AUTOS CARS CUSTOM

for more info and photos of this 1966 GT 350 that Shelby sent to Zagato for restyling (look at the rear window wrap around) : http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2013/05/the-1966-zagato-shelby-gt350.html


for the story of the 1968 GT40 based car: http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2012/07/the-shelby-lonestar.html

all found among hundreds of cool images at http://pinterest.com/megadeluxe/pins/

 to have the rims resemble the Mach 1 rims is very cool




I don't get why this wing was up, but maybe it's to demonstrate that it exists... if it weren't popped, we'd never realize it's there

notice the great group of cars at the car shows in front and behind the GT... they don't get much publicity for having a great car show at Speedfest, but the cars that show up Saturday and Sunday are two different groups of cool cars, and a couple hundred of them... some that don't go to any other car shows in the area... 

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