Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
He was adapt at shifting gears, even at the dinner table. Paul via phone > On Jun 11, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 11/6/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind the wheel he >> would steer the conversation > > I see what you did there ;-) > > Another great story! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) |Web Video Production > -- > _ > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
On 11/6/17, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind the wheel he >would steer the conversation I see what you did there ;-) Another great story! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
Right! This was 35 years ago, so I'm lucky to have even recalled a bit of it :-). Paul via phone > On Jun 11, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Correction: > > Pat Moss (Stirling's sister) was Erik Carlsson's wife! > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 3:54 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG > > I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric Carlsson, Saab's > rally star, was there, and would take the journalists for hair raising rides > the next day at a Georgia racetrack. (He put one car on its roof with a > scribe seated beside him and teased me because I politely declined an > invitation to try for rollover number two.) Anyway to get to the point, > Eric's sister was the wife of Stirling Moss, so Eric had invited them to the > Hilton Head bash. As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind > the wheel he would steer the conversation back to Carlsson and Saab. And of > course there are plenty of Eric "on the roof" Carlsson stories out there. > Good guy, Moss. Carlsson too. > > Paul via phone > >> On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> >>> On Jun 11, 2017, at 5:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> >>>>>> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >>>>>> >>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >>>>> Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor >>>> >>>> Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, >>>> but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon >>>> and might revise it a bit at that point. >>>> >>>>>> Gods, what a beautiful machine! >>>>> >>>>> I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on >>>> Monday or something. >>>> >>>> I don't know when it arrived--it's on loan from Indianapolis. >>>> Do go see it if you get the chance ... It represents a significant piece >>>> of auto racing history. >>> >>> My claim to Sir Stirling Moss fame. Back in the 1990s I was filming at >>> McLaren HQ near London, packed room, lots of people. Camera was on >>> shoulder, filming interviews in close quarters, I swung around and felt >>> the back of the cam clobber something, turned slowly to see Moss nursing >>> a growing bump on his head >>> >>> Nice pics btw! >> >> Thanks Cotty! >> >> My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some >> miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are slogging >> our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter came zinging >> down the path towards us. It was moving way too fast and we jumped backwards >> off the path to get out of the way … Two of us fell down in the process and >> the scooter slid to a halt practially over me. >> >> "Sorry about that, chaps! It almost got away from me in this muck! Let me >> help you up!" and the hand of septeganarian Sir Stirling Moss reached down >> to assist me to my feet. I was covered with mud down my right side and I >> think all the dredgings of Istanbul were in my right shoe. "Thank you, sir! >> And could I have your autograph in the mud on my shirt, please?" I grinned >> at the man. We both laughed and he signed my program. He hung with us a few >> moments than raced off for whatever appointment he had already been late for. >> >> Somewhere in my mess I still have that program. :-) >> >> G >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
On 11/6/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some >miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are >slogging our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter >came zinging down the path towards us. It was moving way too fast and we >jumped backwards off the path to get out of the way ... Two of us fell >down in the process and the scooter slid to a halt practially over me. > >"Sorry about that, chaps! It almost got away from me in this muck! Let >me help you up!" and the hand of septeganarian Sir Stirling Moss reached >down to assist me to my feet. I was covered with mud down my right side >and I think all the dredgings of Istanbul were in my right shoe. "Thank >you, sir! And could I have your autograph in the mud on my shirt, >please?" I grinned at the man. We both laughed and he signed my program. >He hung with us a few moments than raced off for whatever appointment he >had already been late for. > >Somewhere in my mess I still have that program. :-) Brilliant story! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
Correction: Pat Moss (Stirling's sister) was Erik Carlsson's wife! Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 3:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric Carlsson, Saab's rally star, was there, and would take the journalists for hair raising rides the next day at a Georgia racetrack. (He put one car on its roof with a scribe seated beside him and teased me because I politely declined an invitation to try for rollover number two.) Anyway to get to the point, Eric's sister was the wife of Stirling Moss, so Eric had invited them to the Hilton Head bash. As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind the wheel he would steer the conversation back to Carlsson and Saab. And of course there are plenty of Eric "on the roof" Carlsson stories out there. Good guy, Moss. Carlsson too. Paul via phone On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Jun 11, 2017, at 5:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon and might revise it a bit at that point. Gods, what a beautiful machine! I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on Monday or something. I don't know when it arrived--it's on loan from Indianapolis. Do go see it if you get