Friday, August 8, 2008 – The Quiet Past

On the northwest corner of Robertson and Charleville at the edge of Beverly Hills, at Motor Medic, the past hangs heavy in the air –

A red Lincoln sits quietly, gathering dust –

The past lives on. This appears to be a 1967 Volkswagen Bus – the last year of production for what was the Type II. This is the "21-Window" model, with the canvas sunroof – fully restored to original, showroom condition, and not customized for surfers or anything. It takes you back. The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? – and In the Heat of the Night and Cool Hand Luke – and the Beatles album, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Whatever.

A little humor in the window of a wreck waiting repair –

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Alan M. Pavlik