Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical]
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:18:26 -0400

A Morgan...That is a good one....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul
> Chefurka
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:57 PM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6
> Aspherical]
> 
> 
> The Auburn Boattail Speedster was a classic American roadster 
> from the 30's.
> To quote from a web-site on the subject, "Auburn, Indiana was 
> once a center
> of a thriving automobile industry. The Auburn Automobile Company produced
> three of the most beautiful cars ever designed, the Auburn, the Cord, and
> the Duesenberg."  Only replicas are built today.
> 
> Because of that, I think a modern Morgan with its wood chassis and
> bugs-in-the-teeth retro flair is the perfect automotive analog to an M6.
> 
> Now if my M6 was a vegetable, what kind of vegetable would it be?
> 
> Paul
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:35 PM
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6
> >Aspherical]
> >
> >
> >Far too sporty...and powerful...the Duesenberg anyway...You 
> >have me at a
> >loss on the Auburn...Football team, yes, but car? :-)
> >
> >B. D.
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> >> Krechtz@aol.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:22 PM
> >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Voigtlander Ultra-Wide - Heliar 12mm f/5.6
> >> Aspherical]
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 9/26/00 12:05:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:
> >>
> >> << Packard? :-) >>
> >>
> >> Good one.  Or if you want something a bit more sporty, how about
> >> Duesenberg
> >> or Auburn?
> >>
> >> Joe Sobel
> >>
> >
>