The Genuine Greased Lightning
Before "Grease", my friend, Harley C. Orange, Jr. owned this winner. It won dozens of trophies in legitimate drag racing in Georgia.
The specs: 1966 Dodge Dart ...273 HP engine with Torque Flight push button transmission and a separate tach. Bored and srtroked this shut down GTO's , Vettes and Cobras regularly.
I made this photograph in front of my parents' home in Chamblee, GA. The camera was my Edixa Prismat (GERMAN) 35mm with the 135mm f/3.5 Schneider lens. All three lenses including the 35mm f/2.8 Curtagon and 50mm Schneider Xenon f/1.9 had matching serial numbers. I wish I had it today.
The film was Plus-X ASA 125 panchromatic processed in Microdol-X. I used a light green filter. The light meter was my Weston Master V...Ansel Adam's Zone System.Note: the lens mount was "Pentax" thread.
Harley didn't talk alot. He would only say one phrase concerning this ultra fast machine; "It sh ts and gits". He drove the car with street tires to work daily.
6 Responses
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On 13 June 2008 Cassandra Fogal gave props:
Fantastic! Love it!
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On 13 June 2008 John Linton gave props:
Ah, the days of cheap gas. Great trip down memory lane.
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On 13 June 2008 Linda Merz gave props:
Gas prices must have been about 35 cents a gallon then? Ah, the memories.
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On 14 June 2008 Frederic Frognier gave props:
Love those old shots!
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On 19 June 2008 Laura Hartley gave props:
Su-weet old car! Love the old pics, too!
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On 22 June 2008 Steven Heipel said:
Great shot, and great story.
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