Doctored photos and the Internet were made for each other, in fact the word Photoshopped seems to cover any manipulated image.  The  product Adobe Photoshop is usually the tool of choice, but fudging a photo isn’t new, back in the day it just took more work.  Geoff C.  sent me the following photo of a couple of racing Sizaire et Naudins on a velodrome circa 1909.

The odd thing is I have another picture of the same two cars from another angle:

And another from the rear:

You should be able to draw a timeline on these pics by the amount of vital fluids leaking all over the boards…. the next cycle race would have been interesting.

Joe Stalin also seems to have been an avid user of Photoshop in the more literal sense.

I am currently on a Lancia rally adding to my to-do list, see http://www.alr.org.au

Cheers

Mark

First post for a while, no excuses really but I have been a little busy getting ready for the Adelaide to Darwin Rally see http://a2d.netguys.com.au/ if you are interested.

The Sizaire is looking a little worn and if it does an other 4000Km on this rally  will look a little more that way, I have been asked if the car is original… it is if you don’t count the restoration 50 years ago.

With so much time on my hands I have had a little fun with the mini movie camera and stuck it (it has a magnetic stand) to the underside of the running board pointing at the front of the transaxle, did a run and could not see a thing so I mounted a lamp did another run but forgot to take the lens cap off….did another run and here is the result.

Cheers

Mark