Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] Miller race cars
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:35:55 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010  Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote:

>Alan,

>These are fine pictures of older race cars. I'm always impressed by how
>clean and neat vintage automobiles look in comparison with the aerodynamic
>monstrosities of Formula One racing. The absence of fins, foils, and ground
>sweeping aprons makes for better looking race cars. Perhaps racing can
>return to its golden days by returning to the cars of the Miller era. The
>cars may not go as fast but they will certainly look better.


>Larry Z
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Thanks.  My favorite race cars are the 1961 Ferrari Shark-nose GP machines,  
just for the animalistic look to them.
I've got a white metal model kit of one of these from back then that I've 
never had time to assemble (and paint).


Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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