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I call it Whiskey Pete's - the rug says so. There is another place in the Preserve that could be called that too...
Center is the Beatrice Mine works. As can be seen, there was a lot of mining work going on at one time. In the comments is a shot looking back this way.
On Alaska Hill, Clark Mountain, Mojave National Preserve, California USA
The Austin A40 Somerset was produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954, and replaced the Austin A40 Devon
This 1953 Austin A40 Somerset, MNP 311, was seen at Brooklands Classic Car Day on 30th March 2024. Over 173,000 Somersets were sold before it was replaced by the A40 Cambridge in 1954; 7,243 were convertibles.
Best shot of the engine I could take from this side of the wreckage. An exhaust pipe can be seen heading up - either through a borehole or crack in the rock.
the mojave phone booth was an isolated pay-phone located in a very remote part of california's mojave desert, at least 30 miles from anywhere. it became famous when the phone number was posted on the internet. people would call from all over the world, just to see if the story was for real. other people would drive out and camp, answering the phone. on one visit, i answered calls from boston, nyc, wilmington, london, paris, brussels, berlin and warsaw. the number was (760) 733-9969.
the national park service ripped the phone out in 2001.
scans from the archives. nikon n90s, fujichrome velvia RVP.
I was sure I'd seen this one before, and right enough it was at Glamis in 2022 - really nice to see it by chance again though.