Hi,
I think you're referring to Charlie ( Charles ) Agapiou, the English mechanic.
I saw the film this week with my wife, it was entertaining and well paced, & didn't feel like the 2 hours plus that it actually was.
Chronologically things were all over the place. As if Ken Miles had never seen a GT40 before the airport scene..
Shelby recommended John Wyer to FoMoCo rather than HF11 immediately putting Shelby at the head of the project. (build a car in 90 days & all that BS !)
Rain at night rather than the end of the race?
Ken & Shelby 'invent' the J car after the 1966 race. I think not.
At the end of the film you get epilogue words, " The GT40 designed by Carroll Shelby & Ken Miