Rust to rust, the car graveyard that is no more

posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 14 October, 2009 to the photography subset

Despite being deemed environmentally sound (I still wonder about all that rusting metal), a car “graveyard” in Kaufdorf, Switzerland, has been forced to close down.

This incredible graveyard of overgrown cars was itself destined for an early grave after seventy odd years in service. On September 19, 2008, hundreds of the vintage vehicles were auctioned off by ruling of a court order obtained by the local authorities insisting that the site must be cleared. The metallic jungle was judged an environmental hazard by the bureaucrats – ignoring protestations that the cars had been drained of poisons – and some 780 of the rusty relics would be sold.

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