07-25-12 – This Old Car

Look at the registration sticker. Does it state a year before 1992? Then you may use it. If it does not, you may not.

If your state does not have the year of the vehicle on the registration sticker (NY does) then you should use your best judgement.

I hope that helps, Barracuda.

Look at the registration sticker. Does it state a year before 1992? Then you may use it. If it does not, you may not.

If your state does not have the year of the vehicle on the registration sticker (NY does) then you should use your best judgement.

I hope that helps, Barracuda.

I’ve lived in Eight states and driven in over half. NY’s the only one I’ve ever seen [strike]put anywhere near that much info on the[/strike] that even has a registration sticker.

Kit cars and rebuilds are a tough call, honestly. Most of your kit cars do start with a new fiberglass shell, but will use the best-of from each of the different manufacturers. It’s not uncommon to see something registered as a 20XX homemade with a 199X Street Beasts body, a 197X Mustang II front clip, a 198X Dana 60 rear end, and a pre metric (52-86) Chevy small block.

Conversely, I have a friend who built a T-bucket from all original parts when he was in high school. Body is a 1911 Model T, Frame is a 1932 Ford Pickup, Steering/suspension is a 1935 Delivery wagon, and the motor is a 1954 Corvette 327. But because it was all junk yard parts with no pre-existing VIN, he was forced to register it as a 1996 Ford.

I’ll be honest, I have a bunch of car show photos that I couldn’t tell you if it’s kit or original steel. I’ve also seen some that I thought were kits (33 Vicky, *drool*) until I saw the accompanying photo album where the first five pages were step-by-step shots of divers and cranes pulling the steel out of the Hudson River without causing any more damage. I’d say if it’s a true rebuild, it’s kosher, and if it’s a kit of an obvious classic (41 Willys, 34 Ford Coupe, 33 Cabriolet, etc,), then it’s golden. I don’t really think there’s any worry of someone posting shots of their 1998 Toyota Camry kit car, so the flavor is met.

Fair nuff Yugoboy.

I know ’92 doesn’t seem overly “old” and I’m assuming most photos will show off what we would actually consider “old” (30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, maybe some 70’s) but I had to decide on a cut-off and went with the definition of “classic” from my one year DJ-ing at college. There was a “Classic” entry we had to fill on our play-lists and it was defined as 20 years or older.

Also, I’m not exactly going to be a pain in the ass about policing “Old”… the voters can make up their own minds. People shouldn’t be posting pics of obviously newer cars, and I don’t think they will.

Sorry if this has been answered. I’m at work, had an idea and want to ask about it before i forget.

What about models of old cars? I think I have a ’57 Chevy model and would like to try photographing it against an ‘infinity wall’ of curved paper.

I’m totally cool if this is restricted to real cars.

I don’t know. Does this help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_2_(T3)

Gaaaa. I just had a chance to shoot a baby blue ’78 Benz convertible fall through. 🙁

Like this one – http://goodmanreed.com/images/sized/images/uploads/1978Mercedes450SL28KMain-763×450.jpg

It would have looked sweet in a corn field or a two-track.