What you see here are the dual chromed exhaust pipes that fall elegantly from the long, vented hood of a 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Sport Cabriolet, with one-off coachwork by Erdmann & Rossi.
They remind me of the arms of the robot in the 1960s TV series, “Lost in Space.” You know the one, the Model B-9, [...]
These downdraft Weber carburetors sit atop the 3-liter V12 of a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder. Cal Spyders are rare indeed, and the short-wheelbase variant, as this car is, with covered headlights, as this car has, is about as rare as it gets.
Webers are the nostrils for this rorty Italian engine, breathing deeply [...]
This week’s Thematic Photographic is “new.”
I haven’t been behind the lens in quite some time. There’s a lot going on in my life at the moment, and my camera is often an afterthought. As in, “Damn, I wish I had my camera with me right now.”
But participating in this little project of Carmi’s provides an [...]
Anciency.
Now there’s a word. I’ve just made it up. Like “ancient,” but a noun. And apt here, I think. There is a great deal of anciency to this image. In the arthritic juniper, in the surrounding sage, in the long, deep, winding canyon. In the Henry Mountains beyond, in the clouds above. Anciency.
Seems just yesterday we were all panicky and nervous that the world was going to blow up when the clock ticked over to 2000. Nine years later, we’re all here (less Paul Newman and a few others). Personally, I’m more inclined to believe the shit will really go down in 2012; I like to think [...]