So I have been working out the little mechanical defects on my C3, the only one apparently left are small power steering leaks, the system is an old complex design with pumps, control valves, pistons and lost of hoses, all components are relatively new but it may leak at certain positions only, so the mechanics do not see the leak. Will look seriously into a replacement modern system.
Took the car to Julian a 'mining' mountain little town in San Diego, it was sunny and 80F, the car climbed to 5,000 feet not exceeding 190F in coolant, tracking the curves with the new control arms and purring like a kitten, roaring when passing, sunscreen and top down.
People go to Julian as a fun mountain drive with a destination full of pies, beer, local wine, and cider. Motorcyclist love the San Diego County roads. If you take the main two lane it will be slow going with all the traffic, but there are many other roads.
This thread is not about C3s but it is about Nikkors, took a lens no-one seems to use - the 45mm 2.8 auto Nikkor C., I will spare you how this lens can couple the aperture to the focusing ring to provide proper flash exposure for the old single intensity flash as measured by its guide number. As flash intensity diminishes with the square of the distance, the lens does not focus on a linear helicoid but a non-linear cam which is nice and smooth, a little weird on the fingers as it moves different amounts depending on the distance.
It is a neat little lens that makes for a light Z outfit, at 2.8 the edges get a little soft, but from there down it is decent.
This lens
On the way there is this realtor in the town of Ramona who owns several old Corvettes and other cars, they are not precisely pristine and seem to always be outside, but it is a curious sight:
So I have been working out the little mechanical defects on my C3, the only one apparently left are small power steering leaks, the system is an old complex design with pumps, control valves, pistons and lost of hoses, all components are relatively new but it may leak at certain positions only, so the mechanics do not see the leak. Will look seriously into a replacement modern system.
Took the car to Julian a 'mining' mountain little town in San Diego, it was sunny and 80F, the car climbed to 5,000 feet not exceeding 190F in coolant, tracking the curves with the new control arms and purring like a kitten, roaring when passing, sunscreen and top down.
People go to Julian as a fun mountain drive with a destination full of pies, beer and cider. Motorcyclist love the San Diego County roads. If you take the main two lane it will be slow going with all the traffic, but there are many other roads.
This thread is not about C3s but it is about Nikkors, took a lens no-one seems to use - the 45mm 2.8 auto Nikkor C., I will spare you how this lens can couple the aperture to the focusing ring to provide proper flash exposure for the old single intensity flash as measured by its guide number. As flash intensity diminishes with the square of the distance, the lens does not focus on a linear helicoid but a non-linear cam which is nice and smooth, a little weird on the fingers as it moves different amounts depending on the distance.
It is a neat little lens that makes for a light Z outfit, at 2.8 the edges get a little soft, but from there down it is decent.
This lens
On the way there is this realtor in the town of Ramona who owns several old Corvettes and other cars, they are not precisely pristine and seem to always be outside, but it is a curious sight:
