Interesting afternoon I had...

I went out to get some 'stuff', and then to the Salvation Army (I *GOTTA*
stay away from that place!) and located a decent bag for my camera. I was
going to take the highway home, but at the last minute decided to take one
of the old "State" highways, just because it's a nice ride.

Now, consider I was going downtown to get a gallon of milk, but took my
camera anyway, thinking to myself, You never know when an opportunity may
happen...

How I wound up 25 miles from the store...

So, I drive about 5 miles up the highway, and did a double-take...then
turned around! In a parking area on the side of the road, in front of a
quite pristine garage, was a Bentley Speed 6, a six and a half litre,
wooden bodied car made in the early 1930's. "Jon Steed" drove one in the
Avengers.

I was going to hop out and start shooting pictures, but I figured I'd ask
first. I went into the garage and was overwhelmed! There were parts
everywhere, but located next to the chassis they were going to be
assembled to....then I noticed a hood sitting on the ground...the shape
oddly familiar to pictures I had seen in magazines on the Internet and in
books and magazines. "Is..is that an ALLARD hood?" The answerr was, yes,
and all these are Allards. There were two frames, one completely stripped
and redone, and one redone with the trunk section mathing the hood on the
floor. The third was complete. In front of the complete Allard was an
almost complete MG, ca. 1934, minus the engine. I had an interesting talk
with the owner of the garage, and then went outside, where he lifted the
bonnet and let me take pics to my heart's content of the Bentley. I would
have taken some shots of the Allards, but it wasnt' too big a shop, and I
could just imagine tripping over something trying to line up a shot and
wrecking the place...

I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley
faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who
hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...

"Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:sXzth.1595$2n.1407@trndny06...

*snipping Hachi's car madness*

You crack me up

Natalie

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:sXzth.1595$2n.1407@trndny06...[color=blue]
> I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley
> faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who
> hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...
>
> "Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/color]

Another Bugatti story....One time Signor Bugatti was being interviewed about
his legendary cars, and the interviewer said "Some people say that your
Bugattis don't have very good brakes...." To which Commendatore Bugatti
loudly proclaimed "Any IDIOT can make a car to stop.....I make cars that
GO!"[color=blue]
>[/color]

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:sXzth.1595$2n.1407@trndny06...[color=blue]
>I went out to get some 'stuff', and then to the Salvation Army (I *GOTTA*
> stay away from that place!) and located a decent bag for my camera. I was
> going to take the highway home, but at the last minute decided to take one
> of the old "State" highways, just because it's a nice ride.
>
> Now, consider I was going downtown to get a gallon of milk, but took my
> camera anyway, thinking to myself, You never know when an opportunity may
> happen...
>
> How I wound up 25 miles from the store...
>
> So, I drive about 5 miles up the highway, and did a double-take...then
> turned around! In a parking area on the side of the road, in front of a
> quite pristine garage, was a Bentley Speed 6, a six and a half litre,
> wooden bodied car made in the early 1930's. "Jon Steed" drove one in the
> Avengers.
>
> I was going to hop out and start shooting pictures, but I figured I'd ask
> first. I went into the garage and was overwhelmed! There were parts
> everywhere, but located next to the chassis they were going to be
> assembled to....then I noticed a hood sitting on the ground...the shape
> oddly familiar to pictures I had seen in magazines on the Internet and in
> books and magazines. "Is..is that an ALLARD hood?" The answerr was, yes,
> and all these are Allards. There were two frames, one completely stripped
> and redone, and one redone with the trunk section mathing the hood on the
> floor. The third was complete. In front of the complete Allard was an
> almost complete MG, ca. 1934, minus the engine. I had an interesting talk
> with the owner of the garage, and then went outside, where he lifted the
> bonnet and let me take pics to my heart's content of the Bentley. I would
> have taken some shots of the Allards, but it wasnt' too big a shop, and I
> could just imagine tripping over something trying to line up a shot and
> wrecking the place...
>
> I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley
> faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who
> hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...
>
> "Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!
>
>[/color]

Cool. Digital or film?

