The only McLaren F1 Tech in North America

[colker]

Total thread drift: When I was 12 or 13 years old one of my Dad's clients (in the expanded polystyrene fabrication business) was the son of a camera shop owner, and said camera shop was having trouble making ends meet. The son decided to infuse his father's shop with cash by buying up a number of swanky Nikon 35mm cameras and gifting them to his business associates. He asked my Dad to come to the shop to pick it up, and I went along. In the shop they showed my Dad how to change lenses and load film -- I don't think my Dad had ever owned a camera more sophisticated than an Instamatic prior -- and then they took a picture of me and Dad in the shop. It remains to this day one of my favorite photos of me and my father.

iirc the camera and lens combo they gave Dad was north of $1200 in 1973 dollars.

Good story.

[Vancouverdave]

There's many other things it would translate to but I LOVE the story! Somewhere, seeing the kickstand on my Helyett has grossed some vintage geek out in a similar way.

I'm still pretty dumfounded by $2K+ wheels.

I was told a story about a a war photog during the Vietnam era who won a bunch gambling, went into a camera shop in Tokyo where all the collectible Leicas are preserved in vacuum wrapped plastic, plunked down his winnings on some camera, ripped off the plastic and loaded the camera with film, then took a photo of all the counter guys staring at him with their mouths open.

No idea if that really happened or not, but I like it and would do it if similar happened to me (though pretty sure collectible Leicas are a tad more expensive than they were back then, plastic wrap or no.)

[Corso]

A bit of a drift: My fav race car of all time just sold for 14 million. Fourteen Million dollars.

Those 2k wheel sets are chunp change in the big boy league of classic cars.

Steve McQueen's Le Mans-Starring Porsche 917 Sells for $14 Million at Auction

What continues to blow my mind is that the 917 used a flat 12 cylinder engine that was air cooled!

Latter twin turbo versions put out over 1,100 horsepower!

[dashDustin]

Really makes me wish I would’ve done cars instead of bikes.