Notwithstanding the desires of rusty-car fetishists, whose off-hours habits we don't want to even want to think about thank you, rusty-car galleries are kind of a hoot. They're like short historical tragedies, whose narratives are internal and often evident only to the viewer. This one, on Flickr, is more than 1,000 stories strong, most of them starting with, "Once upon a time, long before undercoating..."

Rusty Old Cars / Pool [Flickr]

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