Le Mans

[Dewi]

A mate has just sent me this film of Mike Hawthorn driving the D Type Jaguar around Le Mans in 1956. Superb stuff...

http://vimeo.com/59410466

 

[Grumpyowl]

Brilliant Mike the Bike
Great film,loved the pit crew with the knotted hanky on his head. 8)
The Camara is the size of a suitcase bolted on the back of the car. Imagine health and safety today,running round with the public


Enjoyed that Dewi, thanks for posting.

 

[Machine monkey]

Thanks I enjoyed that

 

[Adam D]

Great video tickets and camping booked for 2015

 

[Dewi]

I went every year from 1981 to '91 - inc the years of the Silk Cut Jags and Tom Walkinshaw, good years.

 

[lomax]

Thank you for the link. That is some great history.

I really enjoy this forum even though I am on the wrong side of the pond. Much better than the state side forums.

Marc

 

[AndyZ]

Amazing stuff. Great image quality for 70 years ago - seeing the installation of the camera and microphone looks funny but would have been cutting edge technology 70 years ago.

 

[RickRob]

Amazing stuff. Great image quality for 70 years ago - seeing the installation of the camera and microphone looks funny but would have been cutting edge technology 70 years ago.

Er excuse me 1956 was 58 years ago, when I was born!

Great footage - thanks for sharing.

Hoping to re new my acquaintance with Le Mans in 2015.

 

[DumfriesDik]

Hoping to re new my acquaintance with Le Mans in 2015.

Ditto but not the race. We are staying near Tour, but will take a trip north to have a look at the place.

I loved the film, quality was amazing

 

[AndyZ]

Amazing stuff. Great image quality for 70 years ago - seeing the installation of the camera and microphone looks funny but would have been cutting edge technology 70 years ago.

Er excuse me 1956 was 58 years ago, when I was born!

Great footage - thanks for sharing.

Hoping to re new my acquaintance with Le Mans in 2015.

Did I tell you I was a dyslexic?! There's only a few years in it - picky picky!

 

[paulgs1000]

Fabulous - wonder what bhp that Jaguar had in 1956? I imagine it would be somewhere near what my 3.0si pushes out today?

Anyone remember the need to fit suppressors if you fitted a radio years ago - to stop the interference like that you could hear on the playback.

175mph in 1956 and taking that curve flat out on the Mulsanne 'straight' - bet it feels like threading a needle in the dark!

Brilliant bit of footage - loved the microphone. . . .

Thanks for posting

 

[RickRob]

Amazing stuff. Great image quality for 70 years ago - seeing the installation of the camera and microphone looks funny but would have been cutting edge technology 70 years ago.

Er excuse me 1956 was 58 years ago, when I was born!

Great footage - thanks for sharing.

Hoping to re new my acquaintance with Le Mans in 2015.

Did I tell you I was a dyslexic?! There's only a few years in it - picky picky!

Believe me the difference between 58 and 70 feels a lot more than any other 12 year gap I have lived so far! Let's hope I still have and am enjoying the Zed in 12 years' time!

 

[WLH]

Nice...