great footage

[B O N Y]

Here's a link to a story on Edmunds.com about a Shell oil TV commercial filmed in 1967, which is the second most expensive TV commercial ever made (Shell spent $3.9 million on an ad in 2007 featuring historic F-1 cars racing through the streets of Rome, London, New York and Rio, that appears at the bottom of the article, but it's worth finding on YouTube, in fact here's a direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItzJc-NHI4)

Anyway, in 1967 they bought three brand new GT40s from JWA and sent them to Monza to be used in the commercial, which took a month to make. Although unfortunately the commercial isn't featured, the story behind it, and behind-the-scenes still photos, still make for very interesting reading.

http://tinyurl.com/yr3nt4

The last paragraph is a heart-breaker though!

BTW for folks interested in a high res version of the '07 Shell-Ferrari commercial, it's available from Shell:
http://www.shell.com/home/content/f...lips/circuit_tv_advert/circuit_tv_advert.html

 

[Kirby Vieira]

Great stuff. Thanks Bony :cheers

 

[GT4life]

Thanks Bony! By the way i need to look at your avatar at lesat 10 times before hitting the back button

 

[Mark06GT]

Thanks Bony! By the way i need to look at your avatar at lesat 10 times before hitting the back button

If you click on his avatar you'll be here even longer. :eek