When life hands you lemons, make… a Taurus planter. I don’t know where S. Forrest captured this picture–I’m assuming Ontario–but until these cars become scarce, the sight of it in this condition does not elicit any pain. By the time this rather recent car rolled off the line, there was nothing at all remarkable about it.
That said, it’s too cutesy; plants or no plants, it’s a 3500 pound piece of trash taking up space. I’m sure a lot of people appreciate its use as a repurposed object, but a traditional method of recycling would’ve been more appropriate. Bah humbug.
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I’m with you on the bah humbug. What an eyesore! Must be fun to drag that thing around, one step ahead of the tow truck.
Well, we found a counterpart to the Gacy-Clown themed Sable from a few weeks ago.
LOL!
The only question is, which one gets the rocket launcher first? I vote for the clown one.
The clown one should be pulled apart by 2 monster trucks, sort of an automotive draw and quarter.
I got a contender for the worst looking Taurus/Sable. It was spotted in the junkyard around my way about 2 weeks ago and it is still there as of this afternoon. (I wish they would crush the dang thing)
It is an eyesore with its brougham fake convertible top pretensions and its spoiler that seems to try to invoke sportiness.(A sporty brougham???) and with a moon roof to boot
And something for Mr. Klockau on the left, a Lincoln Towncar Cartier edition(seriously there seems to be more of those Townies in the junkyards around here then on the roads.
Looking closer it has Baltimore ravens stickers on it, so now we know that it was owned by a Ravens fan so it is not a real mystery anymore regarding bad taste as most Ravens fans have absolutely no concept of taste( another Natty Boh Hon?)
A fake convertible top AND a spoiler? Ick!
Interesting about the Cartier. Since buying mine I’ve seen many on the road, usually driven by what appears to be the original owners. I see the taillamp and silver flank of another 1998-02 TC on the right. That Mustang II is interesting too. They are incredibly scarce, even at car shows. I have seen a few though. Remarkably, there were three IIs at an all-Ford cruise in I took the Lincoln to last Sunday.
Here’s one that was right next to my car. It was a Cobra, and it actually looked pretty good without the racing stripes and huge decal on the rocker panel. There is another Cobra II right behind it.
Ugh. Looks like it belongs to the place across the street. Similar decor anyway. I think that’s Toronto, that eatery looks familiar although it’s been around seven years since I was last there…(I don’t recall seeing the planter then though 🙂
Not that I’m a law and order kind of guy, but how does an unlicensed thing like that just stay on the street?
Notice none of the people walking on the sidewalk are even giving that thing a look. That ether means that the car has been there for a while or that area of town is no stranger to weird things.
That’s one good use for a car that quits running. Gut it and then make a planter out of it. I’ve seen lots of cars that haven’t run in over ten years, that would make great planters, if nothing else. 🙂
Interesting front end treatment. I’m surprised Detroit hasn’t tried timber grilles on their monster pickups.
There’s a Saab convertible planter at the corner of a Portland used car lot. More tasteful and a great attention getter. Someday I’ll pull over and get some proper photos.
Now THAT makes me sad!
Does it make you…. Saab?
Finally a good use for a Saab.
Years ago I ran across a Saab specialist who had called me as one of his regular customers had a non-Saab that he didn’t know what to do with. He worked out of a shop that shared the same property as his house and he had repurposed an old Saab as a house for his dog. He had removed the front bumper, splash pan and grille and cut a large hole in the firewall as the entrance.
Well that would be very convenient in a frost-prone area – just pop the top up to protect the plants!
It is surprising that the gov’t allows that to sit on the street in a regular parking spot. It is kind of lame that they don’t something more than just grass in the old engine compartment and windshield areas.
Of course now that it has gained so much weight it might be hard for them to tow it away, particularly if they thought to put the parking brake on before filling it up.
Google the words community vehicle planter project on the Taurus bumper and see more madness. There is more than one of these planters(?) there and it is in Toronto. That is also stenciled on back bumper
This is the perfect use for this and the clown Sable. Then deposit the remains at the local metal recycler for beer money!
TG should do this again in 10 years when the Dart II’s have inevitably turned into despised beaters. Car darts with Darts.
Should tow it to Pauls it would fit right in
The car is in Kensington Market in Toronto and is an art installation, or similar. The Taurii is relatively new as there was a Plymouth Acclaim doing the same things a couple years ago.
You have to understanding Kensington to understand the car.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/10/27/kensington_markets_garden_car_to_roll_once_more.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Market
Yep, that cafe across the road is a big hint. This thing looks like a giant ‘personalised’ Croc clog.
Looks like some hipster crap
Yes, it’s in Kensington Market. Specifically the corner of Augusta and Oxford. For fun, go fiddle with Google Streetview. Sometimes this car is there, sometimes it’s the Plymouth, and sometimes nothing. Weird. https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=augusta+and+oxford+toronto&hnear=Augusta+Ave+%26+Oxford+St,+Toronto,+Ontario&gl=ca&t=m&z=16
Kensington certainly isn’t hipsters. It has been a weird mix of immigrants and counterculture for at least 40 years (since I was a boy). Looks like that’s where the Ranchero from the other day was shot too.
I missed that post but I bet it was. There are few CCs that live one street over in front of the Crow’s Nest. Ranchero, Ford pick up, maybe a Caddy.
Kensington Market, where everyone is 21 forever and there are no consequences.
I wonder if the line workers of the assembly plants ever look at the cars they are putting together, and wonder if they are going to end up as something like….. this… eventually.
…..it’s a 3500 pound piece of trash taking up space. I’m sure a lot of people appreciate its use as a repurposed object, but a traditional method of recycling would’ve been more appropriate.
Sure, the Taurus could be crushed into a cube, but then it might still end up as a Canadian public art installation like these two bales of household trash (titled “Found Compressions One and Two”) in Saskatoon. A neighborhood resident got so fed up that he covered the trash with a tarp and posted a sign reading “Our tax dollars are for keeping garbage OFF the streets”. The “exhibit” was recently removed after seven months on display on a residential street corner….
Someone took the term greenhouse literally.
It’s an attention getter and someone got your attention, Perry.
Looks like it needs a shave. And a bath.
This reminds me of the Taurus I saw on the Navajo reservation at Canyon de Chelly National Monument last month. One of the locals was selling her wares by displaying them atop the Taurus’ hood. The straps were to keep the display from blowing away in heavy winds. Innovative. http://drivetofive.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/acura-group-drive-canyon-de-chelly-arizona/
If done well, this could be interesting. However, at least in my humble opinion, this one isn’t done well. The hood/windshield with their sparse grass look particularly bad and the “planned graffiti” color scheme just seems to add to the “trashiness” (whereas the same scheme on a runner might actually look cool).
If I had a restaurant, though, I would be tempted to find an old non-running beater pickup with some nice patina, fill the bed with dirt, and plant an herb garden. Difference being I’d keep it on the place’s property. I suppose this one gets to stay on the street as “art” though which does, obviously, mean different things to different people…