Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu Jan 8 21:22:56 2009
References: <8BCEDF40-2E56-43DF-91B2-54B0F645C6D8@embarqmail.com><9D54F19A1C4542DEA10A6FEFC7246768@jimnichols> <10612C14-9CC3-444B-BDF6-913E8EC275CF@embarqmail.com>

Thanks, Ric.  That ought to do it.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Drag Strip


> he put a 400 cu-in chevy v-8 and tranny in it;^)
> 
> it'll do about 72-73mph in the eighth. he's already got another engine  
> to drop in when this one goes, which he says is not long
> 
> it's one of the most popular cars there
> 
> he also runs a Monte Carlo and a hearse on occasion
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 
>> Ric,
>>
>> As a Volvo owner, I know that, except for turbos, or the V6 that I  
>> owned in the early eighties, they are hardly known for  
>> acceleration.  What power setup is he running in the 240 wagon?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@embarqmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:44 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] Drag Strip
>>
>>
>>> Last Saturday, I got to visit a local 1/8 mile drag strip with a  
>>> kid  I've known since he was 2 or 3. He's the one racing the Volvo  
>>> wagon.
>>>
>>> I didn't really get in the swing of it as things got shortened  
>>> after a driver flipped his Mustang and threw mud and grass all over  
>>> the racing pavement closing things down for the day.
>>>
>>> I'll try to return when the season restarts.
>>>
>>> These are all with the M6 and the old rigid Summicron 50 and Tele-  
>>> Elmar 135. I packed light and used less than half of what I packed.
>>>
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/drag/>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7l5p9d
>>>
>>> I'm no Ball Arche or John Mason, but I had a good time and will try  
>>> to follow their example in later visits.
>>>
>>> Ric Carter
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>>>
>>>
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