothing!”…
Any pre-war Packard would do. That distinctive radiator profile would improve any lawn.
If I disliked my neighbors, I’d probably put the ugliest car on the road today! IMO.
Instead of a lawn ornament, why not just add a pole and make it into a mailbox — or, jukebox?
Better yet add a pole, and make it into a mailbox-or jukebox and put pink flamingos on it. At least 500 pink flamingos on tall legs would hide that hideous Jukejunk.
Not mine but its nearby this Thames Trader.
Real Mini. Either used as a planter, a bench, or a porch swing. (might have to be a lightweight replica for that last one to work)
1939 Graham or a 1934 Chrysler Airflow. If I could determine how to save and post a jpg on my phone there would be photos to illustrate my brilliant choices.
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In the 1970’s a guy up the hill had a ’49 Chrysler Rag Top , he shoveled it full of dirt and planted it full of flowers .
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This prompted me to take a ’57 MGA Roadster and fill it full of dirt and flowers , some one came along and wanted to buy it for pats or who knows what and that was that .
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About one mile from me is a seriously old Man who planted a ’34 Ford ForDor Sedan in his back yard then planted a tree inside of it , the tree is now HUGE and provides a nice shady canopy over the now paper thin rusted away Ford carcass…..
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-Nate
I had to look that one up (34 Ford) as I couldn’t picture it in my head. As soon as I did a Google Image Search and saw the pics, I thought, ‘Oh, the ZZ Top car’.
something with hideaway lights, a set of four.
install a sensor and power so when someone walks up to it the covers come up and all four lights kick in.
especially fun at dusk!
Fantastic!
This Falcon is 12 metres up a gum tree in country Victoria
Can someone name make of this old car in the tree?
It looks like a Crosley.
Here’s a picture from this website.
61 Imperial for me. Got to have some freestanding headlights. Although I don’t think the co-op board would really like it parked outside my apartment door…
#2 would be a ’72 Sport Fury / Sport Suburban. Up against a tree, it would look like a giant chrome bow tie
I’d choose this . . . .
The car from The Car…