the batmobile Tumbler from the Batman Rises of the new series by director Nolan

that's all I have time for tonight, more tomorrow night I think

Charlie Chaplin was making a movie, and filmed the the 1914 Junior Vanderbilt Cup

found on http://silodrome.com/kid-auto-races-at-venice/

a 1940's hollywood movie about racing, and Barney Oldfield has a role in it!

1941 film starring Virginia Vale and William Halligan, it follows the story of Beverly  (Virginia Vale), the daughter of a wealthy tire manufacturer. (Barney Oldfield was exactly that after he stopped racing) 

The film kicks off in Europe with races in France, Italy and Monaco (initial 2 mins of commentary is in Italian/French but the rest of the film is in English) then makes it’s way back to the US where a rivalry/romance kicks off with a fellow racer.

found on http://silodrome.com/the-blonde-comet/

Open house at RM Auctions... had the Easy Riders bikes... wow

found on Christine's facebook page

Gran Prix by James Garner

the racing scenes are magnificent

one of the characters in the movie lives or stays at some place that has these representations of the race tracks in the Gran Prix circuit on the 2 storey wall in the staircase

below is the scene where James Garner's character drives some other characters wife home

 Naturally beautiful woman, Jessica Walter

 Hertz Shelby GT350 Mustang that James Garner's character drove as a commuter

below are examples of the multiple uses that VW vans were used for in the 60's... they were used for everything, advertising signboards, mobile mechanics tool boxes,

 this mobile gas station seems to be a converted bus

 more great cinematography

Now to the making of

 cool 1960's French helicopter, an Alouette

director Frankenheimer was a amatuer racer, Ferrari fan

James Garner was in the Carroll Shelby school of race car driving for a couple weeks, and Bob Bondurant was his personal trainer. Lucky!

a real GT 40 was used as a camera car. I've posted photos of this in the archives, and can't find them