Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" is also worth a look. I was hauled off to a theater as a boy to watch it with my father and it left a vivid impression in a lot of ways.
I always stand by that your Band of Brothers videos are the best that you've done (and the reason why I found this channel in the first place) - but this one, as a car guy myself, was amazing! Great work Andrew and Jared!
Eisenhower building the interstate system encouraged and helped develop the car culture in America. You could drive coast to coast and the suspension on your car would still be intact. Deaths in automobile accidents skyrocketed. Robert McNamara, while working at Ford, helped design the first seat belts. He went on to become JFK's Secretary of Defense. Power, money, competition, fame, narcissism, adrenaline, reputation... all part of the recipe of the racing character. Imho, it was primarily about the quest for perfection. The glamour and the romanticism that surrounds motorsports in the era colors my opinions. I admit it...I'm sentimental. Too many drivers lost their lives in this era. At least it's true sentiment. I liked this reaction very much. I liked the history of the players and the racing culture. Look up the 1955 LeMans...it changed racing culture drastically.
Great review of of one my Favourite films ever - BTW the Shelby Daytona Coupe is responsible for the Max 70mph Speed Limit on UK Motorways - the car was tested at 159mph plus once the news papers got to hear about it such a fuss was kicked up the Gov imposed the 70 limit with weeks - Thanks Carroll!
So the only thing I’m really gonna harp on and it’s extremely small so really good job guys: For endurance racing like the 24 of Le Mans or 24 of Daytona, a stint is between 45 minutes to an hour 15 minutes just like you stated in the review except that driver changes only happened typically after 2-3 stints and in the old days it could be 3-5 stints since they only had 2 drivers compared to at least 3 now and typically 4 in the modern races
Very much more than about cars. Its about the relationships between those people. Okay, its Hollywood but it captures the essence of those relationships very well. That's what this movie so great.
The plane Shelby's flying in the film is a twin engined Beechcraft Model 18. During his time as a flight instructor any new pilot he trained would have flown the military version AT-11 Kansan with him before moving on to heavier aircraft like the B-25, B-17, or B-29. If you are wondering AT means advanced trainer.
Well done, and thanks again. I'd love to see you cover the movie Zulu, though of course it's not "American" - but without a doubt one of the best war movies I've ever seen.
A really cool car that gets overlooked by car enthusiasts but Carroll Shelby was involved with back in the day was the 1984 to 86 Dodge Omni GLH. I got to see one and drive in one at a car show when I was a kid and I've always remembered how fast it was. Definitely a car the average person could own for a decent price and it's definitely a Shelby.
Ken Miles was an original member of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), a Regiment of the British Army only founded in 1942. It had Workshops and 'Light Aid Detachments' in every Division and Brigade. Ken served in REME units that were attached to the Guards Armoured Division (which landed in Normandy on 15 June) and 29th Armoured Brigade of 11th Armoured Division (also in Normandy since 13 June). The Midlands region around Birmingham, where I'm currently living and attended two Midlands universities a century ago, was ground zero for the industrial revolution (unlike other countries, we only have revolutions that create jobs instead of overthrowing the government) and light engineering industries like car manufacturing. This tradition has pretty much been completely hollowed out since Britain joined the EEC/EU and manufacturing was dominated by Germany, agriculture by France, and the UK restructured as a service economy based on the City of London as a global financial centre surrounded by a ring coffee shops and branches of Subway. The thing that European car makers always had over the Americans of course, was that they could make cars that could actually go round corners (hence this movie), but in the industrial strife of 1970s Britain the handle would come off in your hand if you tried to wind the window down. This video compilation of motoring journalist and Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson on the British accents and much of our industrial heritage encompasses all you need to know - th-cam.com/video/FBgz7BbKC2U/w-d-xo.html Of course Ken never threw a wrench at anyone. If he had, he would have called both it and his target "a spanner!"
@davemac... Brilliant history lesson! I liked it very much. Spot on...European sports cars corner like they're on rails! Guess that's why Americans went with drag racing and NASCAR...lol. I injured my back several years back. I spent my recovery watching Top Gear reruns. I learned tons and laughed my ads off! Thank you for a great post!
