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Something Awesome
on: April 21, 2006, 21:31:38 PM
Early one 1976 morning, Claude Lelouch attached a camera to the bumper of his Ferrari 275 GTB, which was then driven very, very quickly around Paris.

The identity of the driver is still a secret and when you see the scary motoring on display you can understand why.

8.5 minutes of driving heaven or madness  :twisted:

- YOU MUST HAVE THE SOUND UP LOUD -  :twisted:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547

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Reply #1 on: April 21, 2006, 22:02:33 PM
sounds absolutly beautiful but doesnt actually look that fast.
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Reply #2 on: April 21, 2006, 22:04:43 PM
nice!
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Reply #3 on: April 21, 2006, 22:06:23 PM
seen that loads, its very famous.
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Reply #4 on: April 22, 2006, 04:31:34 AM
My father-in-law has that on tape.  We usually watch it along with a video of the Ruf 911 CTR (Yellowbird) running a lap of the Nurburgring before we go to Porsche rallies.  It helps get us in the spirit!
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Reply #5 on: April 22, 2006, 08:36:31 AM
FYI the film is called Rendezvous.

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Reply #6 on: April 22, 2006, 10:24:53 AM
Im not really a fan of cars but that was pretty damn cool.
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Reply #7 on: April 22, 2006, 13:22:10 PM
glad the traffic was light but over all excelent
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Reply #8 on: April 22, 2006, 13:51:01 PM
doesnt seem real, there was no lurching when changing gear and no weight transfer when braking
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Reply #9 on: April 22, 2006, 13:53:13 PM
gyro stabilised camera used in the blurb on the right,
presume this canceled out the bumps and roll
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Reply #10 on: April 22, 2006, 14:13:33 PM
I reckon its a soundtrack, the sound doesnt qite go with the video imo.

Jaimz :rock:
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Reply #11 on: April 22, 2006, 14:17:37 PM
Yeah the camera setup was fully stabilised so none of this would be showen.. Its famous and was done so dont go against it Edd :p
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Reply #12 on: April 22, 2006, 15:24:07 PM
jeeez thats nuts lol how many red lights did he blast through? i lost count lol
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Reply #13 on: April 22, 2006, 16:08:37 PM
Thing is he is not passing traffic that fast on the Champs Elysees...

Sceptical me,

Jaimz :rock:
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Reply #14 on: April 22, 2006, 19:01:02 PM
The Ferrari 275 GTB has a 0-60 of 7 seconds and a top speed of 155 MPH.  That is extremely fast for cars at that time, but not so much today.  It might not look like he was going that fast, but I am sure we would have all been hanging on for life if we were in the passenger seat while he was driving like that.
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