Neat old picture I found today

[Steven B.]

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Hey Tom, Saw that pic and remembered I had a picture too back from Easter Sunday 1963. That's my Mom with my three sisters and me in the back of the 63 Corvette Split Window Fuel Injected Coupe getting ready to go to Church. 1963 was a while back. Save the Wave.

George, what kind of mags are those?

Steve

[Jacob A.]

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Very cool thread!!!!!!

Both pics are great, thanks a bunch for sharing!!!

[George J.]

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I got a whole bunch of pictures of my 63 when new, but most are black and white (really new - day of delivery type). I have a lot of Kodachrome Slides, but I wouldn't know how to download them. The few color prints that I do have are from at White Sands, NM by the Missle Park, and out on the desert just before sunset. We thought it was cool to turn on the amber parking lights then as they were unique. And yes, my car did have blackwalls then. These prints are mounted in my document book along with all the original papers, and a few bar bills from old Juarez (Whoopy Town!).

I'll see if I can get them out w/o wrecking them and copy them some how.

Stu Fox

Stu,
there are gadgets that will scan your slides and digitize them. It takes time, but what fun to go through all those old pics.

George

[Tim G.]

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I still want to post pictures of my friends brand new blue '63 fuelie coupe that was three weeks old when he brought it to the dealer for some warranty work and the shop boy took it for a joy ride. The car rolled twice and was totaled. The shop boy needed a few stitches and a new job.
The dealer ordered him a new coupe to replace the totaled one.

[Tom H.]

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I still want to post pictures of my friends brand new blue '63 fuelie coupe that was three weeks old when he brought it to the dealer for some warranty work and the shop boy took it for a joy ride. The car rolled twice and was totaled. The shop boy needed a few stitches and a new job.
The dealer ordered him a new coupe to replace the totaled one.

I'd love to see those pics.

[Stuart F.]

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Thanks George. I have been out of the photo business for some time now, and even with some desire I can't even find a simple thing like a portable front projection screen here in Orlando. I have thousands of slides and a good Kodak projector, but pitched my screen on one of our moves (4 in 15 years). I have a lot of racing shots from the late 50's and early 60's, and then lots of 60's and early 70's shots from SEA (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), many taken while "sheep dipping".

I suppose I should pursue this more aggressively as I'm not getting any younger and my health is such that I shouldn't even be driving my Vette (notice I said shouldn't). Just the thought of someone pitching all my stuff in a dumpster some day should be enough incentive.

Stu Fox

[Tim G.]

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Here's a picture of the brand new '63 fuelie after it rolled.

[Steven B.]

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There are a number of "camera" shops, and even drug stores, that will take various media and copy them to disc. Google them, look in the "Yellow Pages",etc. I have a number of pics. I need to do this to before I lose the boxes, bags, envelopes, etc. they are stuffed in. If we don't preserve our unique, and usually only existing record of the event, for family and enthusiasts, who will?

[Paul J.]

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I suppose I should pursue this more aggressively as I'm not getting any younger and my health is such that I shouldn't even be driving my Vette (notice I said shouldn't). Just the thought of someone pitching all my stuff in a dumpster some day should be enough incentive.

Stu Fox

Stu, my father-in-law is/was a semi professional photographer (although it was more of a hobby). His basement was a dark room and he took and developed his own pictures. As time went on he moved away from it, but he had thousands of slides. I suppose real photographers used slides for the quality, but they're a pain in the A**. Two years ago we gave him a small machine that converts slides to a digital format so you can handle them. As Steve said, there are also companies and camera shops that will scan them for you, but the cost can be alot more than a machine if you have a lot of slides. As you can see below, the machines are pretty cheap.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=297&SRCCODE=WEBGOOSCN&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE

http://www.digmypics.com/slidescanning.aspx?g=slides%20to%20digital&gclid=CM3JwI6phKwCFQxW7AodJ3hGKg

Paul

[Terry M.]

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Stu, my father-in-law is/was a semi professional photographer (although it was more of a hobby). His basement was a dark room and he took and developed his own pictures. As time went on he moved away from it, but he had thousands of slides. I suppose real photographers used slides for the quality, but they're a pain in the A**. Two years ago we gave him a small machine that converts slides to a digital format so you can handle them. As Steve said, there are also companies and camera shops that will scan them for you, but the cost can be alot more than a machine if you have a lot of slides. As you can see below, the machines are pretty cheap.
Paul

My dad was a "real" photographer. Unfortunately (or maybe not -- depends on your point of view) he was a fashion photographer. I won't tell you some of the stories – at least not this publically even though both he and my mom have passed, but anyway -- back in the day in the '50s, real photographers used 4x5 black & white film and the camera of choice was a Kodak Speed Graphic.