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:14:42 -0800, "mack" <mackerel@dslextreme.com>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Another Bugatti story....One time Signor Bugatti was being interviewed about
>his legendary cars, and the interviewer said "Some people say that your
>Bugattis don't have very good brakes...." To which Commendatore Bugatti
>loudly proclaimed "Any IDIOT can make a car to stop.....I make cars that
>GO!"[/color]

I had heard that being attributed to Mr. Ferrari.

I wonder, did you ever check out the car display at Yankee Candle?

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:sXzth.1595$2n.1407@trndny06...[color=blue]
> I went out to get some 'stuff', and then to the Salvation Army (I *GOTTA*
> stay away from that place!) and located a decent bag for my camera. I was
> going to take the highway home, but at the last minute decided to take one
> of the old "State" highways, just because it's a nice ride.
>
> Now, consider I was going downtown to get a gallon of milk, but took my
> camera anyway, thinking to myself, You never know when an opportunity may
> happen...
>
> How I wound up 25 miles from the store...
>
> So, I drive about 5 miles up the highway, and did a double-take...then
> turned around! In a parking area on the side of the road, in front of a
> quite pristine garage, was a Bentley Speed 6, a six and a half litre,
> wooden bodied car made in the early 1930's. "Jon Steed" drove one in the
> Avengers.
>
> I was going to hop out and start shooting pictures, but I figured I'd ask
> first. I went into the garage and was overwhelmed! There were parts
> everywhere, but located next to the chassis they were going to be
> assembled to....then I noticed a hood sitting on the ground...the shape
> oddly familiar to pictures I had seen in magazines on the Internet and in
> books and magazines. "Is..is that an ALLARD hood?" The answerr was, yes,
> and all these are Allards. There were two frames, one completely stripped
> and redone, and one redone with the trunk section mathing the hood on the
> floor. The third was complete. In front of the complete Allard was an
> almost complete MG, ca. 1934, minus the engine. I had an interesting talk
> with the owner of the garage, and then went outside, where he lifted the
> bonnet and let me take pics to my heart's content of the Bentley. I would
> have taken some shots of the Allards, but it wasnt' too big a shop, and I
> could just imagine tripping over something trying to line up a shot and
> wrecking the place...
>
> I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley
> faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who
> hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...
>
> "Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!
>
>[/color]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:00:58 -0500, tom418 wrote:
[color=blue]
> I wonder, did you ever check out the car display at Yankee Candle?[/color]

You are kidding, right? ;)

My son got bitten early, too. At 3 years old I thought I was going to have
to put him on a leash! The people working at the place were going nuts,
cause he kept looking like he was going to jump into a couple of them.

I have to admit...a chip off the ol' block. The one he liked the best was
a 1972 Ferrari Dino that belonged to Mike Kitteridge...