the chance ... It represents a significant piece of auto racing history. My claim to Sir Stirling Moss fame. Back in the 1990s I was filming at McLaren HQ near London, packed room, lots of people. Camera was on shoulder, filming interviews in close quarters, I swung around and felt the back of the cam clobber something, turned slowly to see Moss nursing a growing bump on his head Nice pics btw! Thanks Cotty! My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are slogging our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter came zinging down the path towards us. It was moving way too fast and we jumped backwards off the path to get out of the way … Two of us fell down in the process and the scooter slid to a halt practially over me. "Sorry about that, chaps! It almost got away from me in this muck! Let me help you up!" and the hand of septeganarian Sir Stirling Moss reached down to assist me to my feet. I was covered with mud down my right side and I think all the dredgings of Istanbul were in my right shoe. "Thank you, sir! And could I have your autograph in the mud on my shirt, please?" I grinned at the man. We both laughed and he signed my program. He hung with us a few moments than raced off for whatever appointment he had already been late for. Somewhere in my mess I still have that program. :-) G -- 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. -- 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
I first met Moss at a Saab press dinner at Hilton Head. Eric Carlsson, Saab's rally star, was there, and would take the journalists for hair raising rides the next day at a Georgia racetrack. (He put one car on its roof with a scribe seated beside him and teased me because I politely declined an invitation to try for rollover number two.) Anyway to get to the point, Eric's sister was the wife of Stirling Moss, so Eric had invited them to the Hilton Head bash. As journalists pressed Moss for tales of his days behind the wheel he would steer the conversation back to Carlsson and Saab. And of course there are plenty of Eric "on the roof" Carlsson stories out there. Good guy, Moss. Carlsson too. Paul via phone > On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >> On Jun 11, 2017, at 5:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> > Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... > > https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor >>> >>> Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, >>> but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon >>> and might revise it a bit at that point. >>> > Gods, what a beautiful machine! I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on >>> Monday or something. >>> >>> I don't know when it arrived--it's on loan from Indianapolis. >>> Do go see it if you get the chance ... It represents a significant piece >>> of auto racing history. >> >> My claim to Sir Stirling Moss fame. Back in the 1990s I was filming at >> McLaren HQ near London, packed room, lots of people. Camera was on >> shoulder, filming interviews in close quarters, I swung around and felt >> the back of the cam clobber something, turned slowly to see Moss nursing >> a growing bump on his head >> >> Nice pics btw! > > Thanks Cotty! > > My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some > miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are slogging > our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter came zinging > down the path towards us. It was moving way too fast and we jumped backwards > off the path to get out of the way … Two of us fell down in the process and > the scooter slid to a halt practially over me. > > "Sorry about that, chaps! It almost got away from me in this muck! Let me > help you up!" and the hand of septeganarian Sir Stirling Moss reached down to > assist me to my feet. I was covered with mud down my right side and I think > all the dredgings of Istanbul were in my right shoe. "Thank you, sir! And > could I have your autograph in the mud on my shirt, please?" I grinned at the > man. We both laughed and he signed my program. He hung with us a few moments > than raced off for whatever appointment he had already been late for. > > Somewhere in my mess I still have that program. :-) > > G > -- > 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
> On Jun 11, 2017, at 5:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >>> Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor >> >> Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, >> but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon >> and might revise it a bit at that point. >> Gods, what a beautiful machine! >>> >>> I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on >> Monday or something. >> >> I don't know when it arrived--it's on loan from Indianapolis. >> Do go see it if you get the chance ... It represents a significant piece >> of auto racing history. > > My claim to Sir Stirling Moss fame. Back in the 1990s I was filming at > McLaren HQ near London, packed room, lots of people. Camera was on > shoulder, filming interviews in close quarters, I swung around and felt > the back of the cam clobber something, turned slowly to see Moss nursing > a growing bump on his head > > Nice pics btw! Thanks Cotty! My 'moment with the star' was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed some miserable, pissing-down-rain day in the 1990s. I and my friends are slogging our way up through snot-slick muddy paths when a small scooter came zinging down the path towards us. It was moving way too fast and we jumped backwards off the path to get out of the way … Two of us fell down in the process and the scooter slid to a halt practially over me. "Sorry about that, chaps! It almost got away from me in this muck! Let me help you up!" and the hand of septeganarian Sir Stirling Moss reached down to assist me to my feet. I was covered with mud down my right side and I think all the dredgings of Istanbul were in my right shoe. "Thank you, sir! And could I have your autograph in the mud on my shirt, please?" I grinned at the man. We both laughed and he signed my program. He hung with us a few moments than raced off for whatever appointment he had already been late for. Somewhere in my mess I still have that program. :-) G -- 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.
