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Re: [OM] IMG: Early Morning at the Volvo Salvage Yard

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Early Morning at the Volvo Salvage Yard
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:57:56 +1000
Very nice.

I like the look of the rear of the Volvo 444, but the front is real ugly !

...Wayne


> 
> Wiki tells me that the 544 made its appearance in 1958.  My buddy and I
were
> riding around in his in Texas in 1962 and Germany in 1963/64.
> Somewhere I have some Kodachromes taken through the front window of
> that old Volvo while taking it to Bremerhaven to put on a ship back to the
US
> somewhere around January 1964.  It appeared again in San Antonio later in
> 1964.  I picked up a '57 DeSoto then which I liked a whole lot better.  It
looked
> just like this one
> <http://1957desoto.150m.com/images/57_121_s25_lrear.jpg>
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 5/30/2012 7:45 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> > Chuck, when they can't make it on their own, they become a support
> > system for those that can still serve their masters.
> >
> > I asked the proprietor if that was a 544, and he said it was an
> > earlier model, a 444.  The 544 is what I recall when Volvos first
> > appeared in our area.
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Early Morning at the Volvo Salvage Yard
> >
> >
> >> I thought Volvos were never supposed to come to an end.  :-)
> >>
> >> The 444 looks like the car my buddy used to own but I think his was a
> >> 544 from the late 50s.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/30/2012 1:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> >>> I took my Volvo in for service at a local Volvo garage that has a
> >>> salvage yard on the premises.  The drive out was in early morning
> >>> fog, and some of it prevailed.
> >>>
> >>> Where Volvos go when the end has come:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Salvage+Yard+24.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> A Volvo 444 from the 1950s awaits a new life:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Volvo+444.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Looking closely, there is some wild beauty to be found:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Wildflowers+35.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> E-1 with ZD 14-54
> >>>
> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> >>>
> >>> Jim Nichols
> >>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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