Tuesday, 29 January 2013

My Next Photography Project - 50 'Crap' Car


I’m ready  to launch my latest photography project, this one I’m basing it on a book called ‘Crap Cars’ by Richard Porter (link - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0563522100) In the book he lists 50 cars that he believes to be the 50 worst cars ever made. Now this is this opinion, but I think there are many others who disagree with him and love these cars.

So my project is to meet 50 people who love these cars, one for each car and tell their story, I’m hoping they’ll be quite interesting. I’ll find out why they love them even though for others they aren’t exactly their dream car.

Some of the cars on the list are going to be quite difficult to track down – according to the website howmanyleft.co.uk, there are no Alfa Romeo Arnas left on the road in the UK. Also there are only four Subaru XTs left and I’m a bit worried about finding a Hyundai Pony – there must be somebody out there who loves this car enough to have looked after one? The scrappage scheme will have taken quite a few of these off the roads making the whole job that bit harder.

 This is the list of cars
50. Lancia Monte Carlo
49. Porsche 924
48. Ford Scorpio
47. Cadillac STS
46. Renault Safrane
45. Jaguar XJ40
44. Ford Escort MK1V
43. Yugo Sana
42. Mitsubishi 3000GT
41. Rover 800
40. Volvo 340
39. Delorean DMC-12
38. Vauxhall Belmont
37. Triumph TR7
36. Rolls-Royce Carmargue
35. Talbot Tagora
34. Suzuki Wagon R
33. Volvo 262C
32. Subaru XT
31. Nissan Sunny Coupe
30. Skoda Estelle
29. Renault 9
28. Maserati Biturbo
27. Daihatsu Move
26. Alfa Romeo Arna
25. Hyundai Pony
24. Fiat Strada
23. Subaru Justy
22. Austin Maestro
21. Toyota Space Cruiser
20. Fiat 126
19. Daihatsu Applause
18. Ferrari 400
17. Austin Ambassador
16. Yugo 45
15. Datsun Sunny 120Y
14. Aston Martin Lagonda
13. Susuki SJ
12. FSO Polonez
11. Seat Marbella
10. MGB
9. Trabant
8. Reliant Robin
7. Bond Bug
6. Nissan Serena
5. Lada Riva
4. Morris Marina
3. Suzuki X90
2. Austin Allegro
1. Volkswagen Beetle

I’ve setup a Facebook page for this project - http://www.facebook.com/garydavidsonphoto. Since everybody is on Facebook, it will give me quite a decent platform for explaining the project to people.  Also it might help me track down some of the rarer cars.

I’m also setting up a Kickstarter project to raise funds for a self published book – here is a link to the Kickstarter project - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1228736198/1918719728?token=133b23dc- it’s not gone live yet so this is just a preview

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