JohnD Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) You've seen "Le Mans '66/Ford vs. Ferrari". You've seen "Le Mans" and "Grand Prix". You may even have been able to sit through "Days of Thunder". Now you will be able to see the movie that Steve McQueen was 'robbed' of, or at least what was left of it after Warner Brothers pulled the plug on the project in 1965. A historian has dug the preliminary footage out and made it into a film, "The Day of the Champion: The Lost Movie" that will be shown on the Sky Documentary channel. MotorSport magazine has such an extensive and detailed article about the film that you hardly need see it, if it weren't for the stills that it includes from the film. They include in-car footage over the shoulder of Stirling Moss, no less, as he 'raced' some Loti around the Nurburgring. Unmissable! https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-2021/72/steve-mcqueens-lost-f1-movie-day-of-the-champion?utm_campaign=2322573_ED_GR - 090822 - McQueen&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailCampaign&dm_i=4DIP,1DS3X,49SMYJ,6E7WB,1 John If you can't wait, go to the MotorSport webpage and click on the line of page images below the first paragraph. Click on the first, and then page through the article, and see the stills in perfect resolution! Edited August 10, 2022 by JohnD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Cool, that does look interesting. Nice stills in the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 oooh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I can't say if it would have been a great movie or not but it is a great story and the pictures from that era are just wonderful. McQueen was just so cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Think he got the idea from my dad !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Wonderful, Hamish! Wish I'd been there! Was your Dad the one on the flat cap and glasses (and a faceful of 'oil')? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, JohnD said: Wonderful, Hamish! Wish I'd been there! Was your Dad the one on the flat cap and glasses (and a faceful of 'oil')? Dad had stopped racing this and made the films. because he was a racer and knew everybody he got great access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 A couble of fabulous phots. That is a Cooper I am sure but can't work out what the engine is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Me too, gotta be a Cooper But is that a supercharger on what looks like a 500cc Cooper? Wow! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 It’s a Cooper. But it’s a 1220cc JAP twin supercharged and running on methanol. It went to Rhodesia when he sold it. I have tried to find it but it looks like it doesn’t exist anymore - well not in that form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Coincidence is a strange thing. I was through in Edinburgh today visiting my daughter and we went to the National Museum in Chambers Street where this caught my eye Not a Cooper but a JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 That’s ace i proper era of small scale manufacturing and being successful too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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