Those were the days...........

[elansprint72]

[cocker]

You Minx and Imp!

Lovely to remember! Technically well done. Any idea of film and developer. Sad git that I am I've e started to write it down in a "little book"

[elansprint72]

Originally Posted by cocker

You Minx and Imp!

Lovely to remember! Technically well done. Any idea of film and developer. Sad git that I am I've e started to write it down in a "little book"

I remember it clearly; D76 one two three dilation(!) at 24.7 degrees C for twelve minutes, agitated twice. Cook for three days in a slow oven and turn out dressed as a nun at 4am on a cold December night.

Not a bad camera that V-Lux1, shame the company went bus......

"Come out, with your hands above your head, you are surrounded.............."

[cocker]

Originally Posted by elansprint72

I remember it clearly; D76 one two three dilation(!) at 24.7 degrees C for twelve minutes, agitated twice. Cook for three days in a slow oven and turn out dressed as a nun at 4am on a cold December night.

Not a bad camera that V-Lux1, shame the company went bus......

"Come out, with your hands above your head, you are surrounded.............."

Pnarr. Pneek. Pnibble

Caught by a journalist - ultimate indignation. Must go and empty the wine box! Stuffing good photo he said with gritted teeth!

[stuny]

Pete -

It was quite a surprise when I first discovered how well the Lotus Cortina performed -- a great "sleeper" car, as we say over here. Excellent vantage point, clarity, contrast, tonal range and action.

[flatfour]

Ah - Cortinas - Those were the days. Yours truly in works Rally Cortina at Brands Hatch

[elansprint72]

Tony,

[earleygallery]

Great shot Pete. Where was it taken?

My first car was almost a Hillman Imp. Gold with black vynil seats. I'd put a deposit down and everyting, but I can't remember why I changed my mind - something to do with the car dealer I was buying from and the warranty - and I went for a Rover P6 instead!

As for the Cortina, here's a shot from Goodwood last year.

[flatfour]

James - isn't that shot back to front ? The hospitality rooms are on the inside of the circuit and the races go clockwise so unless this Lotus Cortina was spinning at the time ? . Or am I getting old ?

[elansprint72]

James,
This was Oulton Park last Summer, the Gold Cup meeting. That shot of yours is a cracker, thanks for posting it again; very seldom that one of those un-panned shots comes off (at least for me anyway).

[topoxforddoc]

One more those Lotus Cortina fans. Shot at Prescott last year.

Charlie

[flatfour]

1966 model - one of the last. The first cars built were awful - built like henhouses to get the weight down and the lump to do a bit more. Build quality was atrocious and not surprising that Ford closed the line for a while.

[BrianP]

Originally Posted by elansprint72

Your pic brings back some very old memories of seeing Jim Clark in a Cortina on 3 wheels.Those where the days when the Grand Prix drivers drove saloons on their weekend off.Dont say if they had not J C may still have been around ,as it may be true.
try Yesterday's Racers - Historic Motor Racing Cars.
for some interesting pictures
Brian

[flatfour]

People made the Lotus Cortina go very quickly after its initial teething troubles. Ford built the Cortina - code name Archbishop - as an exercise in building down to a cost and it was extremly successful as against the German front engined Taunus - code named Cardinal. At the comparison at Montlhery in 1961 to show the car to Henry Ford II it trounced the German version.