[Leica] Ira's Mucho PESOs - 2008 Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Ira,

That is a great collection of interesting cars, including some that I, at 
least, have never seen before.  Thanks for sharing.

The Talbot-Lago is indeed a beauty.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: [Leica] Ira's Mucho PESOs - 2008 Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance


> I've finally found the time to work on these pictures taken a few weeks 
> ago
> at The Newport Beach Concours.  This first set is B&W, taken  with the 
> M4/35
> Summicron on Tri-X, with a yellow filter.
>
> To my eyes, nothing on four wheels was so lovely as this 1937 
> Talbot-Lago:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1937+Talbot-Lago+T150+
> _1_.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1937+Talbot-Lago+T150+_1_.jpg.html)
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1937+Talbot-Lago+T150+
> _2_.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1937+Talbot-Lago+T150+_2_.jpg.html)
>
> The Alfa-Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato remains one of my all-time favorites:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1932+Alfa+Romeo+8C+230
> 0.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1932+Alfa+Romeo+8C+2300.jpg.html)
>
> Having sparred with a Fiat throughout my college years, here's a rare 
> one:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1953+Fiat+8V+Supersoni
> c.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1953+Fiat+8V+Supersonic.jpg.html)
>
> A pair of unusual Rolls' - a woody wagon and a boattail Phantom:
> _http://gallery.
> leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1933+Rolls-Royce+Shooting+Brake.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1933+Rolls-Royce+Shooting+Brake.jpg.html)
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1929+Rolls-Royce+Phant
> om+I.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1929+Rolls-Royce+Phantom+I.jpg.html)
>
> Pure elegance - 1934 Packard Twelve Boattail Speedster:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1934+Packard+Twelve.jp
> g.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1934+Packard+Twelve.jpg.html)
>
> Another rare one - 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe;
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1953+Nash-Healey+Le+Ma
> ns.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1953+Nash-Healey+Le+Mans.jpg.html)
>
> And two totally different competition cars - 1946 Delage Grand Prix and 
> 1964
> Mercury Comet that ran the East African Safari:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1946+Delage+D6+GP.jpg.
> html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1946+Delage+D6+GP.jpg.html)
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1964+Mercury+Comet+Eas
> t+African+Safari.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/CDE2008/1964+Mercury+Comet+East+African+Safari.jpg.html)
>
> I'm working on the (Canon) color pictures now and I'll post a few over the
> next couple of days.
>
> As always, comments, critiques and suggestions are always  appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
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