AUTOS CARS CUSTOM

all the pace cars, and all the drivers are at http://indymotorspeedway.com/v1/500pace.htm

thanks Mike!

Such a cool guy, and great actor, but didn't get a single cool car to drive. 

found on Google Books, because I looked up James Garner at War Bonnet. He was walking around, not racing, and I suppose just generally interested in the SCCA racing.

but proving I've got the coolest readers... John sent me a photo he took as a kid in the pits, of James at this event

I found this in a post that Voices of East Anglia did with a couple Topper photos from my gallery http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/01/1960s-harley-scooter-and-trail-bike.html

but V of EA also found this Topper with a sidecar... I've never seen that before!
http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2012/04/mocker-mobile-harley-davidson-scooter.html

the racing scenes are magnificent



one of the characters in the movie lives or stays at some place that has these representations of the race tracks in the Gran Prix circuit on the 2 storey wall in the staircase







below is the scene where James Garner's character drives some other characters wife home



 Naturally beautiful woman, Jessica Walter



 Hertz Shelby GT350 Mustang that James Garner's character drove as a commuter





below are examples of the multiple uses that VW vans were used for in the 60's... they were used for everything, advertising signboards, mobile mechanics tool boxes,



 this mobile gas station seems to be a converted bus

 more great cinematography


Now to the making of
 cool 1960's French helicopter, an Alouette


director Frankenheimer was a amatuer racer, Ferrari fan


a real GT 40 was used as a camera car. I've posted photos of this in the archives, and can't find them