@@lisaharrod8386- thank you for the kind words! I ran BMWs that cornered on rails for many years and currently retired with what used to be my 'weekend car', a 1995 Toyota MR2 Turbo T-Bar - basically an affordable Ferrari F355. The previous Mark 1 version of the MR2 was inspired by the Lotus Esprit made famous by Roger Moore's James Bond, and the Mark 3 Roadster was clearly a Porsche Boxster copy, so you have to credit Japan for taking the most iconic European sports cars and making them economic to own. Mine is now 29 years old and the electric windows (and the headlight pods) still go up and down. Cheers!
@dave... What a week end car! I'm envious! Although, I don't possess the skills needed to drive a car like that. Lol. My week end car is a 20 year Chevy Envoy. It doesn't corner with a damn, uses too much gas, and these days I navigate corners carefully as I have my dog and thrift store finds with me. The marvelous thing about the car is that it never breaks down. I keep it greased and change the oil regularly, and in the last 15 years the only repairs it needed was the removal of a CD stuck in the player. My father and brother were, "Gearheads". I picked up a few things, and good maintenance was one of them. Great point about Japanese engineering! They're brilliant, and have a serious grasp of innovation and technology. I don't really follow modern motorsports, but it's become more of an engineering art form, and a little less like racing to me. I can't even track all the different car classifications and iterations. Old school racing cars had that deep, throaty engine growl. Modern machines sound like angry mosquitoes to me. Nowadays it's Top Gear, and documentaries about past racing eras. Cie la vie! It's a true pleasure talking with an ex-driver! You're so kind to share your knowledge, humor and history with me. Thank for listening to all my ramblings! Cheers!
I remember reading articles people that worked with BB said he wasn't that mean of a guy portrayed like in the movie. But still overall a great movie not many great racer movies and based real events are made since i believe rush unless theres another one i missed.
Several drivers have won the endurance triple crown: Daytona, Le Mans, and Sebring but none have done it in the same year. If Ken won the 66 Le Mans he would’ve been the first to do the triple crown and the only to do it in the same year.
Dont know if its true but the door closing problem was supposedly caused by an aerodynamicily added piece at the the doortop, front roof area . It was jamming there preventing door from closing. Is this true? Please let your subscribers know....great reaction to this film😊
My understanding of Ken Miles death is that the car disintegrated and burned, ejecting Miles, and breaking his neck. His son was not present. He went on to become a mechanic. No one touches on this, but the soundtrack is fastastic! "Polk Salad Annie", replete with chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom! Classic and apropos!
Interesting point: when 'the Deuce' was talking about the Willow Run factory and the bombers they cranked out it also foreshadowed Detroit's downfall, if you know your automotive history. During this time a few Japanese car companies were trying to get their foot in the US market so those companies, namely Toyota, Datsun(now Nissan), and Honda, sent a delegation to Detroit to learn what they could about US car manufacturing. The bravado 'the Deuce' exhibited was pretty much the same attitude the Japanese delegation was greeted with. It didn't help either that WWII, nor the attack on Pearl Harbor, wasn't that far back in the rearview mirror and almost every employee was a WWII vet or had relatives that were so the delegation was also looked down upon. The delegation was shown the manufacturing plants and the warehouses and the storage locations with a typical American arrogance of "you can't compete" and "you'll never outproduce". Well, the delegation took their notes and studied every aspect of what they were shown and headed back to Japan. Knowing that they couldn't out produce Detroit and they didn't have the space for massive parts warehouses and big cars they went to the drawing boards. They came up with the compact, fuel efficient, and reliable car some of which are still produced today. Detroit laughed and made bigger and faster cars but then the 70s happened with tighter emission restrictions, higher insurance rates, and the oil embargo and people started ditching their vehicles by the big 3 and started scooping up these Japanese (and German) imports. To me it seems like Japan kind of have the last laugh on this. Toyota has become the #2 car producer in the world and has the most cars built in the last 20 years still on the road while Detroit has really never recovered. Lee Iaococca nearly killed his old employer Ford too. He was named CEO of Chrysler while Chrysler had 2 feet in the grave. Under his leadership Chrysler developed the K-car, the minivan, and the Omni/Horizon platform all of which he brought up while at Ford and 'the Deuce' fired him for. He bought AMC and resurrected the Jeep brand. He even brought in the discarded-by-Ford Carrol Shelby and developed the Shelby Daytona, Shelby Charger, Omni GLH, Lancer Shelby, Shadow Competition, Spirit RT, and the Shelby Dakota. Shelby was also behind one of the most iconic Dodge's ever built -the Viper.