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On 11/6/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> On Jun 10, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >>> >>> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >> Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor > >Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, >but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon >and might revise it a bit at that point. > >>> Gods, what a beautiful machine! >> >> I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on >Monday or something. > >I don't know when it arrived--it's on loan from Indianapolis. >Do go see it if you get the chance ... It represents a significant piece >of auto racing history. My claim to Sir Stirling Moss fame. Back in the 1990s I was filming at McLaren HQ near London, packed room, lots of people. Camera was on shoulder, filming interviews in close quarters, I swung around and felt the back of the cam clobber something, turned slowly to see Moss nursing a growing bump on his head Nice pics btw! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- 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.
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> On Jun 10, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >> >> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY > Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor Probably display calibration differences. I could brighten it a touch, but I kinda like the deep tones. I'll be making a couple of prints soon and might revise it a bit at that point. >> Gods, what a beautiful machine! > > I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on Monday > or something. I don't know when it arrived—it's on loan from Indianapolis. Do go see it if you get the chance … It represents a significant piece of auto racing history. G -- 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.
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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY Looks a bit dim and yellow on my monitor https://flic.kr/p/VB3DNo https://flic.kr/p/VB3EbC I quite like the third one. Gods, what a beautiful machine! I haven't seen that car there. I may have to swing by after lunch on Monday or something. enjoy! G — The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
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Thanks Paul! Yes indeed, got it on all points: 1954-55, #16 was Stirling Moss—I verified with Michael Riedner's "Mercedes-Benz W196: Last of the Silver Arrows". And the car was noted to be on loan from the Indianapolish Motor Speedway Museum. A beautiful thing indeed, and the car of my greatest fantasies when I was a child along with the 300SLR and 300SL Gullwing coupe. I've been a W196 groupie for a long time. ;-) There are so many amazing things about these cars… I didn't expect to see one this morning. Canepa Motors is kind of a Porsche mecca, but as soon as I saw the W196 I was done there. After seeing it, all the Porsches and other exotica looked the same to me. I just wish I'd had the presence of mind to knock the ISO setting up past 200 to get a little less camera motion blur. I was too excited to see it…! I didn't even think to switch to the 35mm lens, just made two exposures with the 50mm and stitched them together. It was as if I believed the car would evaporate before my eyes. such it is. G > On Jun 10, 2017, at 4:54 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Nice. Excellent photos for a display setting. It is of course one of the > 1954-55 Grand Prix cars. I believe the 16 car was driven by Stirling Moss. It > usually resides in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. But is often > loaned out for shows. It dominated Grand Prix racing until the horrific > accident at Le Mans led Mercedes to quite all motorsports. It is notable for > many reasons, but perhaps most importantly, from a technical point of view, > is that it was the first car to use direct fuel injection, which didn’t > become an industry norm for another 60 years. > > >> On Jun 10, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... >> >> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY >> https://flic.kr/p/VB3DNo >> https://flic.kr/p/VB3EbC >> >> Gods, what a beautiful machine! >> >> enjoy! >> G >> — >> The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- 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.
Re: PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
Nice. Excellent photos for a display setting. It is of course one of the 1954-55 Grand Prix cars. I believe the 16 car was driven by Stirling Moss. It usually resides in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. But is often loaned out for shows. It dominated Grand Prix racing until the horrific accident at Le Mans led Mercedes to quite all motorsports. It is notable for many reasons, but perhaps most importantly, from a technical point of view, is that it was the first car to use direct fuel injection, which didn’t become an industry norm for another 60 years. > On Jun 10, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... > > https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY > https://flic.kr/p/VB3DNo > https://flic.kr/p/VB3EbC > > Gods, what a beautiful machine! > > enjoy! > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
PESO 2017 - W196 - GDG
Saw this gorgeous Mercedes-Benz W196 GP car this morning... https://flic.kr/p/VB3DeY https://flic.kr/p/VB3DNo https://flic.kr/p/VB3EbC Gods, what a beautiful machine! enjoy! G — The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -- 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.