Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] There's something about German design ...
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Mon Jan 15 20:04:08 2007
References: <200701150418.l0F4IlM8086419@server1.waverley.reid.org> <315738.85149.qm@web90412.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200701150654.l0F6svXV004648@server1.waverley.reid.org> <45AB5497.2010403@gmx.de> <200701152003.l0FK3lKV020678@server1.waverley.reid.org> <001801c738fe$df499aa0$6501a8c0@asus930> <200701160020.l0G0K1U6094162@server1.waverley.reid.org> <001b01c73913$c1eac960$6501a8c0@asus930> <200701160257.l0G2vX3L044059@server1.waverley.reid.org> <002501c7391f$562170b0$6501a8c0@asus930>

At 10:35 PM 1/15/2007, G Hopkinson wrote:
 >Marc, I won't argue casualty figures with you. Not a matter of
 >national pride, certainly. Better that we had never blindly followed
 >Empire in these things. One of my Grandparents served at Gallipoli.
 >I can personally vouch for the existence of the vehicle labelled
 >"mephisto" which still retains damaged panels. There are some
 >contemporary photographs on display that show the vehicle being
 >returned to Australia, as well. From a production of twenty, and
 >with you having identified one rust pile and one reconstruction
 >elsewhere, I think we might reasonably claim some rarity and
 >interest in this specimen.

Fer sure, good buddy!  This is a unique specimen 
and deserves credit.  Heck, I probably should go to Australia just to see it!

With a Leica, of course!

Marc

msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!



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