Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: GT40
From: Paul Chefurka <paul@chefurka.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:39:00 -0400
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJMEOCAEAB.darkroom@ix.netcom.com> <200205241859.g4OIxxQ07432@panix2.panix.com>

This is a crowd with exceptionally good taste (as if that was ever in
doubt).  The GT40 and the Miura are the pinnacle of hot-car designs as far
as I'm concerned too.  I was in Paris in '67, and was exposed to all the
GT40/Le Mans publicity.  I remember seeing a Miura there once and thinking
that this was about as close to perfect as a car could get.  Those two
designs had serious soul.

Like Adam  I wouldn't trade my 540i for either as a daily driver, but they
are definitely the stuff that dreams are made of.

Paul

On Fri, 24 May 2002 14:59:59 -0400 (EDT), "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
wrote:

>we think alike, my friend.  
>
>i've always thought the miura was 
>one of the best-looking of the breed, and far nicer than countach
>and the space-age transformers-type cars which followed.
>
>-rei
>
>> From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
>> 
>> > There hasn't been a mid-engine sports car whose form is more 
>> > pleasing to me that
>> > the GT40.
>> 
>> Adam,
>> 
>> The Lamborghini Miura is very close IMO...
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Austin
>
>-- 
>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>Ridgewood, New Jersey

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