Check out the badge on the hood - Sprite! I had a 59 with the same original color. When I got it, it was British Racing Green. A fun little vehicle. Mine had the factory hard top.
My next vehicle was a 1966 Shelby GT 350. It could go faster in second gear than the Sprite's top end! -----Original Message----- >From: knarf <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - Small Wasp > >BTW, yours aren't photos of a Sprite. That's a Spridget. > >;-) > >Cheers, > >frank > >On December 4, 2015 3:07:35 PM EST, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>knarf wrote: >>> Nothing new under the sun: >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/zft854m >> >>My favorite photos of a Sprite: >>http://www.red4est.com/lrc/racer_html/miscpix.html >> >>although not for their photographic quality. >> >>> >>> >>> >>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Austin_Healey_%27Frogeye%27_Sprite_-_Flickr_-_exfordy_%282%29.jpg >> >>The weird thing is that if you do a websearch on bugeye these days, you >> >>get a bunch of pictures of Subies. >> >> >>Frogeyes were supposed to have pop up headlights, which worked like the >> >>ones on a 928, however it was determined that it was a pound cheaper to >> >>make the car with them permanently up. >> >> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> On December 4, 2015 1:44:39 PM EST, Mark C<[email protected]> >>wrote: >>>> I sometimes wonder if automobile designers are deliberately trying >>>> anthropomorphize their products, but at the end of the day two head >>>> lights ("eyes") and one grill ("mouth") will result in some >>resemblance >>>> >>>> to a human or at least vertebrate face. Adding a third light would >>>> change that - >>>> >>>> >>http://forums.motortrend.com/70/6735296/the-artists-loft/the-return-of-tucker/index.html >>>> >>>> I keep looking for alternate subjects other than insects and >>spiders, >>>> but despite several test shoots I still have not found much that is >>>> interesting at these magnifications. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/3/2015 11:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Great work, as usual, Mark! >>>>> >>>>> I do not find these insect particularly ugly or threatening. >>>>> In many (most?) cases those impressions both concepts are >>>>> experience-based. >>>>> >>>>> Naturally, a human brain tends to like what we are used to, and >>>>> dislike (or even get threatened by) what is very disparate from >>>>> ourselves: we fear unknown. >>>>> I think it is very similar to the roots of xenophobia (and a few >>>>> other phobias). I also think a similar mechanism is responsible (at >>>>> least in part) for face recognition problems across races. >>>>> >>>>> Mark, I see why you said this insect looks like a puppy. >>>>> It does a little bit. >>>>> By the way, this is actually a great example of that we tend to >>>> relate >>>>> new objects to something that we are familiar with. >>>>> Very similarly, we find human-like features in cars (headlights -> >>>> eyes, >>>>> grill -> face), and classify some grill features as friendly or >>>>> aggressive. >>>>> >>>>> Igor >>>>> >>>>> PS. I find it interesting that a few months ago I was shooting a >>>> wasp, >>>>> thinking it was an ant queen. :-) >>>>> You might remember it: http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR27045.jpg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Mark C wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Since posting this I've learned that it is actually an ant queen, >>>> and >>>>>> not a >>>>>> wasp, not that it makes much difference to the viewer. As nasty as >>>> ti >>>>>> looks, >>>>>> the whole frame is covering less than 3mm of space, so the ant is >>>>>> very tiny >>>>>> indeed. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 12/3/2015 12:19 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >>>>>>> Certainly a creature one wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley >>:-). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12/3/2015 1:48, Mark C wrote: >>>>>>>> Looks a little like a puppy to me: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/small-wasp-1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> or on flickr: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcassino/23370180022/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 8x lifesized. Pentax K01 and K 24 f3.5, lots of extension and >>>> flash. >>>>>>>> Comments welcome! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mark -- 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.
