Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
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Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Had a photoshoot for Automobile Magazine today. They are doing an article on Roadsters for their "Collectible Classic" section and used my car for the photographs and test drive. John Morton was interviewed for the article and it came to light that he had never driven a stock Roadster - so I now have the great distinction of owning the car that ended that streak. Great guy - he liked the car and remarked how "solid" it felt. The author said the article should appear in the magazine in 3-6 months.
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!
soooo cool!
*please tell me the speedometer was working
soooo cool!
*please tell me the speedometer was working
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Haha - Everything works! He appreciated the heater, and was pleasantly surprised that the blinkers worked too.Alvin wrote:absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!
soooo cool!
*please tell me the speedometer was working
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Very cool!
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Wohoo! Hope to see it soon, was deprived at my one and only trip to Solvang
A recent issue of Automobile has a interesting article on organic engines. And the collectible classic
is a 71 - 74 Javelin!


A recent issue of Automobile has a interesting article on organic engines. And the collectible classic
is a 71 - 74 Javelin!
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Very cool, congrats and thanks for representing!
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
What a great story, about a story. They could not have picked better representative car, thanks for providing such an excellent example. Having John Morton and a feature story in a major publication just took your car's value up 100's of dollars too! 

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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Thank you very much! The contributing editor (author) suggested a price bump down the road as well, but to be honest I'm pretty excited just to have had the car professionally photographed (for free!). They took almost two hours to do the job - with John driving the car up and down PCH and static shots as well. I think the finished product will be pretty cool.notoptoy wrote:What a great story, about a story. They could not have picked better representative car, thanks for providing such an excellent example. Having John Morton and a feature story in a major publication just took your car's value up 100's of dollars too!
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Really cool!!!
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
So happy it's a '69 2000 also!!!
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Re: Photo Shoot with John Morton for Automobile Magazine
Great story! Congrats!
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