Four-Links – pizzaboy searches for Camaro, CJ-6s galore, kustoms in Italy, Stanguellini tour

* So even though we don’t have a Papa John’s anywhere nearby, we see their commercials on the television around here, and one of the latest commercials features founder John Schnatter tooling around in a gold second-gen Camaro. As it turns out, that car’s a clone of the ‘72 John owned when he started the pizza chain, but was forced to sell to keep the business afloat. Now, John’s on the lookout for the exact car he sold off many years ago and has started a site to follow his search. (via)

* Though the CJ-8 seems to get all the attention when it comes to collectible CJs nowadays, the CJ-6 certainly has its own dedicated fanbase, and Boyink has a nice blog dedicated not only to his 6, but to all sorts of different CJ-6s. (via)

* There’s something quite incongruous about a kustom show in Italy. While kustom builders and Italians both appreciate aesthetics, the homegrown American aesthetic of the kustoms seems entirely out of place against the backdrop of handsome old-world cities criss-crossed with cobblestone streets. Which makes Lowtech’s photos of last weekend’s kustomweekend near Florence all the more compelling.

* We’ve been digging Retro Scene Magazine’s online content lately, and they deliver again with a tour of the Stanguellini family’s dealership, which includes a number of the family’s sports and racing cars from the etceterini period.

* Finally, another kustom post. This time, though, the Transforming the Pickle blog has a boatload of photos of SoCal customs and the shops that churned them out in the 1950s. Perhaps it’s time to create another Google Map to determine the kustom hotspots in SoCal?

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‘Toy’ cameras, expired film and old cars

While at the Import Carlisle show earlier this month, Dan Meade, who’s a graphic/web designer by day, took a bunch of photographs with cameras from his collection of plastic and toy cameras. He agreed to let us share some of them with you.

Here’s what he told us about his technique:

Lately I have really gotten into plastic/toy cameras, I have several and keep adding to my collection. It’s a great escape from the digital world I work in each day as a graphic artist/web designer! A friend I met at the local photo lab knew I was into lo-fi photography, and saw my enthusiasm for film. He had a Lomo Lubitel, a Russian camera from the mid-1980s, that was never used, in the box, and he passed it along to me since he knew I’d use it.

Some of the shots you saw, from the Lubitel, were slide film/chrome that is balanced for tungsten (Fuji 64T/RTPII). Normally this would create a very blue cast when used in natural light. Here, I had it cross-processed (developed in C-41/color negative chemistry rather than the intended E-6/slide chemistry). This creates extra contrast and the golden/greenish color shift. The fact it expired over 8 years ago also produces unexpected and retro-looking results.

The others with less unusual color were taken with a Holga, using more recently expired Fuji Pro400H film. I yanked the film mask from my Holga to get more unpredictable light leaks and less defined borders on the edges of the frame, as well as extra blurring and vignetting. The plastic lens and poor optics of this camera also make for very dreamy, old fashioned looking photos.

I have a pro lab develop my film, since 120 is not something that can be done at any 60 minute photo. But I scan the negatives myself – and no matter how well I clean my scanner, dust and hairs from my feline friends always seem to end up in the image, which further creates the “authentic film look”

Thanks to our friend Ric DiDonato for sending these our way.

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Wanted: Sooner Sports Cars

I will be coming down to Tulsa to cover the Leake auction on the weekend of June 14th, and wouldn’t mind rounding up a car or two to photograph while there. We’ve got decent classic and muscle car contacts, but aside from one (very cool) 1970 Mazda, there are no sports cars in our files.

(note: this is a 1967 Mazda Luce, but it is from Oklahoma)

So if you’re anywhere near Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Ft. Smith - whatever’s west of Tulsa or Enid, I guess - with a car in which you think Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car might be interested, drop me a line. I’d consider going as far as Wichita if it was something special.

I’m planning on keeping Sunday the 14th open for photography, but I could probably fit a shoot in almost anytime on Friday or Saturday as well.

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