Thanks for video it's was enjoyable, lemans is the ultimate race Steve McQueen made a movie of lemans a classic. Carroll Shelby made Ford into a great company and Ken Miles vis the unsung hero. I seen your videos on band of brothers and came to check out your channel. Those were awesome 👍 videos. Like to suggest doing videos on some older classic movies like Patton with George c Scott. Midway and Waterloo with Rod Steiger . Am a subscriber cool channel. Oh and there is another race movie ron Howard's rush...
I liked the Steve McQueen film Bullitt. It's more a mystery than an actual action packed movie so I think people are disappointed in that. Does have a few slow parts that don't help it much but the plot is interesting and it's the most accurate account of police work in the 1960s I've seen. Interesting thing about the movie is McQueen got his inspiration for the character from real life San Francisco detective Dave Toschi the guy most involved in the Zodiac killer case of that time. Toschi was also the inspiration for Dirty Harry.
Carrol Shelby has another claim to fame that probably no other Le Man winner will ever have- after a long history of heart trouble, even while racing, in 1990 he received a heart-transplant...
Had to abandon the video halfway through last night as TH-cam or the interweb started having trouble downloading the video - maybe it had something to do with a game being played on some farm in Arizona or something, I don't know. So I just watched the second half to see you totally miss the point that "aluminium" is the correct name, just as the left side of the road is the "correct" side for driving, not the "wrong" side. Cornish chemist and inventor, Sir Humphry Davy, had successfully isolated potassium, sodium, calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium, and boron, using a process of electrolysis. He was set on doing the same for this new metal. In 1808, he stated that, had he been successful in isolating the metallic substance from alum, he would have proposed the name "Alumium" for this elusive element. Apparently unconvinced by this first name, he used the word "Aluminum" in a book published four years later when mentioning that “…Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state.” Nevertheless, other British chemists decided to adopt the name Aluminium. They thought it had a more classical sound and was in line with the ending of the other elements isolated by Davy. The American Chemical Society (ACS) officially adopted "aluminum" in 1925, but in 1990 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) accepted "aluminium" as the international standard. IUPAC is registered in Zürich, Switzerland, and administered from the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, with the official language adopted for terminology and nomenclature being 'English'. Eventually, the whole world is going to end up speaking 'English', except apparently the United States, which will hit any word that doesn't fit their world view with a hammer until it does. Great video, nice to see Andrew looking uncomfortable in front of a camera - I make a point of never voting for anyone who does!
I loved them talking about Willow Run and the manufacturing power of Ford U.S. Government: Henry Ford, you make alot of stamped cars, you are making Jeeps for the war effort Ford: I'm gonna make the jeep my way USG: No, you're gonna make it exactly like Willys-Overland designed and we approved Ford: Fine, but I'll complain the whole time and put my logo on every part so you can't blame me for their cheap parts
Also Ford: You're also going to repay me for the German Ford factories destroyed by bombers my company built because the Nazi's were using them to make weapons and I got recognized by them for it because I'm also an anti-Semitic a-hole with my own newsletter to prove it. U.S. Government: No. Ford: I'm suing. U.S Government: Okay fine....A-hole.
Sorry guys....as reviews go, this one left something to be desired. As enjoyable as the movie was, the book was better. Read it. For starters, Ken Miles shit was weak with some Ford people, because he continued to press Dan Gurney at Sebring when ordered to back off. Gurney ended up losing, because his car broke in the last turn. In fairness, the Ford guys were initially told that the 1-2-3 finish would not be a problem, which were the instructions given to the drivers at the last pit stop. After the pit stop, they got the "second opinion" from the race organizers that the car that completed the most distance in 24 would be the winner. No radios, only pit boards......how do you relay this to the drivers without calling them in? The decision was made to leave it as is. In the book, Beebe has one of the best quotes, after the 1965 fiasco "I don't know much about racing. But it is becoming evident that you don't either....." The thing about Miles, is that he had made a name for himself in Socal with his race cars, but never got to drive for a team with a decent budget and first class equipment. At 45 years, he finally gets his shot, and kicks ass of drivers half his age.
