On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thirty nine shots from the show Saturday. > > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2010-carshow/album/index.html > > No adjustments, just added the jpg's to jalbum and created.
What the hell is that low-slung green tricycle about? That's one weird vehicle! Some terrific shots in there, Dave. Love the shot of the Plymouth Road Runner Superbird. Wanted one of those real bad when I was a kid. Of course, being 13 years old precluded me from driving it had I the financial wherewithal to buying one... ;-) Great story about those: NASCAR (or whatever they were called back then): "You can't race those big wings and pointy nose. These are ~stock~ cars! They have to be available to the general public." Chrysler: "Oh, other than our racing cars, we built a couple of thousand of them and they're already at the dealers. M'kay?" NASCAR: "Oh. Er. Well, I guess that'll be okay..." Great Story the Second: That high back wing (probably the car's most distinctive feature) was a real aerodynamic advantage - it was up off the body so as to be away from the air-flow of the car to give more downforce. However, it didn't have to be ~that~ high to be effective. It's height was so one could open the trunk. ;-) 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.
