Spitfire Haircut

[malc]

A tad more to the right and heŽd be shorter by one head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEnOeITKZAA

[OldUsedParts]

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As the late George Carlin would say - - - "that wasn't a near miss, it was a near HIT" - lol

remember the scene in "Catch 22" - ?

[fahrenschnell]

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Alan Decadenet (SP?) has a potty mouth....I do too, but that was close.

Yikes.

Seth

[Fordplay0621]

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Can you say "BUZZ CUT"?

[Monster]

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Actually, there was no need to even duck.
The newspresenter was a wimp !!

[Brian Lohnes]

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De Cadenet = not a wimp.

He'd actually be into the whole CJTV scene. De Cadenet made his name building his own race cars and beating factory teams with them. He drove a car he built himself to a 3rd place finish at Le Mans back in the mid 1970's. He's totally loaded and I think came from some old money in England.

He's on my top 10 list of guys to have a beer with before they/I die.

If you ever get a chance to watch an episode of a show he used to host on the Speed Channel called Victory by Design do it. He takes a marque, let's use Lotus as an example and drives a whole historic cannon of their cars HARD on the roads of this massive manor estate in England. They did stuff on Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus, all the exotic stuff. Even if those cars aren't your thing. The show is worth watching.

Here's a short clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZmguTwT56A

Brian

[IOWA552SLOW]

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not all the close, how ever close enought to duck.

[OldUsedParts]

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it seems to lose something, if you have to decide whether to duck or not !

[DanStokes]

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The Ferrari footage is remarkable. He's a good driver - did you follow those lines around the corners? Perfect. I'm wondering what they used for a camera car. It was at least sort of close enough to film him, which is quite a feat, even if he was doggin' it a bit.

Dan

[Monster]

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OK, how about media over dramatization ??

[Brian Lohnes]

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Steve...that'll fly (pun very much intended).

HA!

Brian

[Darren N.]

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If you ever get a chance to watch an episode of a show he used to host on the Speed Channel called Victory by Design do it. He takes a marque, let's use Lotus as an example and drives a whole historic cannon of their cars HARD on the roads of this massive manor estate in England. They did stuff on Porsche, Ferrari, Lotus, all the exotic stuff. Even if those cars aren't your thing. The show is worth watching.

I think the Victory By Design series was one of the best automotive shows/documentaries ever made. In addition to the marques you listed, they also did a Ford Muscle and a Corvette episode. The Grand Prix Greats is my favourite episode, so many awesome machines.

http://www.victorybydesign.com/store/

I was lucky enough to catch them on Speed when they were airing. The dvd's are pricey but I think it's some of the best stuff out there.

As for de Cadenet's reaction to the plane, I can't say my reaction would be much different. It was amusing to hear him curse. It would be more interesting, however, to hear him literally say how "f-ing" great some of the cars were in Victory By Design, lol.