24 Replies to “Checkpoint 1956”

  1. just watching again on talking pics just noticed the a m reg plate 4 AML seen it before cant remember where also it is a reference to aston martin lagonda 4 or just a m original number plate (dvla) the time on yt is 33;10 would like to know if poss

  2. I believe the Maserati 200si is chassis #4505

    A factory built solid axle car from 1956…

    One of two…

    OEM Engine was lunched at Sebring…

    I drove that car with a '59 250S engine in it.

    (Ex-Scuderia Centro-Sud Cooper from 1959 Sebring GP)

    In early 1970

    Out on Tampa's Eight Mile Dead End

    For some quick de-coking …..

    It somehow had a pre-war 5 speed crash box….

    I think an 8CTF box….

    ???

    Learned while driving my father's old pre-war pickups…

    This from on the lot at Bay Autos….

    Bay to Baly Blvd.

    Only $3500

    An old GT-40 was $12,500…

    With a plain vanilla 351 ford in back..

    I made a143 mph average on two flying runs through the well marked 1/4th mile

    With a mile+ start

    I had de-coked XK-140s and 150s out there…

    For Bud's Sports Car Clinic…. & car lot…

    USF's source for older crocks…

    Making sure they had good tyres…

    Cheerio!

    Forza Ferrari!

    J.C.

  3. Ha, bought this on DVD and then found it on here for nothing. Oh well! Good to see simple films when men were men, rotters got their just deserts and hardly anyone was fat. This said I bought it for the cars!

  4. My dad loved the cars from this era , he was born in Australia in '43 and , and even though he was never in europe , he thoroughly enjoyed cars of this type that ran in the European circuit.
    R.I.P. dad..
    26/06/43 – 17/11/2017

  5. I like Lee Patterson too. He's scrummy looking and an adequate actor who pops up as the obligatory American in a number of British B movies

  6. 007 Rip Off…….A cheap Bond as he's in insurance not MI5. Nearly all the same tools of the trade with traditional egocentric maniac with female tarantulas protecting him. Only difference is he has a stupid nephew instead of a luscious side kick.
    Shaken not stirred in 2020 PC Britain.

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