On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Pete McIntosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yay! Finally got time to get out and use my camera and new flash > (AF360FGZ), the latter a birthday present from my son. He's a recent Pentax > convert too, having recently purchased one of those Russian 16mm lenses for > his K100D Super. Anyway, enough of that...
I have one. I like it a lot. > > Went in to Motor-Ex a couple of weeks ago. Motor-Ex is an annual hot-rod > show held at Sydney's Olympic Park. There's always a good combination of > traditional rods and later custom beat-boxes, as well as custom bikes and > vintage cars. Doesn't matter what you are looking at, creativity and > workmanship is always first-class. > > My neighbour, Bluey - remember him? > http://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/OnePhoto#5404253613717348338 - is > heavily involved in the local hot rod scene, and has been for many, many > years. His daily driver is a VW beetle with a 302 CU V8 in the FRONT; > 500,000 km at last count. But his latest creation is astounding - it's here > - > http://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/Airborne8?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCb383H2f__Tg#. > > This car is constructed from pieces of 62 other cars, built between the > early 30's and the mid-60's. The design is wholly his own, the construction > a 7-year exercise involving a small band of friends (and a couple of > neighbours). The Airborne 8 was unveiled at Motor-Ex to a very appreciative > crowd. > > All taken with my trusty ist-DL, a Pentax DA II 18-55mm and the new AF360FGZ > (used in some, not all). Enjoy! > > Comments, etc most welcome. > > Regards, Great set of photos, good angles and detail Dave > > Pete Mac in western Sydney, now going back to the never-ending > renovations... > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
