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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: IroNat on January 24, 2020, 10:58:16 AM
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This has been out awhile but I just watched it.
Good flick.
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This has been out awhile but I just watched it.
Good flick.
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not interested
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This has been out awhile but I just watched it.
Good flick.
Needs more side tri
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It's up for an Academy Award for best picture. Sounds like an interesting story.
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It looks fucking Awesome
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It was a good movie. Bale is British and did a different Brit accent than his normal one to be accurate. Show off.
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It was a good movie. Bale is British and did a different Brit accent than his normal one to be accurate. Show off.
Bale is an Aussie.
The racing scenes are great.
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I watched the trailer, want to see it.
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Yeah it's pretty good
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Bale is an Aussie.
The racing scenes are great.
Ah, didn't know that. Film had an old feel but plenty of action.
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(https://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201205/carroll-shelby-the-l-14_800x0w.jpg)
Carrol Shelby was married seven times. Sometimes the woman thought they got married, but the wedding wasn't real. ;)
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(https://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201205/carroll-shelby-the-l-14_800x0w.jpg)
Carrol Shelby was married seven times. Sometimes the woman thought they got married, but the wedding wasn't real. ;)
More than 4 marriages = Honorary Getbigger.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWTp0Xfksg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWTp0Xfksg)
Red Bull Racing NY is more interesting
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWTp0Xfksg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWTp0Xfksg)
Red Bull Racing NY is more interesting
That would be cool but will never happen. Liability issues would be enormous.
That car racing on the streets was animation/CGI I presume.
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That would be cool but will never happen. Liability issues would be enormous.
That car racing on the streets was animation/CGI I presume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6j19v2fSg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6j19v2fSg)
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Carroll Shelby's racing career timeline:
January 1952: Shelby's first foray into racing. He pilots a flathead Ford V-8-powered hot rod in a quarter-mile drag race.
May 1952: Shelby takes on his first road race behind the wheel of an MG-TC in Norman, Okla. In his first race against other MGs he takes first place. Later in the day he wins again, this time beating out much faster Jaguar XK 120s.
November 1952: At an SCCA race on a road course Shelby pilots a Cad-Allard to victory near Caddo Mills, Texas.
August 1953: Shelby wears his work coveralls from the farm to the track in order to make it to practice. His choice of attire earns him more attention than his racing record. Shelby decides this is a good thing, and the striped bib coveralls become his racing trademark.
January 1954: Shelby's driving garners the attention of Aston Martin team manager John Wyer. Impressed, Wyer offers Shelby the opportunity to co-drive an Aston Martin DB3 at Sebring.
April 1954: Shelby goes to Europe and drives an Aston Martin DBR3, finishing second against Jaguar C-Types at Aintree. This results in Aston Martin offering him a seat with the team at Le Mans in June.
June 12-13, 1954: Shelby co-drives with Paul Frere at Le Mans for Aston Martin in a DB3S. The team did not finish. Shelby spent the rest of the summer racing Astons in Europe.
August 1954: Donald Healey of Austin-Healey in England invites Shelby to help set 70 new Class D records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Shelby returns to the U.S.
November 1954: Shelby enters the Carrera Pan Americana Mexico in an Austin-Healey. Shelby T-bones a rock north of Oaxaca, about 110 miles into the race. Shelby's Austin-Healey flips four times, breaking bones, causing cuts, and shattering his elbows. Native Americans find him and offer him alcoholic beverages to ease the pain while awaiting help.
March 1955: Still injured, Shelby continues racing with a custom-made fiberglass cast and his hand taped to the steering wheel. Shelby teams up with Phil Hill in a 3.0-liter Monza Ferrari for that year's Sebring race.
1956: Sports Illustrated names Shelby sports car driver of the year.
Early 1957: Carroll Shelby Sports Cars opens in Dallas, with backing from Dick Hall, a Texas oilman from, and the brother of Jim Hall, who was known for building Chaparral cars.
March 1957: Sports Illustrated names Shelby "Driver of the Year."
November 1957: During a race behind the wheel of a Maserati V-8-powered single seat racecar, Shelby spins out on the very first lap, ending up at the back of the field. Shelby then passes everybody, going on to win the 100-mile long race. It's one of the many highlights of his racing career.
