Model Ts versus Mother Nature

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We know we’re not alone in our love for pictures of nature fighting back against man’s interference. There are hundreds of webpages dedicated to photographs of mansions, factories, power plants, asylums and sanatoria being reclaimed by foliage, not to mention a plethora of weighty tomes published on the subject.

These Fords are suffering much the same sort of fate. The first picture shows a mid-1920s tourer with a most impressive (oak?) tree filling up most of the body tub. It's progressed a bit further than the sapling stage and it does make you wonder how long the car has been standing there. Fifty years, at least? Do we think it's really occurred naturally, or could the chassis have been cut and placed around the tree at one point?

Model T number two is to be found in Wisconsin and certainly has been arranged for decorative purposes. The car’s owner said, “Here’s our ‘Old Rusty’ as we call it, out by the end of the driveway. It has a fairly large Maple growing out of it, and into it. It was built from parts that I just couldn't get myself to scrap. It keeps getting added to over the years. It started out as just a chassis. A couple of years ago I also built a lighting system that is solar powered and comes on at night. I used flickering amber LEDs so that it looks like it is barely alive. The tail lights are also lit.”

We still love it! Do feel free to add some captions if you like.

Words: Jeroen Booij; pictures: archive
 

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