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High speed run through London. - winmutt - 01-19-2011
http://jalopnik.com/5737850/watch-police-race-across-london-to-deliver-vital-organ
Great video!
RE: High speed run through London. - willbhere4u - 01-19-2011
Ferrari 275gtb early morning 1976 sound is not original from video but is of the same car still sounds amazing!
RE: High speed run through London. - Silberpfeil - 01-20-2011
(01-19-2011, 08:07 PM)willbhere4u Ferrari 275gtb early morning 1976 sound is not original from video but is of the same car still sounds amazing!
Okay I'll just give you the synopsis of IMDB.com (Internet Movie Database), but the short of it is it has been named as various different cars and drivers but Claude LeLouch (the director) has said it was him drivinghis personal Mercedes 6.9 with the sound of a Ferrari being dubbed over.
LeLouch has made some other wonderful films that deal with driving as well. He also said that he often (when stressed) drives until he can no longer drive and just sleeps in the car.
Also interesting, the woman at the end of the movie at the time was Claude's girlfriend and was a beauty queen (Miss Sweden?).
Long Hail the Wonderful 6.9 and the 6.3!!!
IMDB trivia follows:
Trivia for
Rendezvous (1976) More at IMDbPro »
C'était un rendez-vous (original title)
The film was shot in a single take, without any special effects or stuntmen, with the director driving the car.
The idea for this film came to Claude Lelouch after hiring a gyro stabilized camera mount for a film he was working on at the time.
The film is nine minutes long because the film cartridge in the camera could only hold 10 minutes of film and it was taken in a single shot.
Lelouch was arrested shortly after the film was screened but was later released without charge.
The route taken in the film is 10.42 km long (6.48 mi). It takes the driver 7:57 to cover that distance, giving him an average speed of 78.64 km/h (48.86 mph).
According to recent claims by Claude Lelouch, he was driving his own Mercedes in the film, and later dubbed over the sound of a Ferrari 275GTB to give the impression of much higher speeds. Calculations made by several independent groups using the film show that the car never exceeds 140 km/h (85 mph), which seems to lend credence to his recent comments.
Three people were in the car, with Claude Lelouch at the wheel.
Resulting in a notable contrast of moods, the original release of this film in the U.S. was as a short showing before Woody Allen's Interiors (1978).
Until recently, there was no confirmation of who was driving or what car he was driving. Over the years, various sources claimed an F1 driver was at the wheel of a Le Mans Matra 675, Ferrari 275 GTB, or an Alpine A110. However, Claude Lelouch confirmed on his official website in March 2006 that he was driving, and it was a 6.9 litre Mercedes.
This footage is now being used as the music video for Snow Patrol's latest single "Open Your Eyes". (March 2007)
RE: High speed run through London. - Jtn190D - 01-23-2011
(01-19-2011, 03:26 PM)winmutt http://jalopnik.com/5737850/watch-police-race-across-london-to-deliver-vital-organ
Great video!
Awesome!
RE: High speed run through London. - fha772 - 02-08-2011
I've done that across London, in a 3.0 V6 Peugeot 205 rally car, about 16 years ago in the early hours of the morning.
In my defense, I was young and stupid, and a friend made me a daft bet.
(How's that for a first post?)
RE: High speed run through London. - 300D50 - 02-09-2011
Quite good I'd say.
RE: High speed run through London. - fha772 - 02-09-2011
Thanks, that's 1 of many fun things I've done in cars
