Paul, your '55 looks pretty as I rember them looking - other than
consumerables - brakes, tires batteries etc, how much of it is original?
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: GESO: My Chevy for the Times
Well done articles and photos, Paul. Especially the "tongue in cheek"
recount of your acquiring the '55 convertible.
I owned a blue and white two tone '56 Bell Air "hard top" back in the early
'60's and imagine it's still running somewhere today.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 4:56 PM
Subject: GESO: My Chevy for the Times
A couple of weeks back I mentioned that I had shot a car at the GM Design
Center. The car was my ''55 Chevy BelAir Convertible, and i shot it for this
Sunday's NY Times. The article that the pics accompany is a test drive of my
car and a tribute to '55 Chevies by Car & Driver editor, Tony Swan. It's all
part of a Chey 100th anniversary package. Here's a gallery of some of the
pics I shot and jpegs of the Times pagea:
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1018508
I had to do a lot of backlight work to get the GM Design Center in the pics,
because the only place to shoot was on the north side of the building. But
it worked out well with some reflectors and flash fill.
The article is on the web as well if anyone is interested. Swan did a nice
job:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/automobiles/autoreviews/a-fabulously-fifties-way-to-see-the-usa.html?_r=1
I also wrote a short and somewhat tongue-in-cheek piece about buying the car
eleven years ago:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/road-trip-returning-a-55-chevy-bel-air-to-its-detroit-roots/
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