---- frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > > > These two images are not posted for any of their photographic content but > > for the memories. > > I came across these two slides taken over 42 years ago - probably on a > > Voightlander folder or a Zeiss Ikon Contessa. I was surprised by the > > original slide format - 27mm square. Film was Kodak Kodachrome. The years or > > the film have given these image an almost monochrome appearance. Scanned on > > my Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED. > > > > The images are of a 59 Austin Healy Sprite (Bugeye) that was my first real > > car. Got me thru college with only regular oil/filter changes, a tune up or > > two and a set of Michelin radial tires. > > > > The most fun for the buck in a car that I've ever had. > > > > Comments welcomed > > Just coming across this thread now. > > The Bugeye Sprite is my favourite car of all time. I guess it's the > big eyes and smile, but I've always loved those things! > > I've never driven one, never been in one at all.
Cramped, noisy, slow (998cc) and ...interesting... handling. Perfect for British roads. I gave up on mine (registered YOB ***) when I realised that it was rusting faster than I could weld. > > Lovely car, yours was. Looks like it was fun! > > Thanks for sharing. > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
