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Porst compact-reflex with Porst Color Reflex Auto MC 1.4/55 G
My first "modern" M42-SLR from Porst, the Porst compact-reflex, which is Cosina CSM. This copy is only named compact-reflex, but there many cameras with a further identifier, like S, SP, AM, OC, OCN, OE, OS, OV and probably some more. It would be painful to assign those cameras to the specific Cosina model, but I think the camera above and the S/SP have M42 thread mount, the others Pentax K-mount.
For sure it is no high-end camera, but it's fine. Full electronical shutter from 4 s to 1/1000 s and one mechanical time, 1/50 s. The self-timer also looks mechanical but it works completely electronically, you can't cock it until the shutter is cocked or in position "B", and it is combined with a mirror lock-up. Viewfinder with split-screen and illuminated under/over indicator for exposure metering. Yes, the metering is a bit different compared with other cameras, where you have to stop down for metering with a DOF-button which also switches the meter on. When you press the shutter button half-way on this camera, the aperture closes and the meter is switched on. If you release the shutter again, the meter is switched off, but the aperture stay closed. If you want to open the aperture again, you have to press the silver "aperture release button" next to the lens. It's easy to confuse this button with a DOF-button. It's a clever operation, better than the one on some old Chinon cameras, where you have to close the aperture with the force of your finger via the shutter buttton.
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 very last of the MG Midgets, leaving the Abingdon works on the 7th December, 1979.
Much like the MGB, the Midget was the last of the great sports cars of the 1960's, being built right up until 1980, but in the same sad twist as the MGB, resulted in it being deprived of its looks, its dignity and its glory.
But the Midget would rise again!
The original MG Midget began production in 1961, being for all intents and purposes a slightly more expensive badge-engineered version of the Austin-Healey Sprite MKII, and retained the quarter-elliptic sprung rear axle from the original Sprite. Power came from a 46hp BMC A-Series engine that was fitted with twin SU carburettors. The car came with a hard top, heater, radio and luggage rack. In October 1962, the engine was retuned to increase power to 56hp, and the original drum brakes were replaced with discs. Top speed was 88mph, and 0-60 was achievable in a mind-blowing 18.3 seconds! In all, the car cost £689 and ran at a consumption of 40mpg, which isn't too bad, although with such incredible speeds at the driver's command 40 miles may be a long time!
However, in a bizarre twist, the doors had no external handles or locks, and the windows were sliding Perspex side-screens. I can't give the early Midgets any points for safety then!
In 1964, the MkII was launched with a variety of external changes, including wind-up windows, swivelling quarter lights, external handles and separate locks. The windscreen also gained a slight curvature and was retained in a more substantial frame. The hood, though modified, continued to have a removable frame that had to be erected before the cover was put on. The rear springs were replaced by more conventional semi-elliptic types which gave a better ride. The engine block was strengthened and larger main bearings were fitted, increasing the power to 59hp.
For the MkIII, the engine was upped to a 65hp version of the A-Series engine used in the racing Mini-Cooper S. This came as a point of contention for fans as the original sporty engine in the Mini-Cooper could produce 76hp, and had been deliberately tuned down for the Midget. The detuned engine was used for reasons of model range placement – with the Cooper 'S' spec engine the Midget would have been faster than the more expensive MGB.
In late 1967, US-spec cars received several safety additions, including a padded dashboard with smaller main gauges, collapsible steering column, scissor-type hood hinges, a third windshield wiper, additional side marker lights, and anti-burst door latches. There were minor facelift changes to the body trim in late 1969, with the sills painted black, a revised recessed black grille, and squared off taillights as on the MGB.
However, things quickly went wrong for the Midget, with problems beginning with the formation of British Leyland, created in 1968 by merging all of Britain's major automotive firms including Rover, BMC (Austin/Morris) and Triumph (which was part of the Leyland Group). From the beginning of 1970, the company set its eyes firmly on winning over the US market, and thus planned their changes to the MG range.