1959: Carroll and Jim Hall build three Italian-bodied Corvettes present the concept to GM vice president Harley Earl and chief engineer Ed Cole. They liked it, but their bosses did not.
June 20-21, 1959: Shelby and Ray Salvadori co-drive an Aston Martin DBR1/300 to victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
January 1960: Carroll Shelby begins his last season of racing behind the wheel of a Maserati 250F Formula One Grand Prix car.
February 1960: Shelby experiences chest pains at a friend's house. His doctor (incorrectly) diagnoses the problem as unrelated to his heart. Later that month Carroll moves to California, and separates from his wife, Jeanne, who stays in Dallas with their three kids. Shelby opens his Goodyear Racing Tire distributorship in Southern California.
May 1960: Doctors diagnose Shelby's chest pains as angina pectoralis, a hereditary condition.
December 3-4, 1960: Shelby competes in his last race, the Third Annual Los Angeles Times-Mirror Grand Prix for sports cars. He drives a Type 61 Birdcage Maserati, and finishes fifth. Based on overall points, he wins the USAC driving championship for 1960.
1961: Retired due to his heart condition, Shelby opens the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. His $90 ad in Sports Car Graphic nets him $1400 in requests for more info. Pete Brock prepares the curriculum and helps with teaching duties
https://www.motortrend.com/news/carroll-shelby-life-1923-2012-timeline/ (https://www.motortrend.com/news/carroll-shelby-life-1923-2012-timeline/)
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Carroll Shelby Timeline 1962 to 1967
February 1962: What would become the first 260 Roadster is air freighted (minus engine and transmission) on February 2 to Shelby's SoCal shop. Shelby has a dream in which the name "Cobra" appears on the front of his car. "I woke up and jotted the name down on a pad which I kept by my bedside -- a sort of ideas pad -- and went back to sleep," he later said, "Next morning when I looked at the name 'Cobra,' I knew it was right." Once he receives the body, it takes Shelby and Co. less than eight hours to wedge in a 260 Hi-Po V-8 and Borg-Warner four-speed. After the build, Shelby and friend Dean Moon test drive the new Cobra, looking to bait Corvettes, but none are found.
March 1962: Shelby American begins operation at a shop in Venice, Calif. Shelby hires Ray Geddes, a Ford finance business school graduate to coordinate the program with Ford.
August 1962: Shelby American submits papers to homologate the Cobra as a GT3 car in the FIA. The FIA homologates the Cobra in the above 2-liter class for the FIA Manufacturers' Championship. In order to remain eligible, at least 100 cars had to be built within 12 months. When the car was approved only eight Cobras had been finished. Shelby contemplated switching the chassis and body to an alternative because of the continuing problems.
October 13, 1962: Shelby American enters the Cobra in the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, its first race. With driver Bill Krause behind the wheel, the Cobra starts poorly, falls back, and then takes the lead at lap nine. The Cobra ends up breaking a rear hub and does not finish the race. The Cobra, however, is proven lighter and faster than the new Corvette Stingray.
January 1963: Shelby American signs Dave MacDonald and Ken Miles sign to drive Cobras and they place first and second at Riverside, beating the Corvette Stingrays. Miles is so confident, he pits for a drink of water and re-laps the Stingrays to finish behind MacDonald.
February 1963: Shelby's rivalry with Ferrari begins after a loss at Daytona.
June 1963: Shelby American completes its first 125 Cobras. Ford refuses to finance a Cobra Le Mans effort, so Shelby puts together a deal with AC Cars and Ed Hugus. The top Cobra finishes seventh.
September 1963: Shelby begins work on what would become the Daytona Coupe, because the roadster lacked the aerodynamics necessary to achieve 200 mph down the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans. Pete Brock is tasked with designing it. Cobra production passes 170. Dan Gurney becomes the first American driver to win an FIA race in an American car, behind the wheel of a Cobra.
February 1964: Shelby American completes the first FIA roadster and the first Daytona Coupe. Both cars enter the Daytona Continental. Bob Johnson and Dan Gurney finish fourth in the roadster. Though the Cobra coupe sets the fastest lap time, it doesn't finish the race, thanks to a damaged differential, and a fire.
