Sweet ride, and great shots. The Detroit-bred car guy reading over my shoulder wants to know: What's the story behind the car? It's a one of a kind? Was it built that way, or did someone modify?
:) -c On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving > grounds in Shelby, Michigan: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 > > The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never > exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened to > be handy and aesthetically a nice match for the car. Here it is in front of > the old Packard garage: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483792&size=lg > > And smoking the hides on the remains of the Packard test track, which was > once a 2 1/2- mile oval (if memory serves me). All that remains is a few > hundred feet of track and guardrail: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483794&size=lg > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
