70 year old traffic jam in Belgium

[Boink]

[don't know if this has been posted here yet, but it's amazing!]

https://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/224339/photos-of-a-traffic-jam-stuck-in-the-woods-for-70-years/

EDIT: The story is slightly debunked (due to the age of some cars being more like 45 years): https://jalopnik.com/that-70-year-old-traffic-jam-isnt-quite-what-it-seems-1603015137

 

[NutmegCT]

Despite the obvious "time warp" discrepancy of having 1960s cars ... (and the fact that WW2 didn't end with an armistice) the photos are really interesting. I'm betting it's a wrecking yard abandoned about 50 years ago. And not cars abandoned by USA servicemen, who wouldn't exactly have been leaving hundreds of cars behind in a hurry, when returning to the USA in the 1960s.

I just Googled the opening sentence in the first link, and found 217 recent posts of the same article. I like the Jalopnik guy's comment about seeing the link all over his social media accounts. What? It's on the internet and isnt' true??

oy

Tom

 

[Boink]

I just liked the artistic photography of these decaying beasts.

 

[NutmegCT]

artistic photography. I totally agree. Really well done.

 

[Basil]

Felt like I was caught in a 70 year traffic jam this morning!

 

[3798j]

First saw those photos on a website I visit that's called Urban Ghosts (they have entries of of photos of not only of abandoned autos, but ships, planes and you name it). Here's some added stuff with credit to the photographer:

https://rosannedelange.nl/galleries/urban-exploring/transport/car-graveyard-chatillon/

https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/category/urban-exploration/abandoned-vehicles-vessels/page/5/

 

[Boink]

Neat. Those stacked aircraft look so strange.

 

[Guest]

I'd rather look at rusting junk than fully restored shiny cars. I dig the story of time.

 

[3798j]

I'd rather look at rusting junk......

https://motoresanu.blogspot.it/2013/10/para-onde-vao-os-carros-de-corrida.html

 

[HealeyRick]

https://motoresanu.blogspot.it/2013/10/para-onde-vao-os-carros-de-corrida.html

That was a great site, thanks for posting! Wish I could save them all.