Murilee Martin
@murileemartin.bsky.social
Automotive journalism for those who enjoy dekotoras, Broughams d'Elegance, literary digressions and Warsaw Pact hoopties. 1998-style website here: https://murileemartin.com/
I love home-market Japanese car manual illustrations! murileemartin.substack.com/p/dont-drive...
Don't Drive With Beer Cans Under Your Kei Van's Pedals!
And other wonderful JDM Subaru owner's manual illustrations.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I love home-market Japanese car manual illustrations! murileemartin.substack.com/p/dont-drive...
I took my 1955 Hachiyō Kōgaku Kōgyō Alpenflex, bought in Tokyo a couple weeks back for ¥1000 (about $6.36) to the junkyard in Colorado and it worked very well. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #junkyardphotography #120film #chryslernewyorker
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I took my 1955 Hachiyō Kōgaku Kōgyō Alpenflex, bought in Tokyo a couple weeks back for ¥1000 (about $6.36) to the junkyard in Colorado and it worked very well. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #junkyardphotography #120film #chryslernewyorker
How about some junkyard photos shot with one of Minnesota's finest box cameras from 1917? murileemartin.substack.com/p/taking-the...
Taking the 1917 Conley Kewpie Box Camera to the Junkyard
Rochester, Minnesota's most famous camera.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
How about some junkyard photos shot with one of Minnesota's finest box cameras from 1917? murileemartin.substack.com/p/taking-the...
I bought a 1955 Hakiyo Alpenflex medium-format TLR camera from a sidewalk vendor in Tokyo for ¥1000 (about $6.50). It worked very well. Here's a statue at Eigenji Temple in Shiga Prefecture. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #hakiyocamera #japanesecamera #tlrcamera #eigenjitemple
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I bought a 1955 Hakiyo Alpenflex medium-format TLR camera from a sidewalk vendor in Tokyo for ¥1000 (about $6.50). It worked very well. Here's a statue at Eigenji Temple in Shiga Prefecture. #filmphotography #mediumformat #alpenflex #hakiyocamera #japanesecamera #tlrcamera #eigenjitemple
I built a working film camera in a car junkyard using only parts found there, and it works. Here's the story: murileemartin.substack.com/p/making-a-w...
Making a Working Camera From a Geo Tracker Airbox… at the Junkyard
And shooting a roll of film with it on the spot!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I built a working film camera in a car junkyard using only parts found there, and it works. Here's the story: murileemartin.substack.com/p/making-a-w...
I love this RAR 2490 Kodak scientific film! It was made for shooting oscilloscope screens and for short-wavelength visible light all the way up to gamma rays. Shot with Kodak Brownie No. 3 box camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Colorado. #boxcamera #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #rar2490
March 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I love this RAR 2490 Kodak scientific film! It was made for shooting oscilloscope screens and for short-wavelength visible light all the way up to gamma rays. Shot with Kodak Brownie No. 3 box camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Colorado. #boxcamera #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #rar2490
Ansco No. 5 folding camera converted with pinhole lens and shooting 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film. Subject is Gyro-Matic shift indicator in junkyard 1953 Dodge sedan. #filmphotography #pinholecamera #junkyardphotography #1953dodge #pinholephotography #pinhole
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ansco No. 5 folding camera converted with pinhole lens and shooting 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film. Subject is Gyro-Matic shift indicator in junkyard 1953 Dodge sedan. #filmphotography #pinholecamera #junkyardphotography #1953dodge #pinholephotography #pinhole
Went to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado, yesterday. Shot some more 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 X-ray film in the 1919 Kodak No. 3 Brownie box camera with #17 portrait lens. #filmphotography #boxcamera #boxcameras #junkyardphotography #kodakbrownie #kodakrarfilm #smallblockchevy
March 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Went to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado, yesterday. Shot some more 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 X-ray film in the 1919 Kodak No. 3 Brownie box camera with #17 portrait lens. #filmphotography #boxcamera #boxcameras #junkyardphotography #kodakbrownie #kodakrarfilm #smallblockchevy