Miles / Ruby won Daytona by some eight laps over the second place car, not on a last desperation pass. He raced Dan Gurney at Sebring against team orders. In fact, there's video of Shelby waving a hammer at Miles to slow down. Gurney's engine broke on the last lap handing the win to Miles on the last 300 yards. Some at Ford felt racing with Miles caused Gurney's engine to blow, leading them to think Miles wasn't a team player. Last, Miles sitting in Shelby's LAX facility during the 1965 Le Mans race is a total fabrication, he was actually driving the first iteration of the 427 Mk.II at Le Mans.
Terrific video! Jared, when do we get that Gods and Generals Episode?? I know it’s so bad it’s hard to sit through but would LOVE to watch your review of that wasted opportunity for a great movie.
A very good movie, but a few idiotic scenes jump out- such as a shot of a race car with a speedometer @ 37:09. A speedometer in a racecar is TOTALLY useless!!!
Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" is also worth a look. I was hauled off to a theater as a boy to watch it with my father and it left a vivid impression in a lot of ways.
It's phenomenal, and still holds up well IMO.
I always stand by that your Band of Brothers videos are the best that you've done (and the reason why I found this channel in the first place) - but this one, as a car guy myself, was amazing! Great work Andrew and Jared!
Heheh awesome rundown as usual!!!
Pilot here - TSA doesn’t check jack. It’s NTSB who dissects aircraft, boat or train wrecks.
Eisenhower building the interstate system encouraged and helped develop the car culture in America.
You could drive coast to coast and the suspension on your car would still be intact.
Deaths in automobile accidents skyrocketed.
Robert McNamara, while working at Ford, helped design the first seat belts. He went on to become JFK's Secretary of Defense.
Power, money, competition, fame, narcissism, adrenaline, reputation... all part of the recipe of the racing character.
Imho, it was primarily about the quest for perfection.
The glamour and the romanticism that surrounds motorsports in the era colors my opinions.
I admit it...I'm sentimental. Too many drivers lost their lives in this era. At least it's true sentiment.
I liked this reaction very much. I liked the history of the players and the racing culture.
Look up the 1955 LeMans...it changed racing culture drastically.
The last 10 seconds are hilarious. “Have a big pot for him” 😂
Love this film, great video man
Please cover 3:10 to Yuma and Hostiles, these are my favorite movies and I am a patreon for a while because I LOVE the content you guys put out :)
oh, those will happen! I'm excited to get to those.
Seatbelts were first introduced as standard in the Tucker, I believe. Only fifty made.
That'd be an interesting car movie to review.
Great review of of one my Favourite films ever - BTW the Shelby Daytona Coupe is responsible for the Max 70mph Speed Limit on UK Motorways - the car was tested at 159mph plus once the news papers got to hear about it such a fuss was kicked up the Gov imposed the 70 limit with weeks - Thanks Carroll!
So the only thing I’m really gonna harp on and it’s extremely small so really good job guys:
For endurance racing like the 24 of Le Mans or 24 of Daytona, a stint is between 45 minutes to an hour 15 minutes just like you stated in the review except that driver changes only happened typically after 2-3 stints and in the old days it could be 3-5 stints since they only had 2 drivers compared to at least 3 now and typically 4 in the modern races
Thanks for the insight!
@@ReelHistory thank you for braking down this awesome movie
@@jacobgivens7906, thanks for tuning in!
Very much more than about cars. Its about the relationships between those people. Okay, its Hollywood but it captures the essence of those relationships very well. That's what this movie so great.
The plane Shelby's flying in the film is a twin engined Beechcraft Model 18. During his time as a flight instructor any new pilot he trained would have flown the military version AT-11 Kansan with him before moving on to heavier aircraft like the B-25, B-17, or B-29.
If you are wondering AT means advanced trainer.
Loved this movie
Well done, and thanks again.
I'd love to see you cover the movie Zulu, though of course it's not "American" - but without a doubt one of the best war movies I've ever seen.
A really cool car that gets overlooked by car enthusiasts but Carroll Shelby was involved with back in the day was the 1984 to 86 Dodge Omni GLH. I got to see one and drive in one at a car show when I was a kid and I've always remembered how fast it was. Definitely a car the average person could own for a decent price and it's definitely a Shelby.
Nice!
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"If you can dodge a wrench..."
You can drive a Shelby Cobra.😂
Ken Miles was an original member of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), a Regiment of the British Army only founded in 1942. It had Workshops and 'Light Aid Detachments' in every Division and Brigade. Ken served in REME units that were attached to the Guards Armoured Division (which landed in Normandy on 15 June) and 29th Armoured Brigade of 11th Armoured Division (also in Normandy since 13 June).
