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Volvo Duett P210 - FUJI GA645Wi - EBC Fujinon 45mm f/4 - Portra 160 (b/w-converted)


MG - FUJI GA645 - EBC Fujinon 60mm f/4 - Portra 400


Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - Portra 400


Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - Portra 400
 
36CM Tele-Xenar on Kodak 2D 5X7
 
This was the Gurney and Foyt LeMans winner, about 5 years after the fact. On display in the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn (I think), Michigan where it still lives today. My first ever photo with a view camera, too, of one of my all time favorite cars.



They were having a bit of a sports car display, thus the Maserati Birdcage in the background.

There was something else there called the "Cotton Owens Challenger." Back in those days I used to read in one of the car magazines about this secret across-the-US underground race, formally known as the "Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash." It was something of a protest against a nationwide 55 mph speed limit imposed as a largely ineffective fuel-saving measure at a time when the US was experiencing gasoline shortages. Now, I was never quite sure if the "race" was real, or just some tongue-in-cheek banter and fabricated stories by some of the columnists. Until I saw the Dodge Challenger specially outfitted in the Cotton Owens shop for reliable high-speed cruising with extended range. This had been a contestant, so for the first time, I knew for sure that the Cannonball was real.
 
macfred said:
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Citroën HY - Konica III - Hexanon 48mm/f2 - XP2 Super

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550 Spyder - Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - XP2 Super

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Volvo B18 - Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - XP2 Super
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Nicely Done..!!!

1. I really dig the look of all those European..... and especially Eastern European..... trucks.

2. Wow, a 550.
That is a pretty rare car...isn't it.?

3. That model Volvo is at the top of my wife's "I Want One" list.
 
CMoore said:
Nicely Done..!!!

1. I really dig the look of all those European..... and especially Eastern European..... trucks.

2. Wow, a 550.
That is a pretty rare car...isn't it.?

3. That model Volvo is at the top of my wife's "I Want One" list.
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Thank you, sir !
Yes, a 550 is very rare - this one is a replica. Your wife has a good taste .

An other 550 replica ...

550 - Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - Lomography Color 100
 
Wow..... those are counterfeits eh.?
I must say, i like these A LOT better than the Cobra Reproductions.....then again, i never thought a Cobra was a particularly attractive car to begin with.
 


When Mack was a pup...

Canonet 28, Ultra 400, Parodinal 1:50
 
CMoore said:
Wow..... those are counterfeits eh.?
I must say, i like these A LOT better than the Cobra Reproductions.....
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The Porsche 550 was a racing sports car produced by Porsche from 1953 to 1956. In that time only 90 Porsche 550s were produced.
It's hard to get an original one, so he 550 is among the most frequently reproduced classic automobiles.
 
This is a photograph taken by my father-in-law decades ago - camera was a Voigtländer Perkeo ...


Volkswagen - Voigtländer Perkeo (Photo courtesy by Josef Riedel)
 
I'm not 'Into' Classic Cars only 'Classic Cameras' ! But I found by chance a Classic Car event in a field in Weald Country Park, near my Town of BRENTWOOD Essex England and took a few snaps with my 'Classic Rolleiflex T ' and 16-on kit . FILM was 1998 dated Fuji Reala 100 rated 50 ASA and home-processed in C41.
 
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Peugeot 404 - FUJI GW 670iii


Ford Taunus 17M - Rolleiflex 3.5F -Planar - Portra 400


356 - Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - Portra 400


356 - Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - Portra 400
 
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