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fotabug | all galleries >> Past PAD Galleries >> Photo-A-Day 2014 > My New Car!
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01-JAN-2014 Vern Rogers (fotabug fotos)

My New Car!

I thought I would start the new year off by driving my new car up to the snow! How do you like it? I think it will become a classic when it gets old enough. It was a long slippery drive but It was worth it to get this pretty scene!

OK, KIDDING!
I still can't drive and am healing, so I set this model 1941 Ford Coupe in front of a 12x18 print of one of my photos. Interesting thing about that model. It is exactly like the car I learned to drive in lots of years ago. It was my sister's boyfriend's car (they married soon after). He would leave it at our place in the country when he went to work in the woods. While he was at work, my sister took me out in his car for driving lessons. We didn't tell him till years later. LOL

When we first started, I had a habit of looking at the gear shift when shifting, instead of the road ahead. I looked up to see us moving to the left with a truck coming at us. My sister grabbed the wheel and we made it past safely. My poor brother-in-law had to put up with a lot from us. But he was the one who really got me interested in photography. I had long been shooting a Kodak Brownie. He was the one who got me interested in having a quality camera. Both he and my older sister died in 2004, ten years ago this year. I miss them both a lot.

Hope the year is starting off well for you!


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Yiannis Pavlis06-Jan-2014 21:40
Excellent photo ,nice looking car .
Irene Wehrli06-Jan-2014 13:50
I'm not a car lover - but this one is really a cute little thing...
Great work Vern!
Irene
anuschka06-Jan-2014 11:03
You could have fooled me! What a clever idea and capture. BV
Judith Barnett04-Jan-2014 18:47
I think I have pics of me standing next to one of these cars when I was little. My mom and dad had one, too bad they did not keep it!
Jean D04-Jan-2014 01:24
Superb and well done, Vern. Thanks for bring us back a few years with the background info, as well..
Ann03-Jan-2014 12:25
Very creative image Vern. Excellent work. Hope you feel better soon.
SLC_Images03-Jan-2014 07:51
Really nicely done- could have fooled me! Hope you get better for 2014!
Ed 03-Jan-2014 04:41
I owned a 1940 before entering the service in 1952. Wish it was in the garage. It's worth more now than the BMW sitting in there
woody3403-Jan-2014 01:56
Whoa, you did it very well...thank's for the fascinating background...V
Frank Brault03-Jan-2014 01:28
It seemed not quite right but i thought it was real. :) A terrific image! Hope you are driving soon Vern. V
Julie Oldfield03-Jan-2014 01:08
Great shot! I thought it was a full sized car. V
Patrick F02-Jan-2014 21:50
Great shot and additional info!!! Very well done!! V+++++++
We wish You and Your Family a Very Happy New Year too !!! V+++++
Pete Rodgers 02-Jan-2014 18:59
This car was came out when I was 7 years old, oops dating my self. In 1958 I bought a black 1958 Volvo 544 four-speed that had very similar lines to this model, the rhe reason I bought it Vern. Thanks for the memory's. :O)
Martin Lamoon02-Jan-2014 18:08
Like it!
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Char02-Jan-2014 18:02
This is such an excellent work or art, Vern! Great idea and super presentation. \/
Walter Otto Koenig02-Jan-2014 17:09
Very cool effect. Well done!
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)02-Jan-2014 16:30
....joker boy!
Ciao Verne,
Paolo
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Hernan E. Enriquez02-Jan-2014 15:18
Beautifully composed! V
Guest 02-Jan-2014 14:51
wonderful story, vern. Heal quickly
René Gysi02-Jan-2014 13:29
A very beautiful oldie and a creative picture. Great story. V
Happy New Year to you!
Marcia Rules02-Jan-2014 13:09
You had me envious for a while, You made this work....V
Ed Duverger02-Jan-2014 10:27
A perfect job.
Anitta02-Jan-2014 10:13
Oh, you almost got me ;-) Beautiful presentation, loved your story. V
joseantonio02-Jan-2014 05:09
Very nice work with this composition. This would be a nice car to drive around.V
Robin Reid02-Jan-2014 04:26
Great memories. A a slick shot.
JSB PHOTOGRAPHS02-Jan-2014 04:07
Wonderful looking car, and great story, very creative shot Vern... well done!
Carl Carbone02-Jan-2014 03:48
Love the shot and story. Sounds like all though they're gone, they are still with you every day. :-) Happy New Year.
parrothouse02-Jan-2014 03:45
That would be an awesome car to own.
Chuck02-Jan-2014 03:31
Nice photo an nice story Vern. Thanks.
Jack Hoying02-Jan-2014 03:29
That is a a really nice photo of the car!
Ruth Voorhis02-Jan-2014 03:21
Great story, Vern, and a wonderful shot of this beautiful old car!
Ted Aanensen02-Jan-2014 03:15
sweet memories Vern, love never dies with memories like that, great photo, even better big sister May 2014 be filled with more wonderful memories
Sandy Rich02-Jan-2014 03:15
Fun and creative. You made me smile with your story and have me thinking of some of my antics back when. Get better soon.
David Sands02-Jan-2014 02:25
super creative today.. Happy New Year!
Long Bach Nguyen02-Jan-2014 02:20
Great Job in blending the image and the car. Happy New Year Vern
Paul Milholland02-Jan-2014 02:00
You clever rascal. . . .
Eloine 02-Jan-2014 01:58
You almost fooled me :)
Laura Milholland02-Jan-2014 01:53
Now wouldn't that be fun if you could have a car like that now! Lovely shot, and lots of fun, Vern.
Steve Thuman02-Jan-2014 01:37
You sure did an amazing job setting this up. Perspective and everything are perfect!
Liz Bickel02-Jan-2014 01:21
What a great ride!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Liz
Bea.02-Jan-2014 01:14
A really classy vehicle
Carrie Hampton 02-Jan-2014 01:14
Wow, wouldn't it be fantastic to have that old gal again? I loved the fenders. And those wide white wall tires.
Sorry you're still not 100%
Clay Swatzell 02-Jan-2014 01:07
Very cool Vern. I like it.
Jim Coffman02-Jan-2014 00:49
That is a car I wanted to own when I was a teen. I love them!
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