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My wheels I painted on the car, dressed for an autox!
The silver with red looks pretty neat for your track profile!
With a friend in town for a couple of weeks, we took a morning off from touristy stuff and drove out for some track spectating to Sodegaura Forest Raceway for another round of the Tokyo Bayside Classic Cup.
With my first car a VW Typ-1, I parked next to this tasty example, and was fascinated by its obvious late model appearance. It wasn't however until I did some research, I realized its number plate was signalling its production year - 2003 - making it one of the last Typ-1s made.
The single exhaust, an obvious cost-cutting measure, looks a bit weird though.
Possibly friends, possibly not, 2x black-on-black 3.3L 930 looked pristine sitting next to each other.
In pit lane, preparations were underway - here we assume on a replica Type 35 Bugatti.
The first round had some loud entrants, notably with this Corvette.
A gloriously classic shape.
Another replica, this time a Ferrari 333SP.
Pity as while the bodywork looked as gorgeous as the original, the anemic four-cylinder engine of some sort used to motivate it just did not make any sense.
A Porsche flat-six might be a stretch, but at least it would have generated a little more sound to go with those gorgeous curves?
Sticky Advan on Seven always delight.
Another interesting carpark attendee, in the form of a late model Renault 4, wearing pre-EU style plates adding to its appeal.
A nicely prepped BRE Datsun tribute Sunny coupe.
More Lotus studies.
Though having the appearance of an Elan 26R, I am not sure how to discern an original (quite likely), vs. a replica.
Regulars at the TBCC, both the Alfa squadron and this 911S.
New this time for me though, was this great Mitsubishi FTO (note anti-social rebadging angle).
Totally minty was this BDA-equipped Escort.
This 2002 (on silver painted Wats) made a couple of excursions onto the track, but each time came back in with a variable set of issues.
Such is the joy of racing, and something anyone who has tracked their car, can sympathize with...
911S, gridding up.
A regular too at the TBCC - and a car I've always admired - this GTV6 looks the track weapon that it is, sounding every bit as glorious as you could imagine a race-bred engine from Italia would. Sebring style mirrors fitting in perfectly with its period racer vibe.
One class stages in the pit lane.
Grabbing a cool drink from the vending machines in the carpark, this Skyline GT-B in classic crimson over ivory looked really neat on black steelies.
Original period plate too!
The Civic behind on period alloys also covering the cool stakes well.
On the other side of the Civic this Savanna and Bellett in Type R spec looked the part on their Racing Service Watanabe wheels.
I imagined the GT-B, Civic, Type-R, and Savanna were travelling together.
Returning to the Cayman to retrieve a hat, dating-for-cars was well underway with this 987 Boxster - perhaps a little over-dressed for a day at the track.
Elise of some series, and totally mint 500SL parked in front.
Though not raced to my knowledge, the period-like livery and GP-category stickers made this Copen look the part!
Saab convertible parked next to it.
Black-on-black (again on early-issue plate) is close to the coolest of cool for a 930, and hopefully that little waste-gate pipe gets to bark the occasional flame or two on overrun...
The Nokton 75mm f1.5 doing a great job rendering the black, and on the background segregation (if you're into that sort of thing)
@Kuro Neko Your Cayman looks fab after the clean-up, great work! Someone needs to save that poor Lan Evo, though... Was just in Shibuya for a friend's wedding last year, lovely town. We had an incredible time. And GTV6s are fabulous driver's cars! I've owned two Milanos, the sedan based on the same rear-drive, DeDion chassis with "Busso" V6.
@Kuro Neko Your Cayman looks fab after the clean-up, great work! Someone needs to save that poor Lan Evo, though... Was just in Shibuya for a friend's wedding last year, lovely town. We had an incredible time. And GTV6s are fabulous driver's cars! I've owned two Milanos, the sedan based on the same rear-drive, DeDion chassis with "Busso" V6.
One day, I hope to drive a Busso-equipped Alfa.
I am still surprised how white the Cayman is after the deep clean and ceramic coating...
Originally Posted by TMc993
Thanks for posting. Excellent images, as usual. Would like to see a profile of this car if you have one. TIA
Driven by Tezuka-san, it a rebuilt 1974 (?) Mk1 Escort RS2000, from MST Cars in the UK.
The build was extremely sanitary, with all new everything from Cosworth Belt Drive A-Type (BDA) twin-cam, to electrics, engine management, and interior.
It ran faultless on the day.
After finding out Kuro Neko shoots film I've be looking for some cameras. My sons neighbor was dealing with an estate and after they found out I had an interest of getting back into 35 mm photography they handed me a back pack full of 35 mm cameras!
Time for some cleaning, new batteries and some film!
The modern point and shoot cameras are actually well regarded. We will see how well they work.
Kuro Neko, how are you getting the digitized images? Scanning? With the processing?
That's very generous of the neighbor. That Yashica T4 Super is worth at least $500 (assuming it works). Both the Yashica and Olympus are great cameras with a very sharp lens. Congrats!
That's very generous of the neighbor. That Yashica T4 Super is worth at least $500 (assuming it works). Both the Yashica and Olympus are great cameras with a very sharp lens. Congrats!