[color=blue]
>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:sXzth.1595$2n.1407@trndny06...[color=green]
>> I went out to get some 'stuff', and then to the Salvation Army (I
>> *GOTTA* stay away from that place!) and located a decent bag for my
>> camera. I was going to take the highway home, but at the last minute
>> decided to take one of the old "State" highways, just because it's a
>> nice ride.
>>
>> Now, consider I was going downtown to get a gallon of milk, but took my
>> camera anyway, thinking to myself, You never know when an opportunity
>> may happen...
>>
>> How I wound up 25 miles from the store...
>>
>> So, I drive about 5 miles up the highway, and did a double-take...then
>> turned around! In a parking area on the side of the road, in front of a
>> quite pristine garage, was a Bentley Speed 6, a six and a half litre,
>> wooden bodied car made in the early 1930's. "Jon Steed" drove one in the
>> Avengers.
>>
>> I was going to hop out and start shooting pictures, but I figured I'd
>> ask first. I went into the garage and was overwhelmed! There were parts
>> everywhere, but located next to the chassis they were going to be
>> assembled to....then I noticed a hood sitting on the ground...the shape
>> oddly familiar to pictures I had seen in magazines on the Internet and
>> in books and magazines. "Is..is that an ALLARD hood?" The answerr was,
>> yes, and all these are Allards. There were two frames, one completely
>> stripped and redone, and one redone with the trunk section mathing the
>> hood on the floor. The third was complete. In front of the complete
>> Allard was an almost complete MG, ca. 1934, minus the engine. I had an
>> interesting talk with the owner of the garage, and then went outside,
>> where he lifted the bonnet and let me take pics to my heart's content of
>> the Bentley. I would have taken some shots of the Allards, but it wasnt'
>> too big a shop, and I could just imagine tripping over something trying
>> to line up a shot and wrecking the place...
>>
>> I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley
>> faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who
>> hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...
>>
>> "Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:51:16 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:sXzth.1595$2n.1407@trndny06...[color=green]
>>I went out to get some 'stuff', and then to the Salvation Army (I *GOTTA*
>> stay away from that place!) and located a decent bag for my camera. I
>> was going to take the highway home, but at the last minute decided to
>> take one of the old "State" highways, just because it's a nice ride.
>>
>> Now, consider I was going downtown to get a gallon of milk, but took my
>> camera anyway, thinking to myself, You never know when an opportunity
>> may happen...
>>
>> How I wound up 25 miles from the store...
>>
>> So, I drive about 5 miles up the highway, and did a double-take...then
>> turned around! In a parking area on the side of the road, in front of a
>> quite pristine garage, was a Bentley Speed 6, a six and a half litre,
>> wooden bodied car made in the early 1930's. "Jon Steed" drove one in the
>> Avengers.
>>
>> I was going to hop out and start shooting pictures, but I figured I'd
>> ask first. I went into the garage and was overwhelmed! There were parts
>> everywhere, but located next to the chassis they were going to be
>> assembled to....then I noticed a hood sitting on the ground...the shape
>> oddly familiar to pictures I had seen in magazines on the Internet and
>> in books and magazines. "Is..is that an ALLARD hood?" The answerr was,
>> yes, and all these are Allards. There were two frames, one completely
>> stripped and redone, and one redone with the trunk section mathing the
>> hood on the floor. The third was complete. In front of the complete
>> Allard was an almost complete MG, ca. 1934, minus the engine. I had an
>> interesting talk with the owner of the garage, and then went outside,
>> where he lifted the bonnet and let me take pics to my heart's content of
>> the Bentley. I would have taken some shots of the Allards, but it wasnt'
>> too big a shop, and I could just imagine tripping over something trying
>> to line up a shot and wrecking the place...
>>
>> I posted two pics in alt.binaries.images.fun under the header "M.Bentley
>> faits des camions le plus vite du Monde", a slam made by Bugatti, who
>> hated Bentley. For those who don't know French, what he said was...
>>
>> "Mister Bentley builds the fastest TRUCKS in the world."...!
>>
>>
>>[/color]
> Cool. Digital or film?[/color]


Digital. After a LONG wait, I finally found a camera that I liked.
Olympus. The only drawback is that it does not accept Olympus lenses, but
at $125 for 6 MP, I'm not barking too much!

I have some others I posted there also, under Vash The Stampede...
A couple from Old Deerfield.

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:dgNth.7519$yj7.2366@trndny08...
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Cool. Digital or film?[/color]
>
>
> Digital. After a LONG wait, I finally found a camera that I liked.
> Olympus. The only drawback is that it does not accept Olympus lenses, but
> at $125 for 6 MP, I'm not barking too much!
>
> I have some others I posted there also, under Vash The Stampede...
> A couple from Old Deerfield.[/color]

Good man. Do (you) print many of the keepers?

Hey Hachi....

Would you like a cherry SRT 101?

(with a working mercury battery)?


--

Scott in Florida

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:04:09 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hey Hachi....
>
> Would you like a cherry SRT 101?
>
> (with a working mercury battery)?[/color]


WOULD I!!!! That was my first camera, the one the wife didn't give back!
It worked very well. I tried to trade it in and the Salesperson at the
camera place talked me out of it!


