[TR] not Triumph related but fun nonetheless

Andrew Taylor ydna.rolyat at gmail.com
Tue Jan 8 07:23:07 MST 2008


Found this on the web:

http://forums.subdriven.com/zerothread?id=2640522

I did not know anything about this, but have been to Paris many times
and was amazed to see the route along with the video.

Andy Taylor
'62 TR4 CT16725
Boston

On Jan 8, 2008 9:18 AM,  <pethier at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: "Andrew Taylor" <ydna.rolyat at gmail.com>
> > Have any of you seen this?
> >
> > http://bhendrix.com/wall/Gmaps_GVideo_Mashup_Rendezvous.html
>
> "On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
>
> No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit."
>
> The legend continues.  But it's not true.  The car was a Mercedes and Lelouch himself was driving.
>
> --
> Phil Ethier  West Side  Saint Paul Minnesota  USA
> 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
> 1994 Miata C package
> pethier [at] comcast [dot] net    http://forum.mnautox.com/forums/
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