The Midlands region around Birmingham, where I'm currently living and attended two Midlands universities a century ago, was ground zero for the industrial revolution (unlike other countries, we only have revolutions that create jobs instead of overthrowing the government) and light engineering industries like car manufacturing. This tradition has pretty much been completely hollowed out since Britain joined the EEC/EU and manufacturing was dominated by Germany, agriculture by France, and the UK restructured as a service economy based on the City of London as a global financial centre surrounded by a ring coffee shops and branches of Subway.
The thing that European car makers always had over the Americans of course, was that they could make cars that could actually go round corners (hence this movie), but in the industrial strife of 1970s Britain the handle would come off in your hand if you tried to wind the window down. This video compilation of motoring journalist and Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson on the British accents and much of our industrial heritage encompasses all you need to know - th-cam.com/video/FBgz7BbKC2U/w-d-xo.html
Of course Ken never threw a wrench at anyone. If he had, he would have called both it and his target "a spanner!"
I can always rely on You to fill in the blanks and add backstory. I owe you a beer someday Dave.
@@ReelHistory - thank you! I'm very partial to a Danish brew 🍺
@davemac...
Brilliant history lesson! I liked it very much.
Spot on...European sports cars corner like they're on rails! Guess that's why Americans went with drag racing and NASCAR...lol.
I injured my back several years back. I spent my recovery watching Top Gear reruns. I learned tons and laughed my ads off!
Thank you for a great post!
@@lisaharrod8386- thank you for the kind words! I ran BMWs that cornered on rails for many years and currently retired with what used to be my 'weekend car', a 1995 Toyota MR2 Turbo T-Bar - basically an affordable Ferrari F355. The previous Mark 1 version of the MR2 was inspired by the Lotus Esprit made famous by Roger Moore's James Bond, and the Mark 3 Roadster was clearly a Porsche Boxster copy, so you have to credit Japan for taking the most iconic European sports cars and making them economic to own. Mine is now 29 years old and the electric windows (and the headlight pods) still go up and down. Cheers!
@dave...
What a week end car! I'm envious! Although, I don't possess the skills needed to drive a car like that. Lol.
My week end car is a 20 year Chevy Envoy. It doesn't corner with a damn, uses too much gas, and these days I navigate corners carefully as I have my dog and thrift store finds with me.
The marvelous thing about the car is that it never breaks down. I keep it greased and change the oil regularly, and in the last 15 years the only repairs it needed was the removal of a CD stuck in the player.
My father and brother were, "Gearheads". I picked up a few things, and good maintenance was one of them.
Great point about Japanese engineering! They're brilliant, and have a serious grasp of innovation and technology.
I don't really follow modern motorsports, but it's become more of an engineering art form, and a little less like racing to me. I can't even track all the different car classifications and iterations.
Old school racing cars had that deep, throaty engine growl. Modern machines sound like angry mosquitoes to me.
Nowadays it's Top Gear, and documentaries about past racing eras. Cie la vie!
It's a true pleasure talking with an ex-driver! You're so kind to share your knowledge, humor and history with me.
Thank for listening to all my ramblings!
Cheers!
46:26 NTSB
I remember reading articles people that worked with BB said he wasn't that mean of a guy portrayed like in the movie. But still overall a great movie not many great racer movies and based real events are made since i believe rush unless theres another one i missed.
Every movie needs a villain and it works well for the plot even if it's not historically accurate.
21:20 And he did possibly the greatest comic book movie of all time, LOGAN.
Christian Bale, Little Women, Mary Mother of Jesus, Pocahontas, and Anastasia too ;)
how about doing "Worlds Fastest Indian"!
Good choice!
Several drivers have won the endurance triple crown: Daytona, Le Mans, and Sebring but none have done it in the same year. If Ken won the 66 Le Mans he would’ve been the first to do the triple crown and the only to do it in the same year.
Great point!
Dont know if its true but the door closing problem was supposedly caused by an aerodynamicily added piece at the the doortop, front roof area . It was jamming there preventing door from closing. Is this true? Please let your subscribers know....great reaction to this film😊
Shelby also knew Iaccoca long before the Mustang was released having provided him engines and cash to start building Cobras in 1962.
