Wordless Wednesday: The Retrofuturistic Rocket Cars Of Rural New York

They appear out of nowhere on a scenic route in New York’s Catskill mountains, beckoning drivers to stop and check out the rest of the wonders inside the nearby shop.

A few years ago on the way back from the Catskills, a scenic mountain belt in low-central New York, I spotted this beauty from the road and had to stop:

It’s a heavily modified, custom Dodge Magnum crafted by artist Steve Heller. The parcel of land I’d almost passed houses his shop, Fabulous Furniture On 28, one of the most unique spots you can find in the state, if not the country.

Here are a few other photos of the Cro Magnum I took that day:

Heller’s property is adorned with all sorts of retrofuturistic metallic sculptures that evoke the science fiction films and comic books of yesteryear:

The classic cars are my favorite, but unfortunately I did not get to see them all that day.

The header image and the images below are from Heller’s site, while I took the other photos on the day I stopped to look around.

The header image is another Dodge Magnum, while the beast below is The Marquis de Soto, a customized Mercury Grand Marquis:

10 thoughts on “Wordless Wednesday: The Retrofuturistic Rocket Cars Of Rural New York”

  1. Something about some of the car pictures reminds me of Christine in the Stephen King thriller, although Chrstine was supposedly a 1958 Plymouth Fury.

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    1. I’m pretty sure that was the first horror film I saw by myself, and I was way too young to be watching stuff like that at the time. I stayed up late to watch it, which itself was an act of defiance, and I remember being scared shitless!

      I saw it again a few years ago and was surprised by how relatively tame it is through adult eyes, although modern horror tends to desensitized until everything else looks like Sesame Street.

      Anyway, yeah, different car but the body plan, aggressive tail fins and general aesthetic design of these custom cars definitely calls back to cars like the ’58 Plymouth.

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    1. He does, thanks in part to his outgoing nature and the fact that I took him a lot of places and socialized him as much as possible as a kitten. He’ll hop right into his carrier, no problem. It’s just more difficult as he gets older and more sensitive. I should make it a priority to get him out more this spring.

      Do you take your cats out? It’s probably a huge production with a multi cat household.

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