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Jun 30, 2008 22:51 |  #1

I got lucky and have a '99 Toreador Red SVT Contour for the week. My dad had the shift linkage come apart three days before closing on their local house, had to get repaired. :) I get to drive it back to the other side of MI this weekend. Dad was program manager on the SVT Contour at Ford, always funto drive.
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Wife driving the car, daughter waving in the backseat -

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Hanging out with the Fusion (manual trans!) -
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My first shot with my umbrellas, 580 master with a 580II and 430 firing into the umbrellas. Chose a bad location, too close to a curb.
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Jul 01, 2008 04:30 |  #2

It looks like a Mondeo, is it a Mondeo?


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Jul 01, 2008 07:16 |  #3

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It looks like a Mondeo, is it a Mondeo?

Yep, CDW-27 (CD size class, W for "world").

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Jul 01, 2008 07:37 |  #4

I like the strobist shot :).


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Jul 01, 2008 07:46 |  #5

Good pans.


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Jul 01, 2008 09:31 |  #6

I like the pans and waving child :) My wife is far to stuffy to indulge my hobbies by driving around :(


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Jul 01, 2008 14:37 as a reply to  @ jdando's post |  #7

Very nice job on the panning!!! Great shots!


Not take that Fusion over to my friends at MRT and have them put a turbo on it! WOOHOO! LOL!


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Jul 01, 2008 17:11 |  #8

fishingjts wrote in post #5829024 (external link)
Very nice job on the panning!!! Great shots!

Not take that Fusion over to my friends at MRT and have them put a turbo on it! WOOHOO! LOL!

Thanks, I have some connections with Roush here in Livonia, MI...but it's a lease. Might be replaced soon with a Flex or Taurus X, not quite as much fun.

We got really lucky on the Fusion. SEL, loaded with every option, but it has the I-4 and a manual trans. You can't find them too often on the dealer lot like that! And GM and Chrysler don't even offer a manual on their C/D-class equivalent vehicles.


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Jul 01, 2008 19:14 |  #9

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how'd you pull that shot off?



  
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Jul 01, 2008 20:21 |  #10

mlav wrote in post #5829867 (external link)
Thanks, I have some connections with Roush here in Livonia, MI...but it's a lease. Might be replaced soon with a Flex or Taurus X, not quite as much fun.

We got really lucky on the Fusion. SEL, loaded with every option, but it has the I-4 and a manual trans. You can't find them too often on the dealer lot like that! And GM and Chrysler don't even offer a manual on their C/D-class equivalent vehicles.

Sounds like my Hummer H3... I have a manual... everyone, including some GM salesmen say the same thing, "I didn't know you could get a manual in the H3" LOL


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Jul 02, 2008 07:49 |  #11

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how'd you pull that shot off?

Underexposed the background by about two stops and filled the car in with FEC +3 from a 580II and 430 mounted on stands, firing into 33" umbrellas. A 580 acted as master on my 40D.


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Jul 02, 2008 08:22 |  #12

great shots, I like the pans. but please remind your wife about "10 and 2" ... safety first :)


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Aug 30, 2008 06:25 |  #13

on #1 was that taken with a rig?




  
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