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Eugene
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
 
2006-11-15, 10:31

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Originally Posted by jcoley2 View Post
Very cool. . .simply amazing. At one point he appears to go down one street and change his mind so his course must have had a few deviations. Driving that fast on cobblestone must be very difficult.
As mentioned somewhere in Luca's thread, the mythos behind the film is actually quite inaccurate...except for the unwitting extras/bystanders.

The car being driven was actually a 1970s era Mercedes S-Class (Link)

It most likely never exceeded 100 MPH, and the entire course was predetermined. A Ferrari did contribute the nicely dubbed audio track though.

Magnificent car BTW, my family had a 300SD built on the same frame and it is still 100% functional to date with no extra care taken. Finding diesel in California is a bitch though!

Last edited by Eugene : 2006-11-15 at 11:19.
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