[Fot] Kastner Cool

[Shawn Frank]

Peter Brock told me that if you watch the movie as an historic documentary,
you'll be disappointed as not everything is accurate. If you watch it as
Hollywood entertainment, then it would be much more enjoyable.

After all, they did not show Peter or Kas in the movie and both had a major
influence on Shelby history, whether Ford or Hollywood wants to acknowledge
that or not. They definitely wouldn't add said shirts to the big screen,
although it would have been ultra cool to see an extra on set wearing one...

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On Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 9:48 PM Chuck Gee via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> I was just rereading the story about these shirts in one of Kas’ prep
> manuals (the one with Uncle Jack on the cover, Racing, Winning, and other
> Myths, page 16 or so).  These shirts showed up at the 1966 Daytona race,
> the very same race featured in a recently popular car movie about some guy
> driving a GT 40.   Interesting, at least to me, how so many stories
> intertwine when it comes to racing in the 60s.  To think, Shelby had
> everything on the line at that race (at least if you believe what’s in the
> movie) and Kas’ guys busting his chops with a knock off Shelby shirt.
>
> Here’s to you Kas!  To bad the cameras didn’t pan a little left or right,
> they might have caught one of these shirts on film (assuming the movie guys
> were accurate in their portrayal).
>
> Chuck
>
> On Jan 11, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Brad Eells via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello Amici,
>
> Why white? Here is the Kastner-Brophy Team in the early 70's. Chuck's
> Candy Box is visible behind the group. Kas in the middle, the Candy Box
> driver Carl Swanson to his left. My Spitfire driver, Doug Brown is the
> short, very stout guy to Kas's right. Kas will know the rest of the guys in
> the photo.
>
> The whole team is wearing white shirts with the KBR logo. The cool kids,
> Kas and Carl are sporting the white pants and black belts. The coolest of
> course, is Kas rolling with the Ray-Ban shades...
>
> <Vitesse Trans-Am and F 5000 crews KBR (Large).jpg>
>
>
> White was clearly Kas's color of choice; cars, shirts, pants!
>
> *Brad Eells*
> *Chino CA*
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>
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