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Post by Big Blue on Nov 11, 2019 15:30:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 15:39:34 GMT
Oddly enough, I've never seen The Italian Job.
Beautiful car, though...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 15:44:19 GMT
Much better than the Diablo. I drove one of those in Riyadh, frightened me silly with a lack of vis and the locals running their slammed Blazers etc at lights to lights races during normal traffic. Not sure I ever got it out of third.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 11, 2019 15:55:27 GMT
Oddly enough, I've never seen The Italian Job. Beautiful car, though... What?  I thought you were a film buff? |
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Post by michael on Nov 11, 2019 16:18:17 GMT
Questi giorni quando vieni il belle sole
la la la la la-la-la-la la la la la
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 11, 2019 16:20:41 GMT
Hubba.
Where's that video of someone driving the Shah of Persia's old one through the snow up to St Moritz?
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Post by michael on Nov 11, 2019 16:21:46 GMT
Hubba. Where's that video of someone driving the Shah of Persia's old one through the snow up to St Moritz? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 16:22:12 GMT
Oddly enough, I've never seen The Italian Job. Beautiful car, though... What? I thought you were a film buff? I would very much consider myself one, but saw the end as a child and have not felt the need to fill in the blank! |
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 11, 2019 16:26:44 GMT
Hubba. Where's that video of someone driving the Shah of Persia's old one through the snow up to St Moritz? Thanks!
In another life...
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Post by michael on Nov 11, 2019 16:28:29 GMT
You were probably better off without if it involved the revolution. I saved that in Youtube and never tire of watching it. I love seeing cars used.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Nov 11, 2019 16:36:33 GMT
The Muira is absolutely beautiful. I've had the pleasure of sitting in the driver's seat of one. The view out across those curved wings is stunning and the tiny, thin rear screen with the V12 just behind it is just lovely. A drive would be the stuff dreams are made of.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 17:35:06 GMT
Oddly enough, I've never seen The Italian Job. Ditto. Don't know the song either. I thought the car went off a cliff? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 17:38:42 GMT
I thought it got blown up in a tunnel, after meeting a truck I think.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 17:41:53 GMT
Oh yeah, I knew something went wrong. The tunnel thing makes sense, as they wouldn't have needed to destroy that expensive car.
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Post by PG on Nov 11, 2019 18:04:55 GMT
IIRC it's the opening sequence. The guy is on a lovely mountain drive and enters a tunnel at speed and hits the bulldozer placed in the tunnel to get him. He and the mashed up car are then pushed off a cliff.
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 11, 2019 18:26:57 GMT
Never tire of listening to Matt......
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Post by Roadrunner on Nov 11, 2019 22:44:12 GMT
I actually bought a Matt Monro CD ready for the Alpine road trip which never happened a number of years ago. Makes me want to resurrect the plans.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 12, 2019 8:31:24 GMT
What? I thought you were a film buff? I would very much consider myself one, but saw the end as a child and have not felt the need to fill in the blank! You have to watch it - I'd consider it in my top 20 films. It's a wonderful piece of 60s British film history. Great characters, some great lines. |
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 12, 2019 10:06:17 GMT
I’m still in such shock that there are members of this forum that haven’t seen it in its entirety that I’ve crashed my car.
You’ve just cost me my insurance bonus!
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Post by michael on Nov 12, 2019 10:09:19 GMT
I’m still in such shock that there are members of this forum that haven’t seen it in its entirety that I’ve crashed my car. You’ve just cost me my insurance bonus! You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 12, 2019 10:33:10 GMT
Some of the great trivia I remember:
Michael Caine couldn't drive when he did the movie and is always seen being driven or getting out of a stationary car.
The Pakistani Ambassador's car actually was the Pakistani Ambassador's car.
The Mafia really helped create the traffic jam in Turin.
They nearly ran out of Mini's and BL wouldn't give them any free ones - FIAT offered as many free cars as they wanted if they used 500s instead of the Minis.
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 12, 2019 11:35:00 GMT
Love the Italian Job. Love the Miuras too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 11:38:17 GMT
The Muira was always a 'want one' car whereas the later cars were a bit hot and cold.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 12, 2019 11:50:46 GMT
Mrs. Sacamano bought the Matt Munro CD as well for summer days with the roof down on the 500. Not quite the same..
And her referring to me as "Camp Freddie" spoilt the ambience too.
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 12, 2019 11:56:33 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 12, 2019 13:31:07 GMT
Mrs. Sacamano bought the Matt Munro CD ... Monro, not Munro please.As he himself said, shouldn't be hard to remember how to spell it, it's an anagram of moron |
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 13, 2019 14:33:31 GMT
Oddly enough, I discovered today that my great-great-grandfather's brother was a founder member of the RAC.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 13, 2019 15:06:10 GMT
Oddly enough, I discovered today that my great-great-grandfather's brother was a founder member of the RAC. Got to be worth the Friends and Family discount? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2019 16:51:06 GMT
I doubt that applies to the RAC etc.
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 14, 2019 11:14:32 GMT
No. I’ve known sons of members put through the whole interview process to join which I never had to do. Mind you there’s a 97% renew rate now with full member numbers whereas when I joined they were clearly desperate.
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I thought you were a film buff? 
