elansprint72 Posted February 22, 2008 Share #1 Posted February 22, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Hi elansprint72, Take a look here Those were the days............ I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
cocker Posted February 22, 2008 Share #2 Posted February 22, 2008 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" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted February 22, 2008 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..............":cool: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker Posted February 23, 2008 Share #4 Posted February 23, 2008 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..............":cool: Pnarr. Pneek. Pnibble Caught by a journalist - ultimate indignation. Must go and empty the wine box! Stuffing good photo he said with gritted teeth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 23, 2008 Share #5 Posted February 23, 2008 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted February 23, 2008 Share #6 Posted February 23, 2008 Ah - Cortinas - Those were the days. Yours truly in works Rally Cortina at Brands Hatch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted February 24, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Tony, :D:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted February 24, 2008 Share #8 Posted February 24, 2008 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted February 24, 2008 Share #9 Posted February 24, 2008 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 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted February 24, 2008 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). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted February 24, 2008 Share #11 Posted February 24, 2008 One more those Lotus Cortina fans. Shot at Prescott last year. Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted February 24, 2008 Share #12 Posted February 24, 2008 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Share #13 Posted March 4, 2008 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted March 7, 2008 Share #14 Posted March 7, 2008 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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