thanks Bill..I forgot that there was any car stuff in there!
Racer Bud..Spitfire # 21...Woohooo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Householder" <trhouse@greenapple.com>
To: <BillDentin@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <donlbrick@mchsi.com>; <rdwismer@mchsi.com>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] On the Beach...
> on 3/30/08 11:37 AM, BillDentin@aol.com at BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Amici...
>>
>> One of our local PBS TV Channels has been showing On The Beach these past
>> few
>> days. Classic 1959 Hollywood take on Nevil Shute's post apocalyptic
>> end-of-the-world all out nuclear war movie. I was in the Navy then, and
>> remember it
>> well. Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, Tony Perkins, and a personal
>> favorite...Ava
>> Gardner. I knew Fred Astaire was a 'hot shoe', but I thought it was for
>> dancing. No dancing here...he's into road racing stuff. The open road
>> race
>> scenes
>> are great to watch (although, as usual, Hollywood has taken some artistic
>> license). There are some disturbing crashes, but lots of great cars from
>> the
>> period.
>>
>> Bill Dentinger
>
> Here are some sites that cover the race filming..
>
> tom
>
> http://home.san.rr.com/fsheff/pits5.htm
>
> http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_125839-Swallow-Doretti-1954.html
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