[Leica] Morgans

[woc2 at earthlink.net (Bill O'Connell)]

Neil,
  No interesting pictures on the walls?  Does this mean the calendars are
gone from the panel beating/bending shop are gone?  My wife, who is also a
'car guy' was just as interested in the entire operation.  When we got to
the back all the workers sort of stopped and kept an eye on her, seems not
many ladies go that far due to noise and dirt.  The walls were covered with
girlie calendars and one in particular had an extremely well endowed woman
sans any clothing.  She looked at the picture and casually mentioned 'wow,
look at the rack on her'.  The worker closest to her muttered something to
the effect 'she's ok mate' and they went back to work.  She just grinned and
snapped a few shots.  No, not with a Leica.  Although she is very proficient
with a camera she loves her Nikons and can't warm up to the various M's that
have graced our home over the years.
Shame the factory is not as accessible as it was, but at least the cars
still maintain their heritage.
Bill

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From: lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Neil
Miller
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:40 PM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: RE: [Leica] Morgans


On 20 Feb 2005 08:08:00 Bill O'Connell wrote:

>Thank you for reviving memories of a trip through the factory
>some years back.? It was pouring cats and dogs (such a surprise).? Not sure
>if it is still the same but the tour was self tending.

Bill,

>From my perspective the factory did not change much from 1970 to the early
1990s. The past 10 years have seen a movement to a more up to date assembly
line. An example would be cars are not coasted downhill from shop to shop as
they were in the past also no interesting pictures on the walls. It has
progressed - something like adding a built in lightmeter to a Leica M4.

Neil


Neil A. Miller
Phoenix, Arizona
plus_4@hotmail.com


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