The reason for all the prominent Rootes cars is that the footage came from a
film shot for Rootes. From the late 40s thru early 70s there were I think at
least 30 such films made. They were packaged into 1/2 hour formats and, from
what I've read, sometimes were shown on BBC during rain delays in cricket
matches.
The same filmmakers also filmed these shows for rival companies. There's at
least one race ('65 Alpine Rallye?), with one show packaged for Rootes, one
for Triumph, with very different story lines and (mostly) different footage.
Dick Sanders
Seattle
In a message dated 2/14/02 7:47:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
mark@ciansystems.com writes:
<< Speaking of this channel, last night they showed the 1965 Monte Carlo with
two
Rootes works Tigers and two Imps. The entire show could have been titled "a
tribute to the Rootes Group" as the cars were so prominently featured. The
Porsche 904 was virtually ignored in favor of two Irish ladies driving an
Imp.
Much of the show consisted of an un-narrated "ride" in one of the Tigers
somehow filmed from just aft of the driver in the center of the back seat. As
the entire hill climb took something like 7 minutes, they must have showed
half of the climb uncut in real-time with accompanying sound. I did notice
that one of the Tigers did not seem to have a gauge directly above the wheel
in the 12 O'clock position. There was a panel of switches located just below
the center of the dash and some camera or ralley equipment located on the
passanger side that occasionally flashe into view. Overall, it was nice to
see
a show that acknowledged Sunbeam and its contributions and, had a bit to say
about Chrysler crushing the Tiger program. Very entertaining and a welcome
balance to the new NASCAR heavy format. >>
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