Nice shots and a remarkable car! I like the stitched wound along the roof--nice touch!
Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 8/9/10, Pete McIntosh <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pete McIntosh <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO - Airborne 8 > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 7:24 AM > 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... > > 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, > > 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. > -- 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.
