Thanks for taking a look, Wayne.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Early Morning at the Volvo Salvage Yard
> 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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