Pistonheads Sunday Service @ MBW June 2010 - Photos Thread

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I thought I'd kick off a thread for photos. Here's some of the first lot I took before I wandered into MBW to ogle the classic mercs. A few more to come later!


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petrolveins said:

I really liked that E-type, nice photo too, what lens were you using?

Thanks - always nice to capture a few shots of cars as they drive in and it was great to see a few classics there - I agree that E-type is lovely

For most of the shots I was using a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8, usually with a circular polariser filter. The lens is a relatively recent acquisition and was a bit of hassle initially as the auto-focus calibration was off (I tested the lens on 2 other cameras besides mine, so it was the lens not my camera), but now Sigma have fixed that it's performing really well!

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A handful more from me...


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(I just love that little Porsche!)


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... a few more still to come later.

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Here's my final batch from the pistonheads parking area (still have the ones from inside MBW to sift through). I've not posted all my photos on here, so there are a handful more in the full set here. You can download high res originals from the flickr pages.


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GFWilliams said:

Skaffen said:

(I just love that little Porsche!)

Worth me washing it properly yesterday then

Oh yes indeed - it looked ace

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Ben Hughes said:

Cracking photos!

I've nicked the one of me leaving with my MG for my Facebook profile picture if that's ok? It's credited to you.

Cheers - glad you like the photo. You're more than welcome to use it - as photography is just a hobby for me I'm always happy for owners of the cars to do what they like with the photos I've taken of their cars . I liked the little PH smiley sticker on the bonnet - nice touch!

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Pixel-Snapper said:

Excellent picture of me in the 1275GT Skaffen noticed you as we drove out.

Hearing your mini start up brought back fond memories of my own mini . I used to have a humble Mini Mayfair which Mini Power then worked over for me (I'd got my first decent bonus from work and blew it all on having Mini Power improve my car ) - I went for their RoadPower 1400cc conversion plus suspension, and it was a whole lot of fun. Yours looked and sounded pretty good

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JimexPL said:

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This is pretty much what engine the GT has in it now, 1330cc, with a few extras - 276cam, 1.5 roller rockers, fan delete, Aldon dizzy etc. It made 104hp on the rolling road at Aldon just after we had run it in.

Ah, rather nice . Mine was 1400cc - stage 3 unleaded head, pistons, 286 cam, HIF44 carb and maniflow LCB + exhaust (plus work on block, crank and flywheel). Also koni shocks, solid subframe conversion on the front, negative camber bottom arms plus minilite 5x12s and yoko rubber... Most of which meant very little to me at the time - I just said to 'em the sort of end result I wanted . I didn't touch the exterior or interior (except to replace the black plastic wheel arches with similar slim body coloured ones) so it was a bit of a sleeper which was fun! I never got it put on a rolling road, so I've no idea what it put out.