On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:43:51 -0000, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Forbes wrote: > >> Since you ask, here are a few poor scans of some old negs from 1973 that >> might appeal to car fans. I was strolling in Hyde Park with my then >> brand >> new SPII, and came across a rally of the Bentley Owners Club (or some >> such). >> >> Lens was the 55mm 1.8, and film was probably HP3. >> >> The pics (as you will see) are entirely without merit except for >> historical curiosity. >> >> http://www.polmed.co.uk//Misc/Bentleys.htm >> >> Perhaps somebody can identify the cars. No prizes for saying Bentley. > > Number 3 looks like a 4.5 litre supercharged machine of the late > twenties. I'm sure you are right. I seem to recall that most of them were 4.5 litres, and you can't miss the supercharger. > > I've got a power amp just like yours. £$**&( burglars took the rest of > it. I hope they spent _weeks_ trying to get the preamp to work the > speakers. My original pre-amp, the 33, was stolen too. The one in the pic is a 34. I used to own the legendary Quad Electrostatic loudspeakers, just wonderful for chamber music, but a bit big for modern chambers. John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
