On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > These two images are not posted for any of their photographic content but > for the memories. > I came across these two slides taken over 42 years ago - probably on a > Voightlander folder or a Zeiss Ikon Contessa. I was surprised by the > original slide format - 27mm square. Film was Kodak Kodachrome. The years or > the film have given these image an almost monochrome appearance. Scanned on > my Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED. > > The images are of a 59 Austin Healy Sprite (Bugeye) that was my first real > car. Got me thru college with only regular oil/filter changes, a tune up or > two and a set of Michelin radial tires. > > The most fun for the buck in a car that I've ever had. > > Comments welcomed
Just coming across this thread now. The Bugeye Sprite is my favourite car of all time. I guess it's the big eyes and smile, but I've always loved those things! I've never driven one, never been in one at all. Lovely car, yours was. Looks like it was fun! Thanks for sharing. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
