period footage of 1965 Coupes de Paris at Monthl?ry

[nmauduit]

For the period F interested parties, some period footage of Elans racing the 1965 Coupes de Paris at Monthl?ry can be seen there, including Jackie Oliver's :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvyFJS5ChxE
(better turn the sound off)

1965 Coupes de Paris Monthl?ry

[Quart Meg Miles]

Thanks Nic,

It shows how video has improved since the film of those days! Some memorable names in the F3 race - Jassaud, Servoz-Gavin etc.

[Frogelan]

Thank you for that link. Here is another period clip from the 1964 TdF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTKt_S0eJM

I will sit down and work out the kilometres that were probably driven in 1964 and compare it to the Peter Auto edition (which is rather pricey to enter). At a rough guess...the 1964 edition 3 times the distance.

Andrew

[Frogelan]

Now for a little thread drifting...

I looked up the rough route for the 1964 Tour de France Automobile. It comprised at least 6060 km (Wikipedia) and took 10 days...but the organisers called it a day for the long versions after the 1964 event.

This compares to the 2020 version which is 2140 km over 5 days...