March 1964: Shelby American enters a 427-engined leaf-spring Cobra, chassis number CSX 2166, at Sebring, as a prototype. Driver Ken Miles spins off course in practice and hits the one tree in sight. The 427 test mule is repaired in time for the race the next day. For the first time, the Cobras beat the Ferrari GTOs. During the race weekend, Shelby meets with representatives from AC Cars and Ford to begin development of a big-block Cobra.
April 1964: Shelby American decides to go to Europe to race. The Cobras and Ford's new GT (later called the GT40) are tested at Le Mans.
June 1964: The Cobras and Shelby American win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Cobra is fourth overall and first in GT, beating Ferrari.
August 1964: Ford asks Shelby to develop a high-performance Mustang fastback to challenge the Corvette in SCCA road racing.
September 1964: The first '65 Shelby Mustang GT350 race and street cars are built.
October 1964: The prototype 427 Cobra is tested at Silverstone in England.
January 1965: The 427 Cobra is unveiled to the press. Shelby American moves its HQ to LAX. Ford turns its GT40 project over to Shelby American. The 1965 Ford Shelby GT350 debut.
February 1965: Under Shelby's tutelage the Ford's GT40 wins its first race, at Daytona. The Shelby Mustang GT350 also wins its first race in Texas. Shelby American begins production of the coupe version of the 427 Cobra Roadster.
June 1965: Shelby American and Ford take on Le Mans with two 427 GT40 Mark IIs, four 289 GT40 Mark Is, and five Cobra Daytona Coupes. The GT40s all drop out, while one Daytona coupe finishes.
October 1965: Shelby American proposes a special Hertz rent-a-racer, and builds a GT350H prototype.
November 1965: Hertz likes the GT350H and gives Shelby American a contract for 200 cars.
December 1965: Hertz ups its contract for GT350H models to 1000 units.
June 1966: The Ford GT40 Mark II finishes 1-2-3 at Le Mans.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/carroll-shelby-life-1923-2012-timeline/ (https://www.motortrend.com/news/carroll-shelby-life-1923-2012-timeline/)
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(https://www.shelby.com/portals/0/History/FinishLineLeMans1959.jpg)
Shelby’s 1959 win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving an Aston Martin.
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More than 4 marriages = Honorary Getbigger.
Carrol Shelby & his wife actress Jan Harrison 1956
Racing was his second passion; women was his first. ;)
(https://www.evomagazine.it/files/galleries/8/9/0/8904/B_la-mustang-gt500-la-cobra-e-le-mille-qualita-di-carroll-shelby_14.jpg)
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Bale is an Aussie.
The racing scenes are great.
Bullshit. Bale is English.
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Bullshit. Bale is English.
Exactly. FFS this stuff isn't difficult...
"Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor who is known for his intense method acting style, often transforming his body drastically for his roles. Bale is the recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, and was featured in the Time 100 list of 2011.
Born in Haverfordwest, Wales, to English parents, Bale had his first starring role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's war film Empire of the Sun (1987). Following a decade of leading and supporting roles, including in Little Women (1994), he gained wider recognition for portraying the serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000). In 2004, he lost 63 pounds for his role in the psychological thriller The Machinist (2004). Within six months, he gained 100 pounds to star as Batman in Christopher Nolan's superhero film Batman Begins (2005). He later reprised his role in the sequels The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Bale (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Bale)
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Bale has such a punchable face
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Bullshit. Bale is English.
My apologies.
Must have confused him with someone else.
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Bale has such a punchable face
What would you do if Christian Bale was yelling at you like this?
This guy is taking his job of pretending to be someone else way to seriously. Holly Weird is disgusting.
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What would you do if Christian Bale was yelling at you like this?
This guy is taking his job of pretending to be someone else way to seriously. Holly Weird is disgusting.
It’s the way he acts and the stupid smirks he makes, I would punch him straight in his mouth
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Bale has such a punchable face
Ah, guess I was right about him being English. Didn't care enough to re-check.
There are so many douche faces in American Psycho it's not even funny. ;D
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My apologies.
Must have confused him with someone else.
Eric Bana? He's an Aussie.
(https://i.chzbgr.com/full/2588085248/hC1A0E201/eric-bana-totally-looks-like-christian-bale)
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Eric Bana? He's an Aussie.
(https://i.chzbgr.com/full/2588085248/hC1A0E201/eric-bana-totally-looks-like-christian-bale)
I think that's the guy.
Anyway I enjoyed the movie.