Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu Jan 8 19:04:53 2009
References: <8BCEDF40-2E56-43DF-91B2-54B0F645C6D8@embarqmail.com>

Ric,

As a Volvo owner, I know that, except for turbos, or the V6 that I owned in 
the early eighties, they are hardly known for acceleration.  What power 
setup is he running in the 240 wagon?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:44 PM
Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip


> Last Saturday, I got to visit a local 1/8 mile drag strip with a kid  I've 
> known since he was 2 or 3. He's the one racing the Volvo wagon.
>
> I didn't really get in the swing of it as things got shortened after a 
> driver flipped his Mustang and threw mud and grass all over the racing 
> pavement closing things down for the day.
>
> I'll try to return when the season restarts.
>
> These are all with the M6 and the old rigid Summicron 50 and Tele- Elmar 
> 135. I packed light and used less than half of what I packed.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/drag/>
> http://tinyurl.com/7l5p9d
>
> I'm no Ball Arche or John Mason, but I had a good time and will try to 
> follow their example in later visits.
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
>
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