ATM 53 chevy delivery, now RTMC - short report

["Kreig McBride" <astroguy@nas.com>]

Bob,  you still have the 53 chevy?

I picked up a 1954 Pontiac wagon last summer.   Not sure which is my next
project, the 9" Mak, 16" newt,  the 12" refractor, or  the Pontiac.

Kreig


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob May <bobmay@nethere.com>
To: atmlist <atm@shore.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: ATM RTMC - short report


>
>Vacation scheduling says that I can do it only every other year but have
>been slowing down lately due to fuel costs just rankling me.  And yes, I do
>drive that distance without any problems.  3500 miles in 4 days is pretty
>typical of the way that I drive and have done a lot of milage on various
>cars that I have owned.  It wasn't until I got my '53 Chevy Sedan Delivery
>that I really got to sleep in the car without worry.
>At the present, I'm working on a 6" doublet refractor, a 6" double Schmidt
>Gregorian (an all spherical grinding/polishing design using corrector
plates
>for the primary and the secondary) and a 12" doublet refractor.  One of
>those will probably make it back to Stellafane sometime or another.
>Bob May
>http://nav.to/bobmay
>bobmay@nethere.com
>NEW! http://bobmay.astronomy.net
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