Road Trips! Model A's and 8X10 Kodak, heliar vss cooke

[Jim Galli]

A page just for fun of things done on a road trip to retrieve a black on black Model A Ford roadster. Other than a steam locomotive, this car has to be the best b&w subject matter on earth!

Other than the one shot with a 12" Petzval, everything done was with two classic anastigmats. A series IV Cooke of 13" and a Voigtlander Heliar 14". Both are gorgeous lenses. Just simple straight forward stuff. Hope you enjoy a look.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/1929_Phaeton/Glens1929/glens_'29.html

[Hugo Zhang]

Jim,

I want to see more pictures from this trip! Where are the rest?

Gorgeous car and gorgeous pictures!!

Hugo

[goamules]

Man, I'd give up a lot of lenses to get a model A like that. Always wanted one. Got mules instead. So far....

[Richard K.]

Like, just approximately, what does something like that cost Jim? i have some Ansel glass plates to trade...
Nice photos!

[Robert Fisher]

Jim, lovely photos and story. Thanks for posting!

[eddie]

awesome as usual.

so what is that other car in the garage in the back ground? (nevada home base pic)

[John Bowen]

Jim,

I always thought a Model A was a referrence to a Ries Tripod ;-)

[Jim Galli]

Thanks for all the nice comments.

The other car is the one I photographed here about 5 years ago.

The Model A is insured for $18K replacement cost.

One little funny story, it overheats and boils over in about 6 blocks of driving. Needs the radiator boiled out. Glens 17 year old daughter corrected us and informed us that the car was a boy. I said I can prove it's a girl. She looked astonished. How?? It gets all steamed up and boils over for no apparent reason I said.

[Tom Schaefer]

Great stuff
Thanks for sharing
Tom

[Scott Walker]

Great images & beautiful cars, the coup looks like it should be sitting at a drag strip