I've got a slew of stuff going on today, so I'm not going to get to Fast Eddie Friday. I apologize in advance, but hey, shit happens. In its place I offer up a post from last Christmas. This car is still around, I see it from time to time, and it seems to have more crap packed in it each time I see it. I'll be back on Monday. Have a safe weekend.
I know I posted shots of this classic automobile a few months back, but they weren't anywhere near as good or detailed as these. This time I got interior shots. As always click them to make em bigger. Feel free to point out any hidden treasures you come across while looking at the inside of this 4 wheeled testament to hoarding. I realize these aren't traditional Christmasy type pictures. I know this is the time of year when I should be putting up more lame examples of The Plaza Lights, or snowy landscapes. Fuck that, in case you hadn't noticed there is way to much of that Peace ye merry gentlemen bullshit proliferating WWW Dot Land. So consider this the lick of salt and bite of lemon in your Holiday Tequila shot.
I know I posted shots of this classic automobile a few months back, but they weren't anywhere near as good or detailed as these. This time I got interior shots. As always click them to make em bigger. Feel free to point out any hidden treasures you come across while looking at the inside of this 4 wheeled testament to hoarding. I realize these aren't traditional Christmasy type pictures. I know this is the time of year when I should be putting up more lame examples of The Plaza Lights, or snowy landscapes. Fuck that, in case you hadn't noticed there is way to much of that Peace ye merry gentlemen bullshit proliferating WWW Dot Land. So consider this the lick of salt and bite of lemon in your Holiday Tequila shot.
Shit gets worse, he actually drives this car around town.
"He who dies with most junk wins" on a sticker - we have a winner!
ReplyDeleteI'd just like to see the guy that DRIVES that thing!
ReplyDeleteI've seen the car, but have yet the driver.
ReplyDeleteAs my athiest relatives say
Merry annual gift giving day!
I can't tell if that is the car I am thinking of or not but its nearly unmistakeable. In my mind and my friends this thing is darn near a KC midtown icon. It was always around when we went to midtown.
ReplyDeleteYou see it in frontof Chubbys alot. Older guy with a white beard like santa. It looks like he lost some heads off the roof, there were more.
ReplyDeleteThis guy has been around for years. Use to hang out at Nichols Lunch when it was still open. Very religious.
ReplyDeleteI need to get one of those heads, except I think I'd glue mine to the front grill.
ReplyDelete"WWJD?"
ReplyDeleteWhat would Jesus drive?
I like the bag of chips/neck protection system. It could prevent whiplash in a wreck and provide nourishment afterwards. Brilliant! Also, how can you go wrong with C3PO guiding your way? WWC3POD?
ReplyDeleteThere is a house just south of 51st and Brookside, actually maybe two houses--and at least the southernmost one is one of those extreme packrat houses. You can tell by the boxes you can see peeking from the 3rd floor windows but all the other windows are completely barred from any light entering or exiting. I think people live there--at least one person. I have seen someone arriving and taking items out of the trunk of a sedan. Now speaking of the vehicles. There are three vehicles that park at this house and two of them come and go. The third is a van that apparently has not moved in some time. It has a flat tire. The thing is, all three of the vehicles are stuff to the gills at all times with junk food and colas in those bulk packages like from Costco.
ReplyDeleteI saw a light on one time, maybe three or four years ago, in a back room of this house. Since then, I've never again seen a light on in either house. Nevertheless, the other two vehicles come and go. When they are parked in the driveway, they are full of unopened, bulk packages of like Frito's and chips.
P.S. If my post makes anyone reading this think about trying to break in and get copper from said packrat house, just be aware you will probably be pelted to death with Fritos, Cheezits, granola bars and flying Coke cans. I really do think someone lives there, they just have so much stuff piled up at every window you can't see any light. They are in there, either eating Cheetos or making out their next grocery list.
ReplyDeleteNow, there is another house I am extremely curious whether anyone lives in it. It is on a prime high-dollar corner near Loose Park.
As Midtown Miscreant would no doubt point out, you can almost hear the unicorns mewling. However, it is falling apart and I never see any lights on. Earlier this spring, there were two window panes out on the upper floors, but those were fixed. The porch light is knocked kind of diagonally. The chimney is made of stone but it has half fallen onto the roof. A large slab of concrete is perched precariously on the edge of the roof, where it fell from the chimney. At least two vehicles come and go, with different things in the back of the pickup, so someone must live there or at least come by occasionally to shoo the birds out, but I have never seen a light on in that house. There is a ladder on the porch which used to prop up a broken board from the porch roof two years ago. The ladder is still in the same place but I guess the board fell. It is not my business of course. I hope this post does not make anyone decide to go try to get the copper or anything. I think someone lives there because there is a pickup that comes and goes (sometimes) and a sedan there occasionally. The reason I am so curious about this house (I guess) is that it is smack dab in the high-dollar district. And no one but me ever seems to be standing there gawking and pointing. It's like it's just there. It's possible the house itself is too pretty to look so neglected unless you really notice.
Again, none of my business, but it makes me really nosy.
I see this car at the end north end of my block, 41st and Bell, all the time. My fiance always wonders what screw blew loose in this driver.
ReplyDeleteHe changes the stuff on the roof all of the time, but the car didn't used to be full of so much stuff. I always enjoy seeing the new stuff he has on the roof, but the doll heads are a little creepy.
ReplyDeleteI see the car driving by my office in Westport from time to time. Once, I happened upon it parked outside Half Price Books. I took several pictures of it with my phone. I'm pretty sure I spotted him a few minutes later in the book store. Had to be him. Bearded, yes, like another poster said. I actually smelled him before I saw him. He was in the Jesus section (shocker) and, to my surprise, didn't look very friendly. I don't know what I was expecting him to be like, but I suppose I expected a jollier person. He seemed benighted, dejected and I was instantly saddened by him.
ReplyDeleteLast time I saw the car it had a lot more stuff stuck to it.
This guy lives right around where I do so I see his awful car way too often. Each time I do, I want to go at it with a baseball bat
ReplyDeleteNo sooner did I post about that house bordering Loose Park with the falling down chimney than it's getting a new roof. AND someone aired up the tires of the leaning over van at the packrat house on Brookside. Did the codes guy sweep through the neighborhood and write them up?
ReplyDeleteMidtown Miscreant, you could get a job as the codes guy. I would love to read the reports you would write. Something tells me you would not stick to the legalese. "Approximately thirteen rodents were observed entering and exiting the residence via the unsecured basement window. It is recommended that the resident be notified by summons and given thirty days to secure the residence. Signed and dated by Miscreant at 1300 Hours"