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Subject: [Leica] Was What's in Your Camera Bag, Now OT Maxton Mile Land Speed Race
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:33:44 -0500
References: <257123.9784.qm@web114413.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Great stuff John; My father loved race cars, and we always had something to
tinker with.

In the late fifties we had two Crosley's, neither were racers, one was a
wagon and the other was a convertible.  As the years went by, the wagon
started eating the convertible for parts.

When Dad passed away four years ago, I noticed that his utility trailer was
made out of parts of the Crosley.



On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:36 PM, John Edwin Mason <profmason at 
yahoo.com>wrote:

> > Charlotte Geary's bags (packed and unpacked) and see just how she
> > manages to cart a Whole Lotta Stuff around. If you're interested,
> > you can check it out here:
> > http://community.livejournal.com/photographers/16546343.html
>
> Makes you appreciate the Leica aesthetic -- the M aesthetic, that is.
>
> Spoken by someone whose editors do not appreciate that aesthetic, who
> therefore spent the weekend humping two DSLRs, various lenses -- from very
> short to very long -- plus flashes, batteries, cards, cables, etc., at not
> one but two different races last weekend, and who is now very tired.
>
> Fortunately, one of the races, the Maxton Mile land speed race, more than
> worth it.  A real hoot.
>
> Where else are you going to find a '51 Crosley Super Sport (looks like a
> Bugeye Sprite, only smaller), a '73 Citroen SM (on nitrous), a vintage
> sprint car, a supercharged land speed roadster, an ex-Nascar Chevy, a
> street-legal '94 Mitsubishi Evo II that runs 237.63 in the standing mile,
> and a '72 Cadillac Eldorado (that doesn't run even half of 237.63) all on
> the same track?
>
> See 'em here:
>
> http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/jem_racing_photography/
>
> --John
>
> ******************************
> John Edwin Mason, Photography:
> http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com
> Charlottesville and Cape Town
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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