Edit add: In the later '50s into the early '60 120 film in a twin lens reflex camera began to come on th escene. Lika or Lica was one of the popular cameras as was a Rolex IIRC. These didn't last long as the 35mm blasted on to the scene. I almost forgot about the 120 format film as it was still almost exclusivly black & white.

In the later '60s 35mm film and a single lens camera became the standard and then slides were used where color was required, but the majority of daily press work remained black & white. It was at this time that color began to be used by more and more people, including professional and less professional people. Even in the ‘60s carrying the Speed Graphic was status symbol in some circles, and carry was the right term. Those things were monsters. Studio and portrait photographers used even larger format cameras, but that is another story.

[John H.]

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Ah, the memories - in '56-'58, I was the sports and yearbook photographer in high school, with unlimited access to a fully Beseler-equipped darkroom and a full range of cameras. I used a Leica IIIc for 35mm (slides and roll film), a twin-lens Rolleiflex for 120 roll film, both 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 and 4x5 Graflex Speed Graphics (sheet film in holders), and a Linhof Super Technica 4x5 (sheet film in holders) for portrait work. Used Press 25 flashbulbs like popcorn, and had one of the first Honeywell strobes with a huge shoulder-strap-carried battery.

I sent out Kodachrome slides, but processed everything else myself, including Ektachrome slides. My own cameras were an Argus C-3 and a Practica FX SLR (both 35mm).

In later years I converted my own stuff to Nikon (FG, F3, F4, etc.) with a huge collection of Nikkor lenses of all types, and donated all of them to the Vintage Photography Department at Michigan State back in 1996 or so when I converted to digital equipment. Today everything I need fits in my shirt pocket .

Still have hundreds of perfect 50-year-old slides and several Kodak Carousel trays, but my Carousel projector disappeared somewhere along the way in one of our ten moves.

[Terry M.]

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John has better recollection of camera names and spelling than I do. I used the Speed Graphic through High School.

[Steven B.]

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Good memories John and Terry. For a couple of years in college I worked in the AV department, in addition to doing tune-ups for $20.00 including parts. We used Nikon and Leica. I made slides from photos in books, developed film, maintained the equipment, taped radio, TV, and OR shows and surgeries (for med school). I especially liked running the projector in the nursing classes. Like most my current camera and developing equipment fits in my hand.

[William B.]

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Earlier in this thread I talked about the unloading of a white SW fuel car.at an Amoco station. E-mailed the Amoco station's son in CA for more info as the Corvette is probably still out there. If anyone has traced their white SW back to the Ohio valley I have the original owners name and dealer info. Brushed on anti-rust frame paint, all emblems removed and a Yenko installed exhaust system are a few things that were done when the Covrette was new. I remember the owner smoked a pipe, wore leather driving gloves and looked like he stepped out of GQ.

[Stuart F.]

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Like John says; Ah, the memories!

Thanks for the short walk down memory lane. I, unlike John, still have my Nikons; I started with an FTn, for which I gathered a bunch of Nikkor Lenses and accessories, then picked up a Nikkormat (in a Nikomat case), and finally a F2S. I learned to get by w/o the big CDS meters on top in the field and either used a Sports Finder or Waste Level finder to save weight. I got pretty good at doing quick exposure settings by eye, and having no motor drive, thumbing the lever fast for bracket shots. Always used a lens hood and UV filter, more to protect the lenses than their intended purpose. I actually liked the Nikkormat due to it's more precise shutter, which was better for flash pictures (as I recall), and lighter weight. But, it was not near as durable. It's the only Nikon product that I ever had in the shop.

John, we should get togther. I have a very good Carousel projector and lots of trays, but no screen. I know, they say just to use a white wall. But, I consider my slides to be clear, sharp and properly exposed, such that any white wall would not do them justice (notice I stopped short of "works of art").

Back when my sons were in high school and college, I bought them some FM-2's (?) which they used a lot for school projects and shooting Frat parties, etc.. At that time I had many of my lenses converted for use on their cameras (mounting rings). The first conversions were a little crude and you could see some file marks, but later ones just exchanged the mounting rings. I still have all of this stuff and, as I mentioned in my previous post, I envision it all being pitched in a dumpster some day. Sad, but true.

Stu Fox