The 4 Million Dollar Porsche Used As A Camera Car For Steve ... - SlashGear
Mar 11, 2023 · The open-top Porsche was then used as a camera car in the movie "Le Mans," for which it was fitted with three cameras and entered into the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans. McQueen is even rumored to...
The Camera Car | Issue 279 | Excellence | The Magazine About …
Dec 10, 2020 · For his movie Le Mans, McQueen chose it to be the movie’s on-track camera car during the 1970 race. In the days before easy data transmission or GoPros, fitting massive movie reel cameras to a car was a significant engineering challenge, as well as an obvious safety one, especially as the car was actually to be entered in the race.
The Le Mans Film - The Making Of - Stuttcars
For the Le Mans the car was converted into a camera carrier and was equipped with three cameras, one in front and two at the back above the gearbox. The car was driven by Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams.
Le Mans (film) - Wikipedia
Le Mans is a 1971 film depicting a fictional 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race starring Steve McQueen and directed by Lee H. Katzin. The film began as a John Sturges project, before he was replaced during filming.
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The “camera car” was driven by Porsche’s Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams. The car traveled 282 laps, or 3,798 km (2,360 miles), and finished the race in ninth position. It was not classified, however, as it had not covered the required minimum distance due to stops to change film reels.
Le Mans 24 vs. Le Mans the movie: The real Porsche 917
Aug 9, 2021 · That’s because Solar Productions (Steve McQueen’s production company that produced “Le Mans”) filmed all angles of the race and even entered a Porsche 908 to run the race with an onboard camera to capture real on track racing footage!
Here's Why The 1968 Ford GT40 Le Mans Movie Car Is The Most …
Nov 25, 2022 · Do you remember the famous movie Le Mans from 1971, starring McQueen? Well, the 1968 Ford GT40 starred too in this movie, and that as a camera car. Steve McQueen needed a high-performance car to keep up with racing cars and film their performance.
The making of Le Mans - Evo India
Apr 30, 2020 · However, the crew came up with an ingenious idea to attach the camera to a plate that is bolted onto the front of the car and shoots back toward the driver. When the battery or film runs out, the car comes into the pits and the plate is simply switched out for one with a charged camera mounted to it. This had to be done every 15 minutes or so.
Steve McQueen: Le Mans In The Rearview Mirror - Petrolicious
May 12, 2017 · Much of Le Mans’ footage came from filming the actual 1970 race; Solar had entered one Porsche 908 as a camera car, and somehow between the crushing weight of the recording equipment, a near-crash at 3am, and falling back to capture the race-winning Salzburg Porsche, the camera car wound up finishing ninth overall, second in its class.
GT40 in Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" movie | GT40s
Jan 3, 2008 · The camera car for McQueen's LeMans was #1074. It was restored to original spec with a new rear shell and spyder IIRC. Ken Saunders owns (or at least used to own) the cut down rear shell as used on the camera car. Ian