I misspeak...my first was a Hanimex Prakitka, made in E. Germany. I used
that for years, and liked my roomate's 101T so much, I bought one.
I miss it!

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:49:10 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:dgNth.7519$yj7.2366@trndny08...
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> Cool. Digital or film?[/color]
>>
>>
>> Digital. After a LONG wait, I finally found a camera that I liked.
>> Olympus. The only drawback is that it does not accept Olympus lenses,
>> but at $125 for 6 MP, I'm not barking too much!
>>
>> I have some others I posted there also, under Vash The Stampede... A
>> couple from Old Deerfield.[/color]
>
> Good man. Do (you) print many of the keepers?[/color]

I just got some new photo ink for my 7 year old Canon printer. I think it
has a whopping 4 hours of use on it, since I used to use film only and
would have my prints I wanted done well done at Hallmark Labs.

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:48:38 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@AE86.gts>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:04:09 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Hey Hachi....
>>
>> Would you like a cherry SRT 101?
>>
>> (with a working mercury battery)?[/color]
>
>
>WOULD I!!!! That was my first camera, the one the wife didn't give back!
>It worked very well. I tried to trade it in and the Salesperson at the
>camera place talked me out of it!
>
>
>I misspeak...my first was a Hanimex Prakitka, made in E. Germany. I used
>that for years, and liked my roomate's 101T so much, I bought one.
>I miss it![/color]

My progression.

Argus C3 (during the Navy times)

SRT 101 after the Navy

I've got 7 of them. I'll select one and get together with you
on email to figure out where to send it.

I can't guarantee how long that mercury battery will last,
but they sure as hell hang in there.



--

Scott in Florida

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:48:26 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:48:38 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:04:09 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Hey Hachi....
>>>
>>> Would you like a cherry SRT 101?
>>>
>>> (with a working mercury battery)?[/color]
>>
>>
>>WOULD I!!!! That was my first camera, the one the wife didn't give back!
>>It worked very well. I tried to trade it in and the Salesperson at the
>>camera place talked me out of it!
>>
>>
>>I misspeak...my first was a Hanimex Prakitka, made in E. Germany. I used
>>that for years, and liked my roomate's 101T so much, I bought one. I miss
>>it![/color]
>
> My progression.
>
> Argus C3 (during the Navy times)
>
> SRT 101 after the Navy
>
> I've got 7 of them. I'll select one and get together with you on email to
> figure out where to send it.
>
> I can't guarantee how long that mercury battery will last, but they sure
> as hell hang in there.[/color]


That's fantastic! For some reason, my wife kept the camera but gave me
back the spare lenses. I have a whole bagful of stuff for a Minolta, but
no Minolta to put it on!

In article <IIWth.7253$qN1.3909@trndny02>,
Hachiroku ÉnÉ`ÉçÉN <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:48:26 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote:
>[color=green]
> > On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:48:38 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:04:09 +0000, Scott in Florida wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey Hachi....
> >>>
> >>> Would you like a cherry SRT 101?
> >>>
> >>> (with a working mercury battery)?
> >>
> >>
> >>WOULD I!!!! That was my first camera, the one the wife didn't give back!
> >>It worked very well. I tried to trade it in and the Salesperson at the
> >>camera place talked me out of it!
> >>
> >>
> >>I misspeak...my first was a Hanimex Prakitka, made in E. Germany. I used
> >>that for years, and liked my roomate's 101T so much, I bought one. I miss
> >>it![/color]
> >
> > My progression.
> >
> > Argus C3 (during the Navy times)
> >
> > SRT 101 after the Navy
> >
> > I've got 7 of them. I'll select one and get together with you on email to
> > figure out where to send it.
> >
> > I can't guarantee how long that mercury battery will last, but they sure
> > as hell hang in there.[/color]
>
>
> That's fantastic! For some reason, my wife kept the camera but gave me
> back the spare lenses. I have a whole bagful of stuff for a Minolta, but
> no Minolta to put it on![/color]

check estate sales, I see em every once in a while, $75 or so with lens
and assy.
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