Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - Loved those old American cars despite their obvious flaws. Giant V8's, horrid brakes, but big enough to hold a party of 8 if you were all good friends. My brother drove a Plymouth GTX for a while, a 1966 model if I remember correctly. It had a 350 HP V-8. I think the cylinders were about 4" in diameter. The car made a kind of pocka-pocka sound when it idled and rocked back and forth like it couldn't stand being still. We were doing 80 MPH driving north to Canada once on trip and he said "want to see what it'll will do?" He floored the accelerator, my neck snapped back like it was on a rubber band, the tires screeched, and we we were off in a smelly cloud of burning rubber and oil. 80 to 120 in about 4 seconds. I gasped, my stomach made for my throat, and the car felt like it was airborne. He slowed down just before all hope was lost. What a ride! Of course, we averaged about 8 MPG on that trip. Great cars. I'm just glad we survived them. :-)) Dick >...I went to an oldtimer car/motorcycle show a couple of weeks ago. >Most of the cars on display were big American cars from the days >when Detroit ruled the automotive world, men were men and women were >in the kitchen. Some people displayed not only their cars but >themselves, taking the period dress very seriously: >http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/1411557 > >Nathan > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Almere, The Netherlands > >SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > >General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > >Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > >Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information