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O poza pe care i-am facut-o pe vremea cand nu stiam ce neplacut e pentru unii iepurasi sa fie tinuti cu burtica in sus ( Guilty :C ). Dar mi se parea ca arata ca un ingeras, si nu ma puteam abtine...
There are many things to question about the automotive world, but why did the Wedge ever take off?
With that said, I give you the Triumph TR7, British Leyland's once great hope for domination of the American market, crushed by poor design, miscommunication, terrible advertising and shoddy workmanship.
The Triumph TR7 was first launched in 1974 as British Leyland's top ranging sports car. Looking very sheek and stylish (and like a block of cheese with pop up headlights) with its low riding wedge shape, the car did indeed look the part...
...minus a few things here and there. One was that massive composite bumper, which was yoked onto the front of the car to conform with American safety legislation. Another was the roof design, which was hastily slapped on to conform to American safety legislation. And finally there's the tail lights, which were not designed to conform with American safety legislation, they were just poorly put together.
Yes the TR7 was in the grip of American safety legislation. Following the tragic death of James Dean, America planned to ban convertibles, and thus car manufacturers across the globe had to redesign their cars in order to work with this new legislation. However, instead of taking a leaf out of their own book and giving the TR7 a curious T-Bar arrangement like on the Triumph Stag, they decided to slap on a roof that completely compromised the profile of the car.
But styling was the least of the TR7's worries, it was then bogged down with how it was built. Underneath that wedgie body, the TR7 was nothing more than a humble Triumph Dolomite, powered by the fundamentally flawed Twin Dolomite V8 and built on the same chassis. The result was a car so faulty that it would hardly ever run, as was found in the filming of the popular British TV show, the New Avengers, where the character of Purdy was coupled with a yellow TR7 much like this one. Apparently the car was so unreliable that all the filming involving the car had to be done in 20 minutes or less before the car broke down again!
It was also interesting to note that when the car underwent trials Frankfurt Motor Show in 1977, the car overheated on a 2.5 mile speed test, and after 19 days in a shed, a troop of British Leyland engineers still couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.
But set aside the failure in giving it a reliable engine and a good design, the TR7 was then botched by Red Robbo's rowdies at the Speke Factory in Liverpool. Strike after strike occurred and cars were released onto the roads only half put together. The results were either massive unreliability, leaking panels, electrical infidelity and/or other problems, such as hitting the indicator switch which would cause the horn to blow. This downfall was assisted by the factory shutting down for nearly a year due to seemingly constant industrial action, with many unfinished TR7 shells rotting out in the Liverpool drizzle.
Eventually, order was somewhat restored when production moved to the factory in Coventry, and reliability began to improve, but with its reputation in tatters, the TR7 simply would not sell, even with promotion on the New Avengers. However, in the end the threat of American legislation was lifted, and the cars were allowed to be sold as convertibles, which were quite handsome looking machines. This was later added to by the fitting of a Rover V8 engine to replace the unreliable Dolomite engine, and as such the formula was perfected in the form of the Triumph TR8...
...only to be axed the following year in 1981 as that poor reputation mixed with build quality issues and an unusually strong Pound meant the car was surprisingly more expensive than its rivals, and so the TR7 and TR8's were dead. But even so, towards the end they did begin to sell well, and a TR8 also found its way into the world of Rallying under the command of Tony Pond, the 300bhp monster he drove was simply untouchable.
Today these cars can be common if you know where to look, but don't expect to find many in everyday usage as like most British Leyland cars, they don't react well to the rain.
Minolta DiMAGE S304 3.3Mp digital camera from 2001. Minolta launched the DiMAGE 5 (3.3Mp), DiMAGE 7 (5.2Mp), S304 and E201 at the same time, their first major foray into the digital market. There was the DiMAGE EX interchangeable CCD sensor and lens camera in 1998, but as a concept it didn't work and no new sensors were introduced. The 5 and 7 were the first bridge cameras, the S304 and E201 more traditional 35mm compact shapes, the S304 the higher end of the two. The 'prosumer' S304 sold for approx 800 GBP new !
MInolta f3.0 GT lens, 7.15-28.6mm (35-140mm 35mm equivalent),11 elements in 9 groups. GT lenses had G-lens technology applied to minimise abberations. There was a fully manual mode, and you could add voice memos and date stamps to each photo.
I've bought compact Canon SX730 for a fun and nice wide angle macro. In fact I've never had a camera with long zoom and now I have so much fun! Nice compact camera. Even on wide angle photos is better than from iPhone (any iPhone). And you have a zoom!
It also has varios manual setting and sometimes it is so usefull.
I added minor levels to the picture for more saturated colors.
A pair of GX85s with the 12-35 and 35-100 Vario collapsing zooms along with the Oly 12/2, Panny 20/1.7, and Panny 8mm fisheye. Still weighs close to four pounds though!
Snatched through the windshield while waiting at a red light, a surviving example of the compact panel van produced between 1964-70. It provided the basis for many a camper vehicle.
Just update the calendars for 2012. I printed them out and took the picture at the local Starbucks. Original calendar page is here.
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Exterior view. Main headlight.
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It's nice to finally have a phone with a camera good enough to use as a point-and-shoot (it's a Z3 Compact, not sure why Flickr is calling it a D5803).
This is my favourite of the walk to work shots, although I did get a couple of looks as I crouched down and fiddled with a rusty old incinerator dumped by the main road.
The Sandugo was a blood compact, performed in the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna the chieftain of Bohol on March 16, 1565, to seal their friendship as part of the tribal tradition. This is considered as the first treaty of friendship between the Spaniards and Filipinos. "Sandugo" is a Visayan word which means "one blood".
The Sandugo is depicted in both the provincial flag and the official seal of the government in Bohol. It also features the image of the blood compact. The top of the seal explains the history behind the Sandugo event that occurred in Bohol, the fleet and the location where the Spaniards anchored and the place where the treaty was conducted which was dated on March 16, 1565.
2011 -Bohol, Philippines
The three-inch Compact Floppy Disk. Amdek was a big vendor of Compact Floppy drives for the popular U.S. 8-bits (Apple II and Atari, anyway).
I grabbed such a drive and a box of blank Compact Floppies for cheap back in the late 80s for an Apple IIe of mine. It plugged into the standard Disk ][ controller and offered 140K per side (they are "flippy").
These are at least twice as thick as today's (well...yesterday's?) 3.5-inch microfloppies.
"Those who cannot make an interesting photo with a cheap camera, hardly well he will get something better with the camera of his dreams. " A. Feininger
"" Chi non sa fare una foto interessante con un apparecchio da poco prezzo, ben difficilmente otterrà qualcosa di meglio con la fotocamera dei suoi sogni. "" A. Feininger
Зоркий-10 (Zorki 10) by KMZ, (*)
Индустар-63 (Industar-63), 2.8/45 by KMZ,
Gold medal at the 1965 Leipzig World Fair
Kodak T-Max 100
Automatic Exposure
Adox Adonal, 1+25 - 5min 30sec - 20 °C
Epson V600
The Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk with broad, rounded wings as with most from the Buteo genus. Females range up to 24 inches long, wingspan up to 50 inches, but only weigh up to 2 lbs. This species is monogamous and territorial.
Depending on the habitat, this hawk preys mostly on snakes, frogs, insects and mice.
Only around half survive their first year. Most threats are due to natural causes, logging of environment, road accidents, starvation, and humans hunting them. This species is not currently considered conservation dependent.
Location: central Arkansas.
Photo # KS3_0502-504.