Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A Morgan...That is a good one.... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul > Chefurka > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:57 PM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6 > Aspherical] > > > The Auburn Boattail Speedster was a classic American roadster > from the 30's. > To quote from a web-site on the subject, "Auburn, Indiana was > once a center > of a thriving automobile industry. The Auburn Automobile Company produced > three of the most beautiful cars ever designed, the Auburn, the Cord, and > the Duesenberg." Only replicas are built today. > > Because of that, I think a modern Morgan with its wood chassis and > bugs-in-the-teeth retro flair is the perfect automotive analog to an M6. > > Now if my M6 was a vegetable, what kind of vegetable would it be? > > Paul > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] > >Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:35 PM > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: RE: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6 > >Aspherical] > > > > > >Far too sporty...and powerful...the Duesenberg anyway...You > >have me at a > >loss on the Auburn...Football team, yes, but car? :-) > > > >B. D. > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > >> Krechtz@aol.com > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:22 PM > >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6 > >> Aspherical] > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 9/26/00 12:05:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > >> bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > >> > >> << Packard? :-) >> > >> > >> Good one. Or if you want something a bit more sporty, how about > >> Duesenberg > >> or Auburn? > >> > >> Joe Sobel > >> > > >