Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG

He was adapt at shifting gears, even at the dinner table. Paul via phone > On Jun 11, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 11/6/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind the wheel he >> would

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On 11/6/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind the wheel he >would steer the conversation I see what you did there ;-) Another great story! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG

-Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 3:54 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG > > I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric Carlsson, Saab's > rally star, was there, and would take the

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On 11/6/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some >miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are >slogging our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter >came zinging down the path

Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG

Correction: Pat Moss (Stirling's sister) was Erik Carlsson's wife! Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 3:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric

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I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric Carlsson, Saab's rally star, was there, and would take the journalists for hair raising rides the next day at a Georgia racetrack. (He put one car on its roof with a scribe seated beside him and teased me because I politely declined

Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG

> On Jun 11, 2017, at 5:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >>> Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor >> >> Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a

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On 11/6/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> On Jun 10, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >>> >>> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >> Looks a bit dim and yellow on my

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> On Jun 10, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >> >> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY > Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor https://flic.kr/p/VB3DNo https://flic.kr/p/VB3EbC I quite like the third one. Gods, what a beautiful machine! I haven't

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Thanks Paul! Yes indeed, got it on all points: 1954-55, #16 was Stirling Moss—I verified with Michael Riedner's "Mercedes-Benz W196: Last of the Silver Arrows". And the car was noted to be on loan from the Indianapolish Motor Speedway Museum. A beautiful thing indeed, and the car of my

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Nice. Excellent photos for a display setting. It is of course one of the 1954-55 Grand Prix cars. I believe the 16 car was driven by Stirling Moss. It usually resides in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. But is often loaned out for shows. It dominated Grand Prix racing until the horrific

PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG

Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY https://flic.kr/p/VB3DNo https://flic.kr/p/VB3EbC Gods, what a beautiful machine! enjoy! G — The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List