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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:49 am Post subject: The coolest 911 ever? |
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I know that the 1970 911S he used in France during filming is often confused for the 1969 911S in the same color he already owned back home, but I never get tired of watching this film.
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:02 am Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Colors mean something.
My late father was a manager at a Porsche dealership in the '70s. Reuben Roth's Porsche-Audi store on Portland Road in Salem. I grew up around these cars. When I was 13, my late father taught me how to drive...in a brand-new 930 Turbo off the lot, one of the first ones in the country, with a dealer plate hanging off the back.
My father passed in 2015, and when I ordered my new 2016 Porsche late in 2015, I ordered in in Guard's Red, the same color as the 930 Turbo that he taught me to drive in 40 years prior. |
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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That is a great movie, and the back story to it is fascinating as well because of McQueen's obsession with making the movie. The back story was made into a documentary. I think if you like Le Mans racing and don't want a lot of window dressing the movie and the documentary are just the ticket. _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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I read a book about it, and it was pretty interesting. It included photos of the "Porschola", the "Lolari", the Porsche 908 with the camera built into/onto it's nose, camera rigs, and stuff like that. Lots of stuff from his son Chad. McQueen reportedly owned the number 20 Porsche 917 in the film.
McQueen also bank-rolled Bruce Brown's 1971 documentary "On Any Sunday", which was a historically significant film in that it helped repair a false perspective that the general public had held on motorcycling for nearly 25 years, following some highly fictionalized media coverage of the Hollister riots back in '47. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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An article pre-release in Motor Trend June 1971
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Thanks for sharing. A lot of good information in that artiçle.
The "#20" car that crashed was not a Porsche 917, nor was it driven by Steve Mcqueen. It wasn't even a Porsche at all- it was a Lola, dressed up as the the real #20 917. The real #20 917 was owned by Mcqueen, and was was seen in other scenes. The "Porschola" was unmanned, with the throttle wired open, when it was intentionally crashed for the film. In the slo-mo sequence, you can clearly see the Lola's yellow paint and even part of the Lola's racing numbers, peeking out from under it's 917 disguise, as well as the rear tires that continue to spin and smoke after the crash, because there was no driver at the wheel to let off the throttle. |
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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The reason that Enzo Ferrari refused to loan any Ferrari race cars to Solar Productions, was because the script had Porsche winning the race ahead of the Ferraris. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Yup, second to last paragraph in column 1 of page 99 in the article. |
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sb001 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:39 am Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Too bad they forgot to make an actual movie around the racing footage... _________________ I'm the humblest guy on this board.
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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I think it's a great film. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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I think it's the best racing film (followed perhaps by Grand Prix), without question. With it's incidental plot, I'm not sure I'd call it a great film, but the racing and feel is so genuine it just doesn't matter. It's one several "flypaper" movies... even with Tivo, if I am channel flipping and it's on, I have to stop and watch it to the end! |
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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I hear you, but I stand by my original comment- I think it's a great film.
It's also a fun one to show to people who've never seen it before, because it's nearly 40 minutes into the film before the first dialogue starts. |
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Starbucket Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Coolest Porsche I ever saw was a `71 911 with flared fenders and "Dullies" all around. Avon tires (8 of them) rated 190 MPH. He said it could turn on a Dime at high speed and looked it. |
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Gurn Blanston Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:13 am Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Starbucket wrote: |
Coolest Porsche I ever saw was a `71 911 with flared fenders and "Dullies" all around. Avon tires (8 of them) rated 190 MPH. He said it could turn on a Dime at high speed and looked it. |
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Glenn Mr. 010
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Goluscombe Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:39 am Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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I wonder what the paint color was on this tremendous Singer. It shows off the curves beautifully. |
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Starbucket Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: The coolest 911 ever? |
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Looks like metallic dark gray with Silver Morano in it and a LOT of clear coat. |
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