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Matt Damon and Christian Bale try to make racing history in the first trailer for Ford v. Ferrari
UK Daily Mail ^
| June 3, 2019
| Brian Gallagher
Posted on 06/03/2019 11:17:57 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
I don’t recall Iacocca being involved in this at all.
I saw a documentary on this a few years ago and it was estimated Henry Ford spent around $200 Million in 1960’s dollars to win. I don’t know what that is in today’s money, maybe a $1 Billion.
I would enjoy this movie except for Damon, all of his recent movies have tanked, bad casting.
To: Bob434
Same here. I wont even watch it for free via torrent.
To: Zathras
Terrible casting. Should have been Tom Cruise, at least he likes racing cars.
To: C19fan
I had a professor in the 60s who had raced at Le-mans.
I am pretty sure he said his car was a Nash Healey. A Healey body with a Nash engine.
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:50:28 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Rapunzel
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:54:37 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Yup. The children Tesla wannabes are clueless about racing and cars in general.
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:55:45 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: C19fan
From Caroll Shelby's bio:
"Shelby was married a total of seven times...Shelby married his final wife, Cleo, a British former model who drove rally cars, in 1997, just four months after the death of his sixth wife. She was 25 years his junior. They were in the process of getting a divorce when he died in 2012." When did this guy have time to design cars?
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:55:59 AM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:56:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Put Tesla on the track and it will be parked after 20 laps waiting for a re-charge. LOL!
Was about to post reminder that Le Mans was a 24 hour endurance race, not quarter mile run.
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:56:57 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/03/2019 11:59:37 AM PDT
by
KMG365
To: Bob434
Bale’s a foaming at the mouth rabid Leftard as well...
Won’t see...Won’t miss...
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:00:23 PM PDT
by
elteemike
(Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
To: C19fan
And in accord with a Ford tradition, the winner at the 1966 Le Mans could have been any color as long as it was black.
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:08:48 PM PDT
by
katana
To: C19fan
Ford won Le Mans again in 2016 placing 1st, 3rd and 4th.
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:09:55 PM PDT
by
caltaxed
(ake)
To: Zathras
When I was 12, I got sit in one of the original Ford GT40 machines. Filthy dirty inside, but so cool...
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:10:03 PM PDT
by
W.
(NRA life member! Cost me 500 bones, but oh, well!)
To: C19fan
The Hollywood ‘left’ are so unimaginative that they can’t even make any kind of original ‘movie’.
There are several lengthy movies on YOUTUBE about the battle between Ford’s GT40 and Ferrari. One specifically deals with the FORD side of the story and the men behind it.
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:11:05 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Rapunzel
Let’s see that Tesla do the 24 Hr race.
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:11:44 PM PDT
by
GMMC0987
To: Bob434
Too bad Damon is in the movie- wont be watching it- Id rather just read the history of the rivalry than support that trump hating- America hating actorWhy read ?
This is the original movie with the original people instead of actors.
The story of the Ford GT40 on "Behind the Headlights"
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:14:50 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: NohSpinZone
I met Carroll at Purdue University in the 80s. I had a picture of a Shelby Mustang that I took and got it signed by him. The picture had an attractive model leaning against the car. He asked if that “was my girlfriend” and I replied “I thought it was yours?” He said he “didn’t believe so but he would check and get back to me!”
To: Rapunzel
Except it wouldn’t run for 24hrs without a recharge every lap
This is all about 24hrs at Le Mans.
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:29:28 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: katana
Winner of 67 Le Mans.
Gt40 Mk II
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posted on
06/03/2019 12:30:58 PM PDT
by
Zathras
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