Re: OT:Racing Movies-was:Pentaxc in the movies

[frank theriault]

Except for the 917K (in Gulf Mirage livery), I agree with you, Mike.  Funny, 
but the CanAm Turbo 917 was one of the ugliest cars ever!  Especially the 
last version (can't remember the exact model designation), in Sunoco 
colours, that Mark Donahue drove in CanAm, and in which he set the record 
for the fastest speed ever sustained on a closed oval.  That was one "fugly" 
(I like that, btw <g>) vehicle.

As are/were most Porsches that I've seen.  Can they ever be forgiven for the 
914?

But, there was something about the 917K (not the long-tailed version with 
the tailfins, the 917L - that was ugly, too) that really turns my crank.  
Just one of those things, I guess.

cheers,
frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.  The pessimist 
fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer




From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: OT:Racing Movies-was:Pentaxc in the movies
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:12:09 +0000
Hi,

frank theriault wrote:
>
> I keep hearing that Grand Prix is the greatest racing movie ever made.
>
> Maybe it is, but I liked Lemans, with Steve McQueen, better.
>
> Mind you, that could be because I only ever saw Grand Prix on TV, but I 
saw
> Lemans at the theatre.  Not only that, but I thought that the Gulf 
Mirage
> Porsche 917K was (and still is) the most beautiful racing car ever 
built.

Hmmm.  Not sure I've _ever_ seen a beautiful Porsche.  To me they are
all brutal, fugly (not to mention stolen) designs.
m

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