Guilia Super , pure class Bought a 1.3 version in Cornwall in the 80's for a £150 3 50 pound cheques with a bankers card ' Made it back to London ' one of my best memories of a car ' A superb Alfa ' Brilliant stuff thanks
As much as I wish Chris Harris success with Top Gear I'm sad all his videos are now over edited & trapped in a boring formula. Really would like to see him in more of these types of videos again.
The car is a 1964 Ford Falcon with the wedge style body rather than the rounded & smother body style of the 1963. Jay Leno has a very nice 1963 Falcon Sprint that he obtained, look up Jay's 1963 to compare the body style.
This is by far one of the best videos I've watched. Chris and his team have outdone themselves this time. Nostalgia at it's best. Back in the days here in Jamaica, I was used to seeing quite a lot of those amazing cars and even driving a few too. Chris if you ever visit Jamaica for a vacation, give me a holler.
I have become addicted to your videos. I love your appreciation of classic and historic race cars. It's all about the experience. There is such an aura around these cars which the modern cars don't have. It's fantastic to watch and must be amazing to take part in!
This was really a memorable episode. Thank you, Chris, for the depth and quality of your friends and real car racing. Here's hoping you guys finish well next year!
I have to say that I love ALL of Chris' work, but I could have watched this for hours. Just fantastic and I (we) all hope to see alot more of these longer episodes. Thanks Chris & the team & Thanks Drive.
From the comfort of my study looking out at deep snow with the constraints of tier 4 I am viewing this as if it was a fiction movie; it has given me a warm feeling, remembering being in a crowd, hearing the growl of the engines and smelling burnt fuel and tyre smoke, I can barely wait to be back there again.
You need to send Chris Harris to more races! Even back in his Autocar days, I loved the features of him taking part in motorsport events. This was one of the best videos I've ever seen
These Chris Harris vids seem to take out a lot of the elite wank ego factor of motors and motor racing. He makes amazing cars and tracks from all over the place accessible to all and with humor chucked in for good measure, you can’t go wrong. If someone else is going to be living my dream, it might as well be Chris. Keep it up team, great vids.
Wow, I think this is my favorite car vid from the entire year so far. So much awesomeness compressed in 19 minutes. Wish we could've seen more of those GT40s and 60s Astons and Ferraris. Couldn't help but think that car culture in Europe is so much deeper than America and Japan combined.
I really enjoyed this, Chris. I've noticed that, no matter where it is you head off to in the garage, you walk with a quick purpose. I imagine you do you do everything smartly, which your significant other might not enjoy. If you drink the same way, we should knock a few back, as I think you'd be a hilarious drunk!
My dad and I went to a fellas house and bought a 64 Falcon Sprint for $15. Not a single panel on the car was the same shade of blue. We worked on her for a couple of days and I drove her for 5 years without a single problem. She was stolen from me and driven to death. The cops found her in the Santa Cruz mountains where she'd been thrashed to the point where the rims looked like flowers from having been driven on after the tires blew. So many good times in that car. I almost cried when she was hauled away for scrap.
13:55-14:25 most epic downshift noises and gorgeous motors. amazing. even though you consistently looked to have lost places in the giulia, it looked like so much fun. i absolutely love this film
What a great experience what a great company what a great race what a great cars and what a great video-only :( -for us...Thanks! I m 30 but especially those who are around 15 to 20 years old and you really like this video then we can hope for a better world....
I love it that they upload races to youtube... I live about as far from Australia as possible, and I've never been there, but Touring Car Masters is some of the coolest racing I've ever seen! I've got a 69 Camaro, and I so badly want to mix it up with those guys! I'd get slaughtered, but it would be a spectacular death!
Amazing work by Chris and the gang. Have watched the video 3 times in the last hour. One day hope to do a classic Spa race myself and this has given me the extra motivation to empty the cheque book
Every time we have to retire at the track with a busted automobile, I have to remind myself that this is a part of racing. Great video Chris, I really enjoyed it.
Great vid and 400 horses out of a 289 to boot. Well done, even if it came apart just a bit. I was very happy to see 3 or 4 Austin Healeys in the race. I sure miss mine. I had two 3000s at the same time, one for road and one with a roll bar and triple SUs. Good times....
Wow, you are one lucky guy Chris! Thanks for well made video. These old racing cars are much cooler than the new machines in my opinion. Good luck next year!
This is really great stuff guys! Editing is near perfect, music, feel, makes you watch the whole thing with a smile on your face. You just feel the whole thing as if there. Keep on the good stuff and this will be the next big thing (if not already ;) ! ! !
IT truly was a superb weekend. So much to see/hear/smell. Awesome track and incredible cars. Great to see it from a driver's perspective, but to be honest, i was happy swilling belgian beer and watching blokes in million quid cars getting sideways. See you next year, Spa.
A Rare sight this side of the pond ' I remember as a kid , seeing them race in the UK touring cars of the period ' They looked so out of place ' but always had a good showing ' nostalgic thanks for the Vid '
James May is an engineering genious, Hammon is in science and Jeremy is for practical auto advices as you can see from his early days on early Top Gear.. Well clearly Top Gear aims at a Car-based Entertainment show insetead of informative show like this one but surely the TG presenters really are something
This is a '64 Ford Falcon Futura 2-door hardtop. I know because I bought a cherry Wimbleton White 170 cube, 3 on the tree in 1966 for $1200. Ran it at 75-80 Dragway near D.C. Slow but fun.
GREAT SHOW GUYS. I cant believe that the falcon had stamp steel rockers and not some roller tip rockers. seems like some cheap parts to run a race with. Maybe they will upgrade next year.
We have a little something like this where I live in Pittsburgh. It's called the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Porsche 956 Speedsters, Maserati birdcages, and loads of MGs are the norm.
First off, nice to see some action shots of that Falcon going around the track! It sure looks like a 64 though. I drove the 64 Falcon I built aacross half the US in 30
Shots like this one at 17:05 are one of the reasons i love motorsport. Mega props to JF or whomever was behind the camera and had the brilliant vision (as always on /Drive episodes) to get that kind of shot. As Chris was narrating a few seconds earlier, it's just a dream :) Anyhow, better luck next year guys :)
Fun fact: Rowan Atkinson has one of these and races in a classic series in the UK. Anyone who saw his Top Gear Star In Reasonably Priced car would remember that.
Tough break at the end, but I love this stuff, these glimpses into motorsport make me want to get out and race something myself! On another note, what lens was on the camera for the trackside shots? The shallow depth of field looks really nice, but it would also be nice to see a bit more in focus at times. Great work overall though!
I think that bliping is more for comfort and seamless shifts. If you blip the throttle on a downshift, the downshift will not slow the car as much in a race...
