The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia demonstrated five fine cars from Brooklands which, besides being the world’s first purpose-built race track, was a place where members could race their sports cars on a club-owned track. Brooklands gave drivers the opportunity to use cars that were otherwise outdated. Many historically significant cars were saved from the scrap heap… Continue reading From The Scrap Yard To The Race Track: The Curious Case Of Brooklands
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Racing Legends
The Simeone Foundation Automative Museum showcased 5 European racing cars from the 20th century: 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Interim Berlinetta 1377 – 6th place in the 1959 Lemans race 1956 Mercedes Benz Gullwing 300 SL 1933 Alfa Romeo Monza 1954 Austin Healey 1956 Jaguar D-Type – 3rd place in the 1956 Sebring Race
The Best Is Yet To Come
The fifth Mohnton Professional Car Club auto show at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
American Beauty
Chesterwood Vintage Motorcar Festival in Stockbridge, MA. One of the pictures in this collection was selected by FWA Photo editors as Photo of the day, August 12th 2014 http://www.fwaphoto.com/#/2014-08-12/
Astoria, Queens
A walk around Astoria in Queens last Saturday with NYC PhotoGs meetup group. The venture was characterized by a mixture of good food, good mood and a plenty of things to shoot!
Red Hook, Brooklyn
This was another Brooklyn expedition with NYC Photo Outings group last Saturday. We started at Smith and 9 street Subway Station(F & G) and roamed the streets of Red Hook. I managed to capture some video after the outing where the cloud formations were dramatic and quite fascinating.
A Shark story
And here is another piece I wrote on the e63(6 series),in 2005 it was haled as the revival of the loved six(e24) which had been out of production for decades. High in the sky Deep in the ocean or maybe somewhere in between. I saw a silver shark standing alone. First, I thought it was… Continue reading A Shark story
Men are from Mars, Bimmers are from Munich
This is another piece I wrote in 2005, I used to drive an e30 at the time. I always had a loving memory of the second generation 3 series when I was a little kid. The dream came true when I graduated from college and I bought my first car…Needless to say the car wasn’t… Continue reading Men are from Mars, Bimmers are from Munich
Eyes Of The Angel
A couple of days ago I was hanging out alone Looking for a company where no company is allowed Out of the blue came a beauty utterly covered in black The only thing uncovered was her angle eyes Believe me, Once I stared at them My heart fell on the ground A moment of stint… Continue reading Eyes Of The Angel
The Baby Bimmer
I wrote the following piece back in 2005 after BMW first announced the 1 series concept car to an astonished world. I thought I’d publish it here in the hope that I’ll revive that passion one more time! ‘A new baby is born’ was the news highlight of the day I could not imagine that… Continue reading The Baby Bimmer