Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/24

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Subject: [Leica] Didier's PAW 2007 #14, 15, 16
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Apr 24 20:40:29 2007
References: <20070424134727.3F2502FBF0@donald.hostspirit.ch> <462EAD2A.1010900@san.rr.com> <1B643720-7E63-41DE-94A9-B7C1E7D2590F@mindspring.com> <9b678e0704241952q506ad9f7tbad6f9488d025539@mail.gmail.com>

don--

please reread:

i said tasteful was NOT Shelby's goal

0-60 in 3.2 was the aim

ric


On Apr 24, 2007, at 10:52 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Ric,
> Oh, I think tasteless describes a Cobra.  Stuff the largest engine  
> you could
> into the smallest body you could find.  Seats were not for touring,  
> noise
> extreme, and heat impossible unless you lived north of Ted a bit.   
> But when
> the loud peddle goes down all the way you almost can't keep up with  
> the
> shifting and will frequently find yourself headed sideways with a  
> large grin
> on your face.
>
> On 4/24/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> While the lines of the Cobra are deliciously exquisite, I think that
>> "tastefully outfitted" was not at all what Carroll Shelby was going
>> for;^)
>>
>> ric
>>
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>>
>> > a beautiful picture of a tastelessly outfitted car
>>
>>
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> Don
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In reply to: Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Didier's PAW 2007 #14, 15, 16)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Didier's PAW 2007 #14, 15, 16)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Didier's PAW 2007 #14, 15, 16)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Didier's PAW 2007 #14, 15, 16)