Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, Thanks for the quick reply. I'll pass this on to a friend in Australia who was equally curious. Guess the mystery will have to continue until I can get to Gaydon next July for the Morgan Sports Car Club annual gathering. The MD there knows Jags. Have seen some of the collection of the Jaguar Heritage Trust on Supercar Sunday at Gaydon, but can't recall a single-seat cockpit C-Type. Maybe that IS what this is... Best, William At 12:47 PM 11/06/2004 +0000, you wrote: >I am not even sure about the Ferrari! I know that Ferrari still make new >parts for the collectors market. >AFAIK the only original Dino is in the possession of Tony Smith who bought >it in New Zealand where it had been used in the Tasman series and not >brought back. I had heard the works cars were all destroyed. Tony's car >had a V12 engine fitted when he bought it. It is currently being restored >to its original F1 V6 spec by George Fowles, who looks after all Tony's >cars. >The Jag, I have no idea, I am not very knowledgeable about sportscars, >perhaps a "C" type, I am assuming that it is not a single seater (AFAIK >Jag never built one) and the OOF wheel in the background is from another >car. >I was a spectator in the '60s but have mainly been interested in F1. >cheers >Frank > >On 6 Nov, 2004, at 12:19, William G. Lamb, III wrote: > >>Frank, >> >>Tend to agree about the lens and await an example in bright sunlight with >>a lot of dapple light in the OOF background. >> >>Now for the hard question... Presume the Ferrari is the F1 2.5 V-6 like >>the one Phil Hill used to drive when I worked at NART in the sixties, but >>what is that Jag with the Bell helmet? >> >>William >> >>At 09:34 AM 11/06/2004 +0000, you wrote: >>>These pictures convince me that the boke is OK if not creamy. What is >>>more the guy in the black overalls in the picture is my old mate Barry >>>Williams, who did the same apprenticeship as me in Yorkshire and now >>>races classic cars for wealthy owners! >>>Frank