[Leica] Diesel in the snow

[pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)]

Nice feature and photo.
 From back in the days when MB designed without cost as a  
consideration...

Phil

On Jan 4, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I shot this in Patterson New Jersey.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/automobiles/collectibles/04EGO.html
> Or
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/9yr5kz
>
> It's a cream 1985 300D Mercedes diesel, (this fella has three)
> Goes for many thousands of miles. Many decades.
>
> Paterson home of the Colt company who made the Colt Paterson 45
> And Alan Ginsberg who didn't pack one,
> But packed a Leica M6.
> And wrote the pivotal Beat Poem "Paterson".
>
> The first planned industrialized city. Because of the Waterfall;
> Right in the center of town. Like Rochester NJ; only closer.
> Mr. Paterson signed the Declaration of Independence.
> Paterson is where "On the Road" starts out at.
> "On the Driveway" .
>
> It's a pretty gritty town.
> I got some grit.
> But its got nice areas too.
> Was hard to pull over because of the snow drifts.
>
> I sure love the snow!
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
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