Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the information, Jim. My knowledge extended only to knowing the marque, not the model or its great rarity. I wonder where it is now. Of the driver, a bit more is known! Yes, Douglas, it seems a pity to have all that performance at your command, only to have a straitlaced chap in the passenger seat. But I?m sure the royal motto must govern the royal bodyguard in relation to minor civil indiscretions?honi soit qui mal y pense? ?howard On May 4, 2014, at 4:55 PM, Jim Laurel <jplaurel at spectare.com> wrote: > How nice to see that DB5 being enjoyed in its own era. Well, I suppose it > would have been as much as 9 years old by the time you took this photo in > '74. The car in your picture is a "short chassis" DB5 Volante, of which > only 37 were produced between Oct '65-Oct '66. A machine like that in good > condition would be practically priceless in 2014. > > --Jim > > > > On May 3, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > >> Taken on my motorcycle trip through England, France, Germany, and >> Austria, May 1974. Finally scanned! >> >> This charming lady lived in the town of Moreton Hampstead. If I recall >> correctly, it?s the same town where I was introduced to the delicious >> custom of Dover Cream Tea. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/England+1974/Mrs+B+Friend.jpg.html >> >> C&C welcome. >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information