[DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0

[michael frazier]

To me the comment sounds like a bunch of bull from someone who wasn't there.  It just makes an interesting blurb for the show.  That chase scene has been documented before.  There were 2 Mustangs, one small block one big block.  They were alternately used for jumping, smoking tires, camera platforms, still shots etc.  McQueen did NOT do all the driving.  Finally, if one car is faster than another, just back off a bit.  

Michael Frazier....who had a very remote contact with those Mustangs.
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 



 
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:41:12 -0500
> From: wkooiman at earthlink.net
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> Also - who said the cars started as stock? Dodge might have given the movie producer a ringer. Ford might have too, but Dodge might have given them a better ringer.
> 
> There's one thing we can all agree on, though. It's a helluva movie.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jul 15, 2010 6:52 AM
> >To: michael at michaelshortt.com
> >Cc: wkooiman at earthlink.net, detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Entertaining TV on Sat (no DeTomaso0
> >
> >That sounds more likely. Steve McQueen fancied himself a pretty good
> >driver, but compared to Bill Hickman... well you don't want the star
> >to sulk in his trailer the whole time, do we?
> >
> >sean
> >
> >On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:12 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com
> ><michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Just maybe it was a sneaky way of equalizing the cars and DRIVERS without
> >> smashing any movie star egos.  Michael Shortt
> >>
> >> On Jul 15, 2010 3:23 AM, <wkooiman at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't think you were comparing the right numbers.
> >>
> >> A 68 Mustang F/B in the Stock class is rated at 10.26.
> >> A 68 440 Charger in the Stock class is rated at 10.40.
> >>
> >> A 68 Mustang F/B in the Super Stock class is rated at 9.94.
> >> A 68 440 Charger in the Super Stock class is rated at 10.23.
> >>
> >> Neither AFR nor Canfield makes heads for an FE.  Those comments are for the
> >> 302.
> >>
> >> NHRA allows Edelbrock heads as stock replacements for the 390.  The
> >> Edelbrock heads are an improvement.  They aren't a huge improvement, but
> >> they aren't race heads like Canfields or AFR.
> >>
> >> Of course, these numbers simply reflect what people are doing with the cars
> >> today, with years of tuning, testing, and pushing every rule to the limit.
> >>  What happened on the street in the 70's and 80's would have been different,
> >> and possibly a lot different.
> >>
> >> However, the numbers sure don't "speak" that a stock 440 Charger would walk
> >> all over a 390 Mustang.  Outrun maybe.  I don't have an issue with saying a
> >> 440 Charger is faster than a 390 Mustang.  I have an issue with making it
> >> sound like it wouldn't even be close.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Dave Londry <davel at emspace.com>
> >>>Sent: Jul 15, 2010 1:39 AM
> >>>To: ...
> >>
> >>>The NHRA rating on a 68 390 fastback is 10.26 (with AFR Canfield or
> >>>Edelbrock heads)
> >>>The rating ...
> >>
> >>>> In a message dated 7/14/10 4:26:44 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> don't believe ...
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