Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I had my Eldorado, and before that my Buick. and I needed to travel frequently when selling mainframe software, I liked the feeling that I was driving my comfortable living room sofa from Boston to Connecticut, New York City, Albany, etc. Jim On 4/7/14 2:38 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > I like this one, Chris. > > As for old American cars; yes, they are overlarge and floaty but that > didn't matter in America before the 70's, for the most part. Wide open > spaces with a lot of straight but rather lumpy roads and cheap gas. One > 'floated' right over everything, and when it came time to change direction > one had a lot of warning. High speeds except for drag racing weren't > allowed nor reasonable. Style was important. > > My personal preference was also always for a smaller, more nimble and > better handling car. To counter that, my first new car was a Beetle. At > least it was practical. > > Henning > > > On 2014-04-04, at 11:30 AM, Chris Crawford<chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> This beautiful old Buick is sitting by an abandoned building on US-27 >> south >> of Fort Wayne, Indiana. I photographed it a couple days ago. >> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1876 >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >