[Leica] Car shots

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

Ah a 275 GTB4 my favourite road car of all time?
Frank

On 26 May, 2004, at 05:01, Bill O'Connell wrote:

> Sunday before last a friend recruited my wife and I to assist in 
> bringing
> some of his Ferraris to a huge concours in of all places Reading PA.  
> it is
> a private event, and well over a hundred cars showed up.  It is not
> advertised, so if you don't know about it....  It was the 20th annual 
> event
> and so he brought 5 cars, a spec built IMSA racer built for Paul Newman
> based on a 308 (he trailed that), as well as a 360, 330, 275. and a 
> Dino.
> My wife chose the Dino and I chose the 275 - no it was not red, a 
> light blue
> metallic, looked like it belonged in a Cary Grant movie from the 60s.  
> It
> ended up winning best of class.  I did not see any Enzo versions but 
> plenty
> of other models from F50s to 308s.  getting there early is the trick 
> so you
> can actually hear the others coming in.  As Don pointed out, the 
> engines
> sing.  We have been invited to a Ferrari rally in a few weeks, but I'll
> probably be driving our P car, good for tweaking some folks.
>
> And to bring some semblance of Leica topic here, I packed the M7, 
> NOCT, and
> 21 the goal being to create some panorama shots of the field.  About 
> 1/2 way
> to the event I realized I left the bag sitting by the door.  Sigh. We 
> did
> have the G5 though and managed to expose over 100 digital frames.
>
>
>
> Sonny,
> You should hang around and listen to the engine sing.  There is almost
> nothing like the sound of an Italian engine in full song: maybe a Wasp
> coughing into life on an antique bomber.
>
> There are a couple of Ferrari's in my neighborhood and this is the time
> of year when they come out to play.  Also, growing up in Kansas City,
> there were a couple of owners that would scream down Ward Parkway doing
> at least 100 mph: the state line was just a couple of blocks away and
> the KCMO police didn't really want to deal with a very rich person on
> the wrong side of the state line for a speeding ticket.
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
>
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