My understanding of Ken Miles death is that the car disintegrated and burned, ejecting Miles, and breaking his neck.
His son was not present. He went on to become a mechanic.
No one touches on this, but the soundtrack is fastastic! "Polk Salad Annie", replete with chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom!
Classic and apropos!
I'm in error...Peter was there when his father was killed. Between auto correct and my bad typing skills...
Interesting point: when 'the Deuce' was talking about the Willow Run factory and the bombers they cranked out it also foreshadowed Detroit's downfall, if you know your automotive history. During this time a few Japanese car companies were trying to get their foot in the US market so those companies, namely Toyota, Datsun(now Nissan), and Honda, sent a delegation to Detroit to learn what they could about US car manufacturing. The bravado 'the Deuce' exhibited was pretty much the same attitude the Japanese delegation was greeted with. It didn't help either that WWII, nor the attack on Pearl Harbor, wasn't that far back in the rearview mirror and almost every employee was a WWII vet or had relatives that were so the delegation was also looked down upon. The delegation was shown the manufacturing plants and the warehouses and the storage locations with a typical American arrogance of "you can't compete" and "you'll never outproduce". Well, the delegation took their notes and studied every aspect of what they were shown and headed back to Japan. Knowing that they couldn't out produce Detroit and they didn't have the space for massive parts warehouses and big cars they went to the drawing boards. They came up with the compact, fuel efficient, and reliable car some of which are still produced today. Detroit laughed and made bigger and faster cars but then the 70s happened with tighter emission restrictions, higher insurance rates, and the oil embargo and people started ditching their vehicles by the big 3 and started scooping up these Japanese (and German) imports. To me it seems like Japan kind of have the last laugh on this. Toyota has become the #2 car producer in the world and has the most cars built in the last 20 years still on the road while Detroit has really never recovered.
Lee Iaococca nearly killed his old employer Ford too. He was named CEO of Chrysler while Chrysler had 2 feet in the grave. Under his leadership Chrysler developed the K-car, the minivan, and the Omni/Horizon platform all of which he brought up while at Ford and 'the Deuce' fired him for. He bought AMC and resurrected the Jeep brand. He even brought in the discarded-by-Ford Carrol Shelby and developed the Shelby Daytona, Shelby Charger, Omni GLH, Lancer Shelby, Shadow Competition, Spirit RT, and the Shelby Dakota. Shelby was also behind one of the most iconic Dodge's ever built -the Viper.
Good perspectives!
Thanks for video it's was enjoyable, lemans is the ultimate race Steve McQueen made a movie of lemans a classic. Carroll Shelby made Ford into a great company and Ken Miles vis the unsung hero. I seen your videos on band of brothers and came to check out your channel. Those were awesome 👍 videos. Like to suggest doing videos on some older classic movies like Patton with George c Scott. Midway and Waterloo with Rod Steiger . Am a subscriber cool channel. Oh and there is another race movie ron Howard's rush...
Thanks for tuning in--and the suggestions!
I liked the Steve McQueen film Bullitt. It's more a mystery than an actual action packed movie so I think people are disappointed in that. Does have a few slow parts that don't help it much but the plot is interesting and it's the most accurate account of police work in the 1960s I've seen. Interesting thing about the movie is McQueen got his inspiration for the character from real life San Francisco detective Dave Toschi the guy most involved in the Zodiac killer case of that time. Toschi was also the inspiration for Dirty Harry.
Great movie choice to review
We think so too!
Willow Run = Ypsilanti, MI. We don't have that capacity anymore. China does though. Weird, I wonder how?
Job exportation and postwar global rebuilding catching up.
"The car was completely roached"
Tell me you smoke weed without saying "I smoke weed" haha
I worked at that plant as a G.M. Employee.
The irony. Regardless, Thanks for your hard work!
Carrol Shelby has another claim to fame that probably no other Le Man winner will ever have- after a long history of heart trouble, even while racing, in 1990 he received a heart-transplant...
Had to abandon the video halfway through last night as TH-cam or the interweb started having trouble downloading the video - maybe it had something to do with a game being played on some farm in Arizona or something, I don't know. So I just watched the second half to see you totally miss the point that "aluminium" is the correct name, just as the left side of the road is the "correct" side for driving, not the "wrong" side.
