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A trip around le mans 1956



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A trip round le mans before the actual race in a jaguar race car at pretty high speed.


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on January 22, 1959 ... ( 1 year ago by kendrickdavid)
on January 22, 1959, Hawthorn died in an automobile accident on the A3 Guildford bypass. He was driving his British Racing Green highly tuned Jaguar 3.4 sedan (known as the Mark 1 or MK1 Jaguar).
Thx for the answer. ... ( 1 year ago by Buran288gto)
Thx for the answer. Just saw Le Mans this weekend, an to hear Mike Hawthorne talk about them doing 175-185 Mph down the straight. Hat's of to "The old breed" of speeders.
The good old Le ... ( 11 months ago by the50s60s70s)
The good old Le Mans ... pure racing ... so pure ...
awesome video! :) ( 11 months ago by Mariux91)
awesome video! :)
fabuleux document ( 11 months ago by saforius)
fabuleux document
1/3rd thru the ... ( 10 months ago by badgerfan65)
1/3rd thru the track, confronted with a bit of traffic blocking the road, Mike utters "Typical French" ... I damn near fell out of my seat I was laughing so hard... Great racer, pity he died. I wonder if he had the demons from the '55 crash where he was the spark that initiated the worst crash in racing history... What a great vid, those guys really kicked ass.
the d-type is one ... ( 9 months ago by theirontierney123)
the d-type is one of the most rare cars 2 day,imagine crashing it lol
Ce document est un ... ( 8 months ago by breit72)
Ce document est un joyau de l'histoire des 24 heures... le son de la jaguar y est fabuleux et le circuit de l'
époque tout autant... formidable document
Hats of to the ... ( 8 months ago by RalphColmar)
Hats of to the Farnham Flyer :-)
The jaguar inline-6 ... ( 7 months ago by Groovyman12)
The jaguar inline-6 engine is reguarded to be one of the best sounding engines ever made. This is why the only car I will drive is an XJ6
awesome video, how ... ( 7 months ago by Rivelution)
awesome video, how did you get it?
Fabulous historical ... ( 7 months ago by pjwsnooty)
Fabulous historical document. As a young boy at that time I was enthralled by the spectacle of motor racing, when one could still see drivers at work behind the wheel.
Many thanks.
I was looking at ... ( 6 months ago by tylerw2238)
I was looking at one for my first car, guy wants to sell it to me for 1000, its a 1986 jag xj6. what do you think? needs a little work i can take care of myself though
I was looking at ... ( 6 months ago by tylerw2238)
I was looking at one for my first car, guy wants to sell it to me for 1000, its a 1986 jag xj6. what do you think? needs a little work i can take care of myself though
Outstanding! Where ... ( 6 months ago by friedgreencorrado)
Outstanding! Where on earth did you find it? I live in the US, and finding sportscar racing footage of the `50s is almost impossible.
I was 6 when this ... ( 6 months ago by araneus1)
I was 6 when this amazing video was made. It took me my whole life but I now drive an XJS Soverign. BRG of course! Australian summers test it a bit, but it is magic to drive a big cat. Thank you to the person who posted this video. I too would love to know where you came across it. More stuff from the 50's would be excellent, especially sports cars.
Hi, this is on a ... ( 4 months ago by gcmc2)
Hi, this is on a vid done by english motor sport magazine on Jaguar racing history. It goes from Xk120 through C type, D type then Bob Tullius V12 E types and xjs & TWR etc. This also on many historic racing videos / dvds we see a lot of here in Australia like "racing in the fifties" , "racing in the sixties" as well as "the power and the glory" and others I'm sure you could find them on the net Cheers.
lol 'typical french' ( 3 months ago by irontierney)
lol 'typical french'
Wow I thought I ... ( 3 months ago by bigcat178)
Wow I thought I would never see this I was 8 when it was done. I have only ever seen bits of it. I am pretty certain this came from the BBC's Sportsview programme of the 1950's the voice over was done by a bloke called Len Martin who used to read the football results as well. It was very high tech for the day MH had an effects mic on his chest they were used to do horse racing and football commenteries. They put a 16mm telecine camera in the footwell of the D and and just hoped it worked.
Wonderful film. ... ( 1 month ago by BillDFC)
Wonderful film. Mike Hawthorn was killed in an accident driving his own car on a public road.Brilliant driver.
wow just think ... ( 1 month ago by prideventures)
wow just think about the traffic and driving on the race course like that with those brakes - the Jags had better brakes than others but no where near the braking of even a Honda Accord today.....great driving......
It was cool how the ... ( 2 weeks ago by WolfieVilans)
It was cool how the drivers had to run to their cars:)
Could you imagine ... ( 2 weeks ago by dz52vr)
Could you imagine that the latest Peugeot or Audi prototype doing this? This was an age that the second world war was close nad that probably life still on the edge everyday.
I love the sound of ... ( 3 days ago by customkey)
I love the sound of the big Jag 6 cylinder engine. Nice close ratios in the gearbox. Skinny tires...note the car twitching as he leaves a relatively slow corner near the beginning of the video.
The cars of today are faster, but none are more beautiful than this Jag.



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