Throughout the 1960's the death of James Dean had resulted in a gradual increase in safety legislation on US Highways, and in order to have a market there, cars had to conform. The height of the headlights, the bumpers, the smoke emissions, the recess of the switches, all of these things were scrutinised and had to be taken into account by car builders.
Indeed America can be owed with introducing many safety features and pieces of legislation we take for granted in modern motoring, but the British manufacturers almost seemed to go out of their way to redesign the cars completely and 100% wrong. In 1974 the glistening chrome was replaced by a gigantic bulbous rubber bumper that protruded from the front of the car like someone's bottom lip!
The A-Series engine was replaced by the 1493cc unit from the Triumph Spitfire and a modified Morris Marina gearbox with synchromesh on all four gears. The increased displacement of the new engine was better able to cope with the increasing emission regulations. Power though was still very much the same as before, producing 65hp and gaining a faster top speed of 100mph, and a 0-60 of 12 seconds, shaving hours of the 18 second times of before!
However, British Leyland was unable to keep the engine power at acceptable levels for US legislation, and thus the car was fitted with air pumps and EGR valves, as well as Catalytic Converters so as to keep in check. The result was that power was shaved to 50hp, and body styling was altered to increase rigidity, coming in the form of square wheel arches.
Much like with the MGB though, the Midget had suffered greatly at the hands of British Leyland. It's attractive little lines and glistening chrome now replaced by angles and plastic bumpers. Exported Midgets failed to sell in masses and would languish in the US for months awaiting sale. British Leyland had no choice but to pull the plug on the Midget once and for all, with the last car being released from the Abingdon works on the 7th December, 1979, with the final 500 for the UK market being painted in special edition black. The MGB was soon to follow, being axed in October 1980, and the historic home of MG in Abingdon was closed as part of British Leyland's desperate attempt to rationalise the financially stricken company.
In all, 226,001 MG Midgets were built in its 18 year life, and much like the MGB these cars had already gained a cult following even before the last ones left the factory. Japan was a keen importer of the Midget as well as the MGB, buying these cars up in droves. Today, you'd not be hard pressed to find these plucky little machines ambling about, chuntering through the countryside with the same grace and style that they had way back in the early 1960's. Even the British Leyland Rubber Bumper ones, despite their poor styling, do make for fantastic kit cars and weekend runabouts, fun and basic motoring for the masses!
Curious shop on Coldharbour Road, Bristol called Bijoux Gifts. The sign shows it sells home interiors and dollshouses. Not sure if the interior goods belong in the dollshouses, Maybe some items will be used in the property to let above.
Customized Canik-55 Stingray-C with a Streamlight TLR-1s, Remora mag pouch, one-off competition sight set, Cajun Gun Works (CGW) race hammer, trigger and sear upgrades, and Tungsten Cerakote.
Shouting the classic compact 35. Since it got wet the light meter doesn’t work but the cheap AliExpress one seems to so we will give that a go
Charles Franklin Capps (1909 - 1973)
On this Father's Day I wanted to make a post of remembrance for my father. He was the sweetest and most considerate man I have ever known. We lost him much too soon at 64 to his first heart attack.
Since all my family photographs as still packed from the move I could only find this 2 inch diameter brass powder compact. It holds a small snapshot of my father standing by an early automobile behind a celluloid cover. It predates my birth and I think the picture was taken when he was a teenager. I find the ill fitting suit and round glasses rather endearing. I found it among my mother's things and think it may have been made when they were courting.
Vintage compacts and lipstick holders in a cabinet that once held hotel keys and messages for hotel guests.
waste recycling compactor doing the business, everything is probably now taking up less space than it was in all the cupboards I had at home.
As fill is added to the trench around the new culvert under SR 532 near Stanwood, workers are continuously compacting it.
The new culvert will improve fish passage in Secret Creek. Right now salmon and steelhead in the creek have to first find and then swim through a 4-foot diameter pipe under the highway. The 18-foot wide and 10-foot tall wider will improve habitat for fish and other wildlife in the area.