Author Topic: Movie, Ford vs Ferrari a.k.a. The Ken Miles Story  (Read 67137 times)

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« Reply #210 on: October 10, 2019, 09:34:25 PM »
Bumpers are now riding low.

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« Reply #211 on: October 10, 2019, 11:15:28 PM »
Bumpers are now riding low.

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« Reply #212 on: October 12, 2019, 12:45:12 PM »
 Our local paper has a Cineplex magazine on Saturdays, in it there is a small bit about the film (opens here, Toronto, Canada

 November 15th.), they say "prickly British race driver Ken Miles"  Any one know what his personality was like ?  I know he was

 pissed after Le Mans '66.

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« Reply #213 on: October 12, 2019, 01:32:56 PM »
To us he was a man's man, spoke what was on his mind. Probably not to many people liked him back then, but today is understood and revered.

Look at that confident, sarcastic smile...you know I'm right, admit it...

ken Miles – Building and Racing a Legend
https://buildingandracingalegend.com/ken-miles/

Our local paper has a Cineplex magazine on Saturdays, in it there is a small bit about the film (opens here, Toronto, Canada

 November 15th.), they say "prickly British race driver Ken Miles"  Any one know what his personality was like ?  I know he was

 pissed after Le Mans '66.

Mike
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« Reply #214 on: October 12, 2019, 01:42:28 PM »
Definitely a man's man, Tony.
Just look at this quote I found on the site you posted.  Very profound.

“You know, I’d rather die in a racing car than get eaten up by cancer”- Ken Miles
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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« Reply #215 on: October 12, 2019, 02:26:16 PM »
Tony, thanks for the link, and deathsled for you comment, I knew a bit about Miles, was lucky to see him race up here in Canada,   8)  at Mosport a number of times, Cobra, Cooper King Cobra, Tiger, he even drove a Porsche 906 here in'66.

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« Reply #216 on: October 12, 2019, 02:29:44 PM »
I missed out.  I was only three years old at the time.  I wish I could have seen Miles race live.  Especially the flying Mustang at the first race in Texas.  I have Bill Neal's lithographs of the flying GT 350 both signed by CS.  Fond memories of meeting THE MAN back in the 90s.  But hey, born in 1963, that was a good year for the Cobra, right?
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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« Reply #217 on: October 12, 2019, 04:22:43 PM »
They're gonna crack the lip of the hood.

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« Reply #218 on: October 15, 2019, 07:34:02 AM »
+1. your very welcome

Tony, thanks for the link, and deathsled for you comment, I knew a bit about Miles, was lucky to see him race up here in Canada,   8)  at Mosport a number of times, Cobra, Cooper King Cobra, Tiger, he even drove a Porsche 906 here in'66.

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« Reply #219 on: October 15, 2019, 07:34:28 AM »
hoodlums !

They're gonna crack the lip of the hood.
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« Reply #220 on: October 15, 2019, 08:32:02 AM »
They ran a promo for the movie on network TV last night.
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« Reply #222 on: October 15, 2019, 11:00:10 AM »
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« Reply #223 on: October 15, 2019, 01:01:05 PM »
Hey it's the 15th today. Getting dangerously close...
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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Re: Movie, Ford vs Ferrari
« Reply #224 on: October 15, 2019, 01:58:25 PM »
They started advertising for SAAC 45 already?
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