[Fot] Fwd: Shell/Ferrari Commercial

[Todd Redmond]

Mike,

That is a great story!!   

Thank you for sharing.

Todd Redmond



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> On Feb 12, 2014, at 11:02 PM, Mike Mehl <mike.mehl at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Ted asked me to chime in on this one.  My dad Leo was the one who orchestrated
> and put together the Goodyear Ferrari commercial.  Mr Ferrari did not do
> commercials especially for Americans.  He would not do the commercial unless
> dad was there.  I am guessing dad will have detail in his book.  When we lived
> in England dad built a relationship with Mr. Ferrari that carried on till his
> death.  Dad had a meeting with him every year even when they switched to
> Pirelli in the early 80s.  To put that in perspective the Pope went to see him
> every year too.  On one visit Mr. Ferrari gave dad two 18 caret gold watches. 
> One for his wife (mom) and one for his mistress.  He just assumed that dad had
> a mistress.  Ferrari and the F1 team were critical to Goodyear.  When the F40
> came out Goodyear made the tires in the racing division and supplied them at
> no cost just to have them on the car.  The tires were so advanced at the time
> the only place they could
> be made was in the race tire factory in Akron.  As a kid living in England
> and then back to US we had a long list of racers at the house.  I really never
> said much to any of my friends at the time because they would not believe me. 
> The first race I ever attended was the 1969 British GP.  I have a photo of me
> as an 7 year old holding Jackie Stewart's winning trophy right after the
> race.  
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:35 PM, "robertten1 at aol.com"
> <robertten1 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> Ahh yes, brings back memories of Speedvision,
> F1  and those Shell commercials.
> Verrrooom!!
> 
> Bob T
> 
> 
> -----Original
> Message-----
> From: Joe Alexander <n197tr4 at cs.com>
> To: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 9:57 pm
> Subject: [Fot] Fwd: Shell/Ferrari Commercial
> This came from Jack Wheeler. Worthwhile watch.
> 
> Joe Alexander
> 645 1st Street
> Jesup, IA 50648
> The-vintage-racer.com
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>> Subject:
> Shell/Ferrari Commercial
>> Reply-To: Jack Wheeler <jwheeler1947 at yahoo.com>
>> 
>> 
>> This is a commercial shown in Europe for Shell Gasoline, but, any red
> blooded American male who is not stirred by the content, must be dead!  It is
> awesome!
>> 
>> Jack
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Here's a link to a Shell commercial shown in Europe
> .
>> Ostensibly, they're selling gasoline, but the cars used in the video
> steal the show.
>> 
>> Ferrari pulled several of their race cars from various
> ages out of
>> storage, flew them around the world and filmed them running
> through the
>> streets of Rome , Rio , New York , Hong Kong, Honolulu and
> Monaco .
>> Nocomputer graphics, these are the original cars on the original
> streets.
>> 
>> The best part is the sound from the basso-profundo notes of the
> early,
>> front-engine era, each scene cuts to a later generation, ending with
> the
>> wail of a modern F1 car.
>> 
>> The sounds alone bring a tear to the eye.
>> 
>> Even if you're not a gearhead, this video will stir the soul.There's
>> just
> something about 3 liters and 14,000 RPM !
> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=1_kwxzU4wL4&vq=medium
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> Vern Holmes
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