Simon White is a stellar photographer and has been posting at the CC Cohort for some years now, and we’ve featured his work here before. He’s recently uploaded some new shots at the Cohort, so let’s take them in. And if you want more, including non-automotive photography, head over to his Flickr page.
I’m giving a high five to this fab shot of a ’59 Chevy on the go, somewhere on the coast in the UK.
I love this one, of my favorite old truck, a Chevy Advance design pickup with a Travel Queen camper. Also shot in Santa Pod, UK.
This one is titled “Cadillac Sunset” and was shot in Santa Pod, UK.
A Mustang 2+2 shot in Cerler, Benasque, Spain.
A Hillman station wagon at the Santa Pod Raceway, UK.
A 1951 Ford pickup in West bay, England, still wearing Washington plates.
Simon visits the US often, and here’s a few from Nevada. This is a Packard resting in Goldfield, a gold mine for old car shooting. I had to go there myself to see it and document it.
I remember these three.
A Freightliner that’s done hauling freight.
A ’54 Chevy.
“The Last Outpost” for this battered Dodge pickup.
One more from Goldfield. Don’t ask what those old hulks are past the Dodge. They just don’t rust away out here.
A 1955 Clipper (by Packard) in Austin, NV.
Another old Chevy, this one a tow truck, found in Rachel, NV.
A ’53 Ford stake bed in Middlegate, NV.
A fine “shoebox” ’51 Ford in Tonopah, NV.
This Cadillac Eldorado convertible has retired to Tabernas, Spain.
1970 Buick GSX ready to wail at Santa Pod raceway, UK.
This looks like it could have been taken in the 1960s. At the Hot Rod Drags 2022, Santa Pod Raceway, UK.
A Chevy Sportvan 90 shot in Kenn, Teignbridge District, England.
A classic Mustang at Lake Tahoe.
International Loadstar taking a quick break from its labors in Rachel, NV.
It doesn’t say but I’m guessing it’s the same batwing Chevy as in the top photo.
“Little League Chrysler” shot in West Huntspill, England.
And we’ll close with my favorite theme, getting passed on the right…left, because it’s in the UK.
The three at the top look to me like 2 46/47 Nash Ambassadors and a 54 Chevrolet
Goldfield, Nevada is famously the location of the fictional radio station KOW and where Clevon Little’s iconic DJ character “Super Soul” broadcast encouragement & advice to Barry Newman’s “Kowalski” in the cult classic chase film “Vanishing Point”
The scenes were actually filmed in Goldfield at the old Goldfield Hotel on Columbia Avenue.
Goldfield, Rachel, Tonopah, Austin, Middlegate. Some of my favorite places in Nevada. Sorry, Joseph Dennis – I’m not a Vegas fan.
Thanks for posting these wonderful photos, Paul. And thanks Simon for creating them. I’d read about Santa Pod many times in my younger days when I devoured British car magazines, but only this morning thanks to Wikipedia did I learn that it’s a blend of Pod, the nearby village, and Santa as in Santa Ana in southern California, which has its own place in drag racing history.
As to the rusty old hulks next to the Dodge pickup, my guess is that the first one is also a Dodge from about 1914.
Great images! Plenty of mood and character. And artistry.
Well said. Wonderful photography by an obviously highly skilled photographer.
It’s amazing how skill transforms pictures of old hulks into art .
-Nate
Nevada is a great place for old metal. My wife dragged me up to Reno and I had to say hello to my longest known patient who now lives in Verdi. Lots of corporation yards in Verdi. Saw three 50’s truck with two IH. Didn’t have any camera. Simon has an excellent eye and technique.
Ugh, just passed a 59 Lincoln Continental, parked on the side of an auto shop
Grade 4 condition so restorable. Only wife driving and old cars to her simply means old while I craned my neck around.
Nice pictures.
I particularly like the 1972 New Yorker in West Huntspill. Excellent composition.
It never ceases to fascinate me how American cars of that era are able to function in the land of narrow roads and generally smaller traffic.
The ’51 Ford pick up has an ‘age related’ UK registration number and a US style plate.
Great photos, always like Simon’s artistry. Wilds of Nevada are fertile grounds for subject matter.
Lovely work, enjoyed these immensely. Last shot: a mighty ’78 New Yorker Brougham, I call these the “Brimperial”.
aka “Broughamperial”!
The village is actually called Poddington, but I guess Santa Poddington was a bit of a mouthful hence the abbreviation.