Austin Car
In 1963, an elderly monk from Thien Mu, Thich Quang Duc, set himself on fire to protest President Ngo Dinh Diem's policies of discrimination against Buddhists (Diem was a Catholic). The baby blue Austin in which the monk made his fatal trip to Saigon is kept in an open building where it rusts slowly in the room next to where the monks study. On the dashboard is a grim photo of Quang Duc sitting in the lotus position, his body consumed by flames. A fire extinguisher sits nearby.
