Steve McQueen's LeMans, 914 in opening segment? |
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Steve McQueen's LeMans, 914 in opening segment? |
john914/4 |
Jul 7 2010, 09:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 5-August 09 From: Anderson, Indiana Member No.: 10,640 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I have watched the Steve McQueen movie lemans many times and just noticed the 914 in the opening segment of the start. after they show the start and the prototypes they show a segmet of the rest of the field and I do believe i see a 914 or 2. am i wrong and if not who's the car belong to. and is there photo's.
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1970 Neun vierzehn |
Aug 15 2010, 01:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
For the movie LeMans, Solar Productions had a 914 built up as a stand-in for 914/6 GT No. 40. In the movie, when actual race footage was used, you will notice that the original #40 has a red surround on the perimeter of the windshield (red duct tape perhaps?), whereas the stand-in used for movie filming purposes does not have the red windshield surround. You will notice that some of the photos on this thread depict this discrepency. Archival color photos of the actual race also show the red band around the windshield.
The 914 "stand-in" used by Solar Productions was converted by Franco Sbarro's garage in the Swiss town of Yverdon. I wonder where the 914 "stunt double" is these days? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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