1969 Targa Florio
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- Sports car racing with one lap 44 miles long! Porsche made cars specially for this race. The circuit is no longer used, and it is easy to see why!
From original Super8 cine film by Dr Brian Watson.
Copyright Dr Brian Watson. www.brianwatsonphoto.co.uk
The sound reminds me of my school days, when we were taken to the "film room". I only wish they had shown stuff like this back then. Motorsport is always interesting. And thank you for posting this material.
Such a shame they have races like this anymore, understandable but a shame. Great footage thank you for sharing.
This is an awesome piece of vintage racing history! Thank you!!! Too bad there was no sound then...
In the days before EU regulations this must have been a great spectator sportshame it had to die back in 1977.
Thank you for posting this piece of history that is what TH-cam is about.
At first I was annoyed that this is a low quality video of original film footage, but after watching just a few seconds of it... It is a very charming experience to see it as it was seen then. Thank You!!
Really frightening today.looking at people unconsciously standing so close to the cars (which already were very fast as Porsche 906/907 Alfa R.33 Lola T70 and others) = Someone loved the Targa up there!
Grateful for rarest post= Thx=
Fabulous footage. The Porsche 908s look beautiful.
Shame we don't get to see Vic Elford's infamous charge!
I was at this race. I was stationed at NAF Sigonella and a friend and I went up for the weekend.
My son & I hope to do the same one day.I recall reading about the race in Motor Sport mag (no TV,etc in those days)Have been fan Nino Vacarella / 512S ever since!Its one unticked box left in my life!!If God was a sportscar driver He would do this race!!
Leo Kinnunen sets the course record that stands undefeated. Go Finland!
Great footage ! It brings back memories...Lola T70,Porsche 906,908,911,
Chevron,AR 33/2,Lancia Barchetta,Fulvia Zagato....
People watching risking nearly as much as the drivers...no major accidents though if memory serves.Someone did really love the Targa up there....
Thx for sharing !
Excelente filmacion, todo un placer poder revivir una epoca del automovilivmo deportivo irrepetible. Gracias por colgarlo.
Thank you for sharing. I think the quality is not bad at all. No flickering, vibrant colors, you did a great job.
beautyful i can almost hear the sound of the engines and mell the rubber.
thanks for posting this. great cars, great era...
Gotta love the White Porsche 911 powersliding @ 2:07... Thanks for sharing such a great footage! =)
Fantastic footage,much better on broadband.
Love it! Seems like there's not a lot of good period footage of the Targa Florio. This one, while amateur shot, is a terrific view, and well edited within the camera with the plane ride there, the shot of the program etc.
Thanks for watching. I know it is low quality: please see my comments about the quality (three months ago), for which I make no apology. Getting these things done professionally is expensive, I might get it done one day (or sell it...).
Brian
I love the 8mm sound reminds me of my home movies ,doin't change it
The blue Chevron at 4:27 hit the Armco just down the "track" from where we were watching and lost the fender.
Fantastic!
Yes, sorry: I'm an amateur at this, forgot to disable sound. The quality is much better projected than it is here!
Cheers,
Brian
che video spettacolare! La Targa è sempre la Targa!
Impresionante vídeo, magníficos coches... En fin, 10 sobre 10
Le corse più belle del mondo erano la Mille Miglia, la Targa Florio e La 24 Ore di LeMans. Sono la storia dell'automobilismo sportivo.
Thank you very much!
Brian
Yes, it is,and it has been digitised by projecting it on to a screen and filming that. There are all sorts of errors there, and it would be much better (and expensive) to have it done professionally. One day...
Without banging on about it, I was floored to discove that a person livin nr here is an ex racer and mate of my hero Jackie oliver...how cool is that! Co winner of the greatest 24 hr du mans ever,1969,.Can Am, F1,....WHAT IS LEFT TO SAY?Oh, Targa Florio, one race i never saw, but one when one day funds permittin, a trip to Sicily....map of the course in hand,.....visit to local car hire....and live the dream!!
@vrimi79 Its a 10 lap race on a 45 mile track in the last years. Its not time trial, you can see some overtaking in the video.
If you can, thanks!
That's my father in the Chevron. Fantastic! x
Turn the sound off! There's nothing there apart from projector noise. Sorry (yet again)!
Hope you enjoyed it anyway.
Would you like a still from the movie (better resolution than on TH-cam)?
Che macchine incredibili 👍🏁🏁
Look at the guys on the tree at 1:17 :-D
The circuit is still used for rally.
Thanks for posting this. Also I am glad you did not edit the classic projector sound and add some shitty music instead.
This video is very nostalgic. Awesome.
It still is used, but in rally racing
It was a round of the then World Sportscar Championship........same as le Mans 24hr, Spa 1000km,etc...but errrm.....just around the mountains of Sicily.....no pressure then....!!
As a time trial type of race. Overtaking a bit difficult!
perchè non corrono di nuovo questi magnifici bolidi?...qualcuno ci sarà ancora...
you could have shown us some of the women cause fuck me the cars were amazing! that clip is dead set cooler than polar bear shit...also i loved it!
Abarth 2000 quattrofari at 2:25
Great footage, but what an anoying sound...
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