Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-13 Thread knarf
g most of >the >drive - it was an outrageous street car, but far too small for me on an > >everyday basis. Eventually wound up buying a New 66 Shelby GT 350. > >Kenneth Waller >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >- Original Message - >From

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-12 Thread Ken Waller
When I bought the Shelby I was driving a 59 Austin Healy Sprite - da Bugeye - the 350 could go was faster in 2nd gear than the bug could do in 4th ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: PESO M

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-12 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 05:25:14PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Ken Waller wrote: > > > >I test drove a new Mini Cooper 'S' - with a wide grin during most of the > >drive - it was an outrageous street car, but far too small for me on an > >everyday basis. Eventually wound up buying a New 66 Sh

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-12 Thread Larry Colen
Ken Waller wrote: I test drove a new Mini Cooper 'S' - with a wide grin during most of the drive - it was an outrageous street car, but far too small for me on an everyday basis. Eventually wound up buying a New 66 Shelby GT 350. That's almost as wide a range of vehicles as a student of mine

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-12 Thread Ken Waller
buying a New 66 Shelby GT 350. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "knarf" Subject: Re: PESO Mini Cooper I used to love watching Minis at the production races at Mosport, Ontario before the F1 and CanAm races in the 70s. Huge

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 11, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Bill wrote: > On 11/09/2014 12:17 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> This thread has a topic? It’s a PESO. Nice shot. >>> >> > Yeah, apparently the topic is about how butt hurt people get when someone > says an original Mini is a "real" mini. Oh. My. > > > > --

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Bill
On 11/09/2014 12:17 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: This thread has a topic? It’s a PESO. Nice shot. Yeah, apparently the topic is about how butt hurt people get when someone says an original Mini is a "real" mini. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/lis

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Bill wrote: > On 11/09/2014 10:15 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:56 AM, P.J. Alling >> wrote: >> >>> On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: John Francis wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northe

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread P.J. Alling
On 9/11/2014 1:11 PM, Bill wrote: On 11/09/2014 9:56 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/1501647

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Bill
On 11/09/2014 10:15 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:56 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photo

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Bill
On 11/09/2014 9:56 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ Well, mostly on the track,

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:56 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> John Francis wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/1501647

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread P.J. Alling
On 9/11/2014 3:19 AM, Larry Colen wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ Well, mostly on the track, anyway :-) I don't think the gratuitous i

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread John
They were light enough that with the help of a couple of spectators he should have been able to right it & been back in the race. On 9/11/2014 1:52 AM, knarf wrote: I used to love watching Minis at the production races at Mosport, Ontario before the F1 and CanAm races in the 70s. Huge crowds

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Alan C
Tut, tut! Come now gentlemen. The originals may be the "real" ones but the new ones are "unreal". Dakar is testimony to that. Alan C -Original Message- From: John Francis Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-11 Thread Larry Colen
John Francis wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ Well, mostly on the track, anyway :-) I don't think the gratuitous insult was called for, though. I've driven

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-10 Thread knarf
I used to love watching Minis at the production races at Mosport, Ontario before the F1 and CanAm races in the 70s. Huge crowds would gather at Moss Corner (the hairpin) and the higher the inside rear tire got the louder we'd cheer. If the inside front lifted it became an uproar. Once one rolle

Re: PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-10 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:07:13AM +1000, Philip Northeast wrote: > A real Mini Cooper on teh race track > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ Well, mostly on the track, anyway :-) I don't think the gratuitous insult was called for, though. I've driven both the original an

PESO Mini Cooper

2014-09-10 Thread Philip Northeast
A real Mini Cooper on teh race track https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/15016470680/ -- Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au -- 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 direc