From: "Ken Waller"
These two images are not posted for any of their photographic content but
for the memories.
I came across these two slides taken over 42 years ago - probably on a
Voightlander folder or a Zeiss Ikon Contessa. I was surprised by the
original slide format - 27mm square. Film was Kodak Kodachrome. The years or
the film have given these image an almost monochrome appearance. Scanned on
my Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED.
Possibly Kodachrome-X.
I think that was the only version of Kodachrome available in 126 format,
which the 27mm square image suggests.
The images are of a 59 Austin Healy Sprite (Bugeye) that was my first real
car. Got me thru college with only regular oil/filter changes, a tune up or
two and a set of Michelin radial tires.
The most fun for the buck in a car that I've ever had.
Comments welcomed
For all the bad mouthing Little British Cars used to get over their
reliability, there's still a shit-pot load of 'em running up and down
the roads here in the US.
I think it has a lot to do with the availability of parts. When British
Leyland was discontinuing the marques, the British government required
them to mothball the tooling, and the British Motor Heritage Trust uses
that old tooling to manufacture spare parts as needed.
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