Posts Tagged ‘Cars’
TR6 and Sharpness
You can take the word “sharp” to mean a lot of things. In this case I’m applying to the crispness of a very cool automobile… My love of TR6s is enhanced by this photo. For starters I love the color! I love the clean surface of green with the saddle interior and the snap of those red-line tires. Like a drive on a crisp autumn morning this TR6 has it all!
I did some playing with the sharpening tool in Adobe Elements – to the point where I think you could put your fingers into the tread of the tires.
Fun Times at Jalopy Joe’s
Word has it, that if you enter here for the evening’s entertainment, you’ll come out a whole different person!
Fun Times at Jalopy Joe's
Week’s Work
Over the past couple of weeks a took a couple hundred photos, but didn’t have much time to work with them, post-processing and so on. Next week proves to just as busy, I can’t seem to breath Monday thru Friday. Living for the weekends here! I’m in one of those situations where I can’t relax. I have a pile of books I want to read, but I can’t relax enough to read even five pages. I have three high-profile projects, and I have to keep my wits about me. I wish I could retire, but that’s just not in the cards right now.
Fishing - Lake Eustis
Night Sky
Top Drawer - College Park
California Special
Woof Vroom Vroom
Fat Fender
’55 Porsche Speedster
55 Porsche Speedster
| General specifications | |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Chassis number | 550-04 / 550-015 / 550-0030 |
| Numbers built | 78 |
| Produced from | 1954 – 1955 |
| Body design | Erwin Komenda |
| Engine | |
| Configuration | Type 547 B 4 |
| Location | Mid, longitudinally mounted |
| Construction | aluminium block and head |
| Displacement | 1.498 liter / 91.4 cu in |
| Bore / Stroke | 85.0 mm (3.3 in) / 66.0 mm (2.6 in) |
| Compression | 9.5:1 |
| Valvetrain | 2 valves / cylinder, DOHC |
| Fuel feed | 2 Solex PJJ Carburettors |
| Aspiration | Naturally Aspirated |
| Drivetrain | |
| Chassis/body | aluminium body on tubular steel ladder frame |
| Front suspension | twin parallel arms, transverse torsion bars |
| Rear suspension | swing axles, torsion bars, double-acting telescopic shock absorbers |
| Steering | worm and nut |
| Brakes | drums, all-round |
| Gearbox | 4 speed Manual |
| Drive | Rear wheel drive |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 612 kilo / 1349.2 lbs |
| Length / Width / Height | 3600 mm (141.7 in) / 1540 mm (60.6 in) / 1050 mm (41.3 in) |
| Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) | 2101 mm (82.7 in) / 1290 mm (50.8 in) / 1250 mm (49.2 in) |
| Performance figures | |
| Power | 110 bhp / 82 KW @ 6200 rpm |
| Torque | 120 Nm / 89 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm |
| BHP/Liter | 73 bhp / liter |
| Power to weight | 0.18 bhp / kg |
| Top Speed | 220 km/h / 137 mph |
My favorite car
Went up to The Villages on Saturday… they had their monthly cruise-in – This particular TR6 look virtually new. It is in such good condition – I may have drooled.
1975 TR6
TR6
Love Green
Saw a clutch of Model A’s corralled at a local buffet joint today. Took the opportunity to snap a few photos. I have a thing for green. I love green ties, but its difficult to get them to work correctly with average trad duds. I don’t like olive green, but I do love lime green, and Kelly green. Anyway, as you can see I got the green in this spare tire. Oh, I guess you can see my freekin’ bald head in this one too. Maybe I should paint it green!
Mid Century Models – Some great photography
Thought I’d pass along this gentlemen’s flickr site. I guess he build all of this and used model cars as well to show mid century living’s two biggest endeavors – homes and cars. Hope you like it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/
Aston Martin DB 9
This little gem rumbled down Park Ave this afternoon at lunch just as I was getting my camera out of my bag – it slid down the street a bit so I had to keep an eye out so as to note the general area that it parked. Like Jaguar of the past, Aston Martin does it right – please don’t tell me someone bought them up!
ADG is in the market for a new ride – this might suit him well; It definitely goes with his blue linen Flusser jacket, tropical slacks, popped lime collar, and blue weejuns. And LFG along for a great ride with Dad. (photos swiped from http://maxminimus.blogspot.com/
I think it all goes very well!!!
Many of the shops on Park Ave were having sidewalk sales – Orvis/Downeast has 50-70% off of some inventory – but most items were $49.99 on the sidewalk
Lots of Lacoste and RL shirts
Cool FJ
This is one of the coolest FJs that I’ve seen around. Parked off of Park Avenue in Winter Park on Friday. Nice touches I thought.
Good lookin FJ
Sorrentolens 