Ford v Ferrari movie

[Gene G]

Just got back from seeing the new Ford v Ferrari movie with my wife. Was nice to hear in the opening about Aston Martin winning at LeMans. It was a good movie the cars were all recreations by Superformance. I had a Superformance Cobra and they are actually better cars that the original cars. My wife said that she enjoyed the movie and like the cars and the acting. Now I have to convince her that we need a 289 slab sided car like Matt Damon drove as Shelby in the movie.

[colin_p]

Did Slough trading estate feature in it?

[RSbandit]

Going to see tomorrow looks good

[bananarob]

Amazing the movie title difference between the US and the UK!

[RichB]

colin_p said:

Did Slough trading estate feature in it?

Did ola get a mention?

[EVR]

bananarob said:

Amazing the movie title difference between the US and the UK!

In Italy it's called Le Mans '66 - La Grande Sfida (The Big Challenge).

[dalecan]

The wife and i watched it on Sunday and both really enjoyed it. I’d love to get one of those Daytona Coupes that you see in the shop.

Edited by dalecan on Wednesday 20th November 00:26

[pschlute]

dalecan said:

The wife and i watched it on Sunday and both really enjoyed it. I’d love to get one of Theo Daytona Coupes that you see in the shop.

Wasn't 1966 a couple of years too early for the Daytona ?

[dalecan]

pschlute said:

dalecan said:

The wife and i watched it on Sunday and both really enjoyed it. I’d love to get one of Theo Daytona Coupes that you see in the shop.

Wasn't 1966 a couple of years too early for the Daytona ?

Built from 1964:

The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) is an American sports-coupé. It is related to the Shelby Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train developed and build as an advanced evolution of which. It was engineered and purpose built for auto racing, specifically to take on Ferrari and its 250 GTO in the GT class. The original project had six Shelby Daytona Coupes built for racing purposes between 1964 and 1965, as Carroll Shelby was reassigned to the Ford GT40 project to compete at the 24 hours of Le Mans, again to beat Ferrari in the highest level prototype class. With the Shelby Daytona, Shelby became the first American constructor to win a title on the international scene at the FIA World Sportscar Championship in 1965. The Shelby Daytona has recently been chosen for historic preservation as a significant vehicle in the history of auto racing.[2]

[pschlute]

Aha, wrong Daytona ! I was thinking of the 365 GTB/4

Thanks for that, i had no idea. Cant wait to see the film

Edited by pschlute on Wednesday 20th November 00:53