[AT] Looking for an old picture

[Spencer Yost]



Thanks Steve!

Here’s one of the pictures he’s forwarded. Two important mentions:

1 - It can’t possibly be me because my hair is not gray like it is now (-;

2 - Notice my look of astonishment as the dynamometer melts down (-;

The link I followed let me to believe it was actually a digital photograph. I know digital photography was in its infancy in the late by 1990s but I think Nikon CoolPix and a couple other cameras were already gaining in popularity.

The only reason I ask is because I was asked an exact year and a digital photo’s meta-data could possibly lead me to that.

The badge tag on the fellow in the foreground is orange. I’ll dig through my Portland memorabilia and see if I can find an orange badge tag in the late 1990s.

Thanks again Steve for the trip down memory lane. I really do appreciate it.

Spencer





> 
> On Jan 21, 2021, at 8:33 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just sent Spencer off-list a couple shots, digital pictures of actual photographs, of the Pacer on the dyno.  He's more than welcome to share these to the List.  Unfortunately they feature Spencer and the Pacer, and the dyno is out of the shot.  Mine have never been digitized until now, as far as I can recall.  I also reviewed my old Picasa album but it's too new; earliest shots are about 2003-ish. I'm thinking the picture he's recalling is probably one of Dean Vinson's.
> 
> SO
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 1:46 PM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, Spencer, maybe me.  I  *think* I have a photo album from that Portland show, in the old meaning, an actual hardcover book full of printed images.  I'm not sure I was shooting digital film back then, but maybe.  I used to have some photos stored on Picasa which is now defunct and I'm not sure they would have been there, anyway.   I will make a note to check at home tonight.
>> 
>> SO
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 1:37 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>>> We have all heard the apocryphal story that my Massey Harris Pacer smoked the dynamometer at the Portland show; registering 173 hp before it melted down.  I say “apocryphal”, but I was there and I can swear to it authenticity :-)  So can Farmer and we all know that Farmer would never tell a tall tale....
>>> 
>>> I am actually looking for a picture of that day. Someone on this list has it on their public collection somewhere and I am sure of it because I followed their link and saw it recently.  I could’ve swore it was Dean Vinson but I did not see it in his farm life page. Maybe Steve Offiler ?
>>> 
>>> Anyways, if anyone that could point me to a picture of that dynamometer day at Portland in the late 90s I sure would appreciate it.
>>> 
>>> Spencer 
>>> 
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