Cornish chemist and inventor, Sir Humphry Davy, had successfully isolated potassium, sodium, calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium, and boron, using a process of electrolysis. He was set on doing the same for this new metal. In 1808, he stated that, had he been successful in isolating the metallic substance from alum, he would have proposed the name "Alumium" for this elusive element. Apparently unconvinced by this first name, he used the word "Aluminum" in a book published four years later when mentioning that “…Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state.” Nevertheless, other British chemists decided to adopt the name Aluminium. They thought it had a more classical sound and was in line with the ending of the other elements isolated by Davy. The American Chemical Society (ACS) officially adopted "aluminum" in 1925, but in 1990 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) accepted "aluminium" as the international standard. IUPAC is registered in Zürich, Switzerland, and administered from the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, with the official language adopted for terminology and nomenclature being 'English'.
Eventually, the whole world is going to end up speaking 'English', except apparently the United States, which will hit any word that doesn't fit their world view with a hammer until it does.
Great video, nice to see Andrew looking uncomfortable in front of a camera - I make a point of never voting for anyone who does!
By the way, if Andrew is in FRONT of the camera... who was driving?
My wife was the designated driver incase of any mishaps haha
I loved them talking about Willow Run and the manufacturing power of Ford
U.S. Government: Henry Ford, you make alot of stamped cars, you are making Jeeps for the war effort
Ford: I'm gonna make the jeep my way
USG: No, you're gonna make it exactly like Willys-Overland designed and we approved
Ford: Fine, but I'll complain the whole time and put my logo on every part so you can't blame me for their cheap parts
Ha ha. So true.
Also Ford: You're also going to repay me for the German Ford factories destroyed by bombers my company built because the Nazi's were using them to make weapons and I got recognized by them for it because I'm also an anti-Semitic a-hole with my own newsletter to prove it.
U.S. Government: No.
Ford: I'm suing.
U.S Government: Okay fine....A-hole.
Sorry guys....as reviews go, this one left something to be desired.
As enjoyable as the movie was, the book was better. Read it. For starters, Ken Miles shit was weak with some Ford people, because he continued to press Dan Gurney at Sebring when ordered to back off. Gurney ended up losing, because his car broke in the last turn.
In fairness, the Ford guys were initially told that the 1-2-3 finish would not be a problem, which were the instructions given to the drivers at the last pit stop. After the pit stop, they got the "second opinion" from the race organizers that the car that completed the most distance in 24 would be the winner. No radios, only pit boards......how do you relay this to the drivers without calling them in?
The decision was made to leave it as is.
In the book, Beebe has one of the best quotes, after the 1965 fiasco "I don't know much about racing. But it is becoming evident that you don't either....."
The thing about Miles, is that he had made a name for himself in Socal with his race cars, but never got to drive for a team with a decent budget and first class equipment. At 45 years, he finally gets his shot, and kicks ass of drivers half his age.
Jared insisted I sit in on this one. I do not bring much to the table - Andy
Miles / Ruby won Daytona by some eight laps over the second place car, not on a last desperation pass. He raced Dan Gurney at Sebring against team orders. In fact, there's video of Shelby waving a hammer at Miles to slow down. Gurney's engine broke on the last lap handing the win to Miles on the last 300 yards. Some at Ford felt racing with Miles caused Gurney's engine to blow, leading them to think Miles wasn't a team player. Last, Miles sitting in Shelby's LAX facility during the 1965 Le Mans race is a total fabrication, he was actually driving the first iteration of the 427 Mk.II at Le Mans.
Go team!
Terrific video! Jared, when do we get that Gods and Generals Episode?? I know it’s so bad it’s hard to sit through but would LOVE to watch your review of that wasted opportunity for a great movie.
It's being edited right now!
Miles did race in 65, and I think Iacocca would have been Bebe's boss.
A very good movie, but a few idiotic scenes jump out- such as a shot of a race car with a speedometer @ 37:09. A speedometer in a racecar is TOTALLY useless!!!
Oh yeah review Young Guns or Ride with the Devil. Two of my favourite westerns. Yoo hoo I'll make you famous 😂
Ride with the Devil is one of Jared's favorite Civil War movies.
@@ReelHistory oh what no way, I've never met another person that's heard of it let alone seen it lol
@@balthazarasquith, he showed it in class just two weeks ago.
@@ReelHistory damn that's so cool. What a teacher 😁
SAS: ROGUE HEROS PLEASE
That would be very fun! We'd need some drinks.