Exactly five years ago, I photographed the early Covid-19 lockdown period in Denver with four cameras that were new during the 1918 Spanish Flu period. Pale Horse, Pale Rider and all that. #filmphotography #covid19 #boxcamera #covidlockdowns #March2020
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March 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Exactly five years ago, I photographed the early Covid-19 lockdown period in Denver with four cameras that were new during the 1918 Spanish Flu period. Pale Horse, Pale Rider and all that. #filmphotography #covid19 #boxcamera #covidlockdowns #March2020
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Shot with a Minolta 16 spy camera I got for free. Fortunately, I already had a developing spool for 16mm film. #filmphotography #subminiaturecamera #minolta16 #junkyardphotography
March 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Shot with a Minolta 16 spy camera I got for free. Fortunately, I already had a developing spool for 16mm film. #filmphotography #subminiaturecamera #minolta16 #junkyardphotography
This was shot with a 1910s Kodak No. 3A Folding Hawk-Eye camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. I'm using 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film, but from a different roll than used with the other Speedway shots. Car is a 1940 Chevrolet. #filmphotography #largeformatfilm #foldingcamera
February 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This was shot with a 1910s Kodak No. 3A Folding Hawk-Eye camera at Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. I'm using 1971 Kodak RAR 2490 scientific film, but from a different roll than used with the other Speedway shots. Car is a 1940 Chevrolet. #filmphotography #largeformatfilm #foldingcamera
When you shoot a 73-year-old junkyard car with 54-year-old scientific film in a 120-year-old box camera, you never know what results you'll get. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #kodak2490 #kodakrarfilm #junkyardphotography #kodakno3brownie #kodakbrownie #boxcamera
February 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When you shoot a 73-year-old junkyard car with 54-year-old scientific film in a 120-year-old box camera, you never know what results you'll get. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #kodak2490 #kodakrarfilm #junkyardphotography #kodakno3brownie #kodakbrownie #boxcamera
I loaded up the Conway Kewpie 3A box camera, made in Rochester MN around 1910, with 1971 Kodak 2490 RAR scientific film and took it to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #conleycamera #conleykewpie #boxcamera #schoolbus #scmbus
February 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I loaded up the Conway Kewpie 3A box camera, made in Rochester MN around 1910, with 1971 Kodak 2490 RAR scientific film and took it to Speedway Auto Wrecking in Dacono, Colorado. #filmphotography #vintagecamera #conleycamera #conleykewpie #boxcamera #schoolbus #scmbus
I've been known to shoot junkyard cars in digital as well as on film. Here's a Fiat 128 3P in Denver. #fiat128 #fiat1283p #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I've been known to shoot junkyard cars in digital as well as on film. Here's a Fiat 128 3P in Denver. #fiat128 #fiat1283p #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind
If you're going to shoot Italian cars in the junkyard, you need an Italian camera. Fiat 124 Sport Spider shot with 1951 Bencini Comet II on hand-cut 127 film. #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #bencini #fiat124 #bencinicamera #127film #fiatspider #fiattwincam #junkyardfind
February 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you're going to shoot Italian cars in the junkyard, you need an Italian camera. Fiat 124 Sport Spider shot with 1951 Bencini Comet II on hand-cut 127 film. #filmphotography #junkyardphotography #bencini #fiat124 #bencinicamera #127film #fiatspider #fiattwincam #junkyardfind
1969 Ford Thunderbird at the Pick-n-Pull in Newark, California. Shot with a 1920s Kodak Brownie No. 2A Autographic folding camera. Look for the article on Hagerty soon. #filmphotography #kodakbrownie #browniecamera #1969fordthunderbird #thunderbird #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind.
February 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
1969 Ford Thunderbird at the Pick-n-Pull in Newark, California. Shot with a 1920s Kodak Brownie No. 2A Autographic folding camera. Look for the article on Hagerty soon. #filmphotography #kodakbrownie #browniecamera #1969fordthunderbird #thunderbird #junkyardphotography #junkyardfind.
