Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas, but no I did not. When I was young and brave I was too poor; when I was no longer poor I was no longer young nor brave. Then I went to driving school and learned why real racers do not do well with attention deficit disorder. But I had fun..... --Bob On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Bob, some nice stuff there. From gazing at the 'net, it appears you're a > hero to afficianados of 60s motor racing! > Have you raced yourself? > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:44 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Old photos from 1965 > > > ====On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Start of Belgian Grand Prix, 1965 in Spa-Francorchamps. I sat on the >>> slope >>> above Eau Rouge, a famous corner. All pictures on this trip were taken >>> with >>> a Leica IIIg or Ig. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/old/Europe+1965/ >>> A1306330.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> A wonderful shot of a long gone era. >> >> I was at the old Nurburgring for F1 in 1966; I've posted this before: >> >> http://www.bobbaron.com/EuropeanGP1966/index.html >> >> Lots of cropping from scans of the old color slides; all I had was an M3 >> and a 50mm. That was a summer away from law school with a tight budget >> similar to yours. $5 USD/day was doable then but no longer, for >> age-related physical as well as inflationary reasons. >> >> See also http://bobbaron.tumblr.com/post/14687062155/old-tracks-old-races >> >> I have always wanted to go to Spa but I think the tv is likely to be as >> close as I get now. >> >> --Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >