Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/20

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Subject: [Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photosofhisfather
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Tue Dec 20 09:54:59 2005
References: <7629EB4795F39146A4D2ECC655CD68EA0747D569@asc02.asc.upenn.edu><001001c60326$b7cec5e0$6101a8c0@jimnichols><006401c604cc$8fc30500$2501a8c0@chartertn.net> <006e01c604e7$3a0d1450$6101a8c0@jimnichols> <00fb01c60583$c8429820$2501a8c0@chartertn.net>

Who knows ............... by that time (many years?) it might be real  
cool to drive around in a golden oldie. You might have to wear a  
peaked cap though ..............

B.


On 20-dec-2005, at 17:34, John Black wrote:

>
>>
>> Yes, it was a 1952 Plymouth convertible.  As a USAF Lt. with a  
>> working
> wife,
>> we saved for about a year to get that car, and I convinced her  
>> everyone
>> should have at least one convertible.  We ordered it, and then the  
>> steel
>> companies went on strike, so it was delayed because the auto  
>> manufacturers
>> were short on steel.  We enjoyed it until the family came along,  
>> and we
>> found the back seat was too cold when transporting young ones.
>> Incidentally, it was a rare Plymouth with overdrive, so it cruised  
>> the
>> highways with no problems.
>
>
> Don't you wish you still had that car today?  I wish I had my  
> Studebaker....
> if for no other reason than to drive my kids around in when they  
> were teens
> in order to embarrass them in front of their peers to be in such an  
> un-cool
> car!
>
> JB
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from KCassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photos of his father)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photos of hisfather)
Message from jblack at ambio.net (John Black) ([Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photos ofhisfather)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photosofhisfather)
Message from jblack at ambio.net (John Black) ([Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photosofhisfather)