I found a 1950s English car in a Denver junkyard, so I photographed it with a 1920s English camera. Morris Minor 1000, Houghton 2-1/4B Box Form Ensign camera, Agfa Copex Rapid film. #filmphotography #mediumformat #boxcamera #houghtoncamera #morrisminor #junkyardphotography #agfacopex
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I found a 1950s English car in a Denver junkyard, so I photographed it with a 1920s English camera. Morris Minor 1000, Houghton 2-1/4B Box Form Ensign camera, Agfa Copex Rapid film. #filmphotography #mediumformat #boxcamera #houghtoncamera #morrisminor #junkyardphotography #agfacopex
Sometimes you need to take your Imperial Rambler camera and shoot a junkyard Rambler with it. #filmphotography #imperialcamera #ramblerclassic #ramblercrosscounty #junkyardphotography
January 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Sometimes you need to take your Imperial Rambler camera and shoot a junkyard Rambler with it. #filmphotography #imperialcamera #ramblerclassic #ramblercrosscounty #junkyardphotography
The Argus Seventy-Five pseudo-TLR camera shoots surprisingly good photos for such cheap 1950s Bakelite technology. #junkyardphotography #filmphotography #arguscamera #argus75 #620film #mediumformat #argusseventyfive
January 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Argus Seventy-Five pseudo-TLR camera shoots surprisingly good photos for such cheap 1950s Bakelite technology. #junkyardphotography #filmphotography #arguscamera #argus75 #620film #mediumformat #argusseventyfive
January 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
One of the best cars I found during my Black Sea junkyard trip was this beach buggy made from a cut-down Trabant in Bulgaria. www.autoweek.com/car-life/a63...
Trabant-based Beach Buggy Takes Resort Guests to Bulgarian Beach
No need for a Fiat Jolly or Citroën Méhari here!
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January 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
One of the best cars I found during my Black Sea junkyard trip was this beach buggy made from a cut-down Trabant in Bulgaria. www.autoweek.com/car-life/a63...
The M.I.O.M. Photax was a French Bakelite camera with a curved film plane that was very popular in Europe during the 1940s and 1950s. I bought this one at a Luxembourg City flea market, now use it to shoot American junkyards. #filmphotography #miomphotax #photax #junkyardphotography #filmcamera
January 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The M.I.O.M. Photax was a French Bakelite camera with a curved film plane that was very popular in Europe during the 1940s and 1950s. I bought this one at a Luxembourg City flea market, now use it to shoot American junkyards. #filmphotography #miomphotax #photax #junkyardphotography #filmcamera
During the 1980s, some Rice Krispies boxes came with free 110 cameras (that clipped to the outside of the 110 cartridge). Naturally, I own a KrispieCam and shoot junkyards with it. www.autoweek.com/car-life/a16... #filmphotography #110film #110camera #junkyardphotography #mitsubishistarion
January 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
During the 1980s, some Rice Krispies boxes came with free 110 cameras (that clipped to the outside of the 110 cartridge). Naturally, I own a KrispieCam and shoot junkyards with it. www.autoweek.com/car-life/a16... #filmphotography #110film #110camera #junkyardphotography #mitsubishistarion
I made a pinhole camera (with proper film-advance mechanism, of course) from a 2002 Toyota Camry side mirror, as one does. It takes pretty good photos. #pinholecamera #pinholephotography #filmphotography #mediumformat #homemadecamera www.autoweek.com/car-life/diy...
January 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made a pinhole camera (with proper film-advance mechanism, of course) from a 2002 Toyota Camry side mirror, as one does. It takes pretty good photos. #pinholecamera #pinholephotography #filmphotography #mediumformat #homemadecamera www.autoweek.com/car-life/diy...
One of my favorite film cameras is the 1954 Ricohflex VII TLR I bought at a tiny shop in Tokyo. Here's a shot at Grandpa John's in Green Bay, using Rollei infrared film. #junkyardphotography #filmphotography #ricohflex #infraredphotography #infrared #ricoh #tlrcamera #mediumformat #rolleiinfrared
January 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One of my favorite film cameras is the 1954 Ricohflex VII TLR I bought at a tiny shop in Tokyo. Here's a shot at Grandpa John's in Green Bay, using Rollei infrared film. #junkyardphotography #filmphotography #ricohflex #infraredphotography #infrared #ricoh #tlrcamera #mediumformat #rolleiinfrared