Tailgate Mural Fails To Spare This Expedition From Crusher's Jaws

by Murilee Martin

May 16th, 2013 12:24 AM

tailgate mural fails to spare this expedition from crusher s jaws

You see a fair amount of customization among the inmates of a high-turnover, self-service wrecking yard; sometimes it’s a full-on time-capsule RX-7 and sometimes it’s the kind of thing Manny, Moe, and Jack would build after a week-long ether-and-DMT binge. Here’s a fairly well-executed, if puzzling, airbrush mural I spotted at a Denver yard a few months back.

Even with the swastika vandalization— which may have hastened the depreciation of this truck’s value and helped lead to its junkyardization— you can make out some weird details on the subject’s face. There’s a certain air of Juggaloism in the semi-clownlike makeup, but what does the “Under Oath” caption mean?

If only junkyard vehicles could talk!

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CamryStang on May 17, 2013

Car murals aren't really my scene, but whoever did this one put a lot of time, effort and talent into that. Kinda surprised the 'gate was still there. Garage art, anyone?

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Increased on Jun 17, 2013

Underoath were a Christian Metalcore band. Although I'm not sure if that's what the presumably Mexico-affiliated owner of this vehicle had in mind when he put that on...

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