I’ve loaded the hash is and the Olympus with some 200 film and going to see how it turns out.
To be honest, scanning is a pain in the *** and I hate it. Unless you're looking to make "gallery worthy" prints, I recommend having the lab that develops your film scan it.
Another option is to use a digital camera to scan the photos. The results can be amazing but it can be a much deeper rabbit hole to go down than just buying a scanner.
Wow, what an epic collection of vintage cars! The events you guys have in Japan are always so good.
Yes, we are very lucky!
Loading the Cayman with a small bag and some film for a touge hunt into Fukushima on Monday, so hope to get some more interesting snaps...
Originally Posted by Ric In RVA
After finding out Kuro Neko shoots film I've be looking for some cameras. My sons neighbor was dealing with an estate and after they found out I had an interest of getting back into 35 mm photography they handed me a back pack full of 35 mm cameras!
Time for some cleaning, new batteries and some film
The modern point and shoot cameras are actually well regarded. We will see how well they work.
Kuro Neko, how are you getting the digitized images? Scanning? With the processing?
Wow!
That's a great score... totally impressed with that haul.
Originally Posted by dmteter
That's very generous of the neighbor. That Yashica T4 Super is worth at least $500 (assuming it works). Both the Yashica and Olympus are great cameras with a very sharp lens. Congrats!
Agreed!
The Tessar on the Yashica possibly is better than the μ, but my back up is a μ, just because I totally love the form factor.
Though, having to turn off the flash every time you use it to stop it firing - and forcing wide open - can be a pain.
These two though will give you some very nice results.
The others likely too regardless...
Originally Posted by Ric In RVA
I’ve loaded the hash is and the Olympus with some 200 film and going to see how it turns out.
How are you digitizing your photos?
I get mine scanned onto CD as part of the DPE (development , printing, and enlarging) process.
45 minute shops in Japan just hit the CD button instead of the print button on their integrated, on-site, development machines.
Originally Posted by dmteter
I use an Epson V600 Perfection flat bed scanner as I scan both 35mm and 120 medium format film. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...o_Scanner.html
To be honest, scanning is a pain in the *** and I hate it. Unless you're looking to make "gallery worthy" prints, I recommend having the lab that develops your film scan it.
Another option is to use a digital camera to scan the photos. The results can be amazing but it can be a much deeper rabbit hole to go down than just buying a scanner.
I've got an old Epson GT-9400, that I still use for my 6x6 stuff, and if I am lucky enough to sell an image for commercial use for a 35mm super hi-res scan (DPE generally only does 3000 x 2000, and some magazines need a few times larger).
Looking forward to the results!
Gratuitous μ shots:
First and last images shot with flash turned off, which forces f3.5 in low light conditions and some nice depth-of-field...
Images here prompted me to pull out my first 35mm camera, a Minolta SRT 101...Here it is with the Vivitar 85-205 zoom that I used at events Road Atlanta, Sebring, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and many other tracks. The zoom soaked up so much light that the only way to compensate for cloudy/rainy weather was to change film. That said, I have never since been able to get images as good as those I got with this camera...
Images here prompted me to pull out my first 35mm camera, a Minolta SRT 101...Here it is with the Vivitar 85-205 zoom that I used at events Road Atlanta, Sebring, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and many other tracks. The zoom soaked up so much light that the only way to compensate for cloudy/rainy weather was to change film. That said, I have never since been able to get images as good as those I got with this camera...
Wow, that's some lump of glass... looks in great condition.
Assume you've got a 50mm or similar to go with it as well?
Some ISO400 Fuji or Kodak would do a great job behind that tele lens these days?
I look forward to seeing the pics from an increasing number of film cameras - a Porsche on film thread... Neat!
Ironically, no film here, just some drive-by mobile snaps.
Visiting a friend down the coast, and assessing the clean-up needs for their rock pool under the waterfall.
We cannot decide if we should wade in, in summer with the chain saw, or wait for winter and do it when there's less water...
Auto-lights-on module is pretty neat, and the mists sometimes in our local tunnel are pretty neat.
Weekend run, with heavy rain forecast all the tourists stayed home.
Some great roads, perhaps not too much speed though in the wet.
I forget what we were looking for, but the junk store we called into had the usual boat, caravan, AND MG.
Inside, nestled among the TVs, fishing rods, and similar, was a Mitsubishi Jeep.
Further down the road, a Panda Hachiroku.
Weekday work lunch salmon steak (for the Takase Showa comfort foodies watching).
After a few days in the office, the run home, via the Aqualine and the Yokohama-side entrance... film service to be resumed soon.
Wow, that's some lump of glass... looks in great condition.
Assume you've got a 50mm or similar to go with it as well?
Yep...I have the Rokkor 50mm 1.4 that came with the camera and a Kiron 30-80mm zoom I added later on. I used the Kiron almost exclusively in paddock/pits situations and the big zoom out around the track...The Rokkor pretty much stayed in the camera bag when I was at tracks...Here's a really low quality copy of a photo of a scan of a Champion Motorsports Porsche GT 1 at the 2nd (I think) Petit LeMans taken at night hand-held with the Kiron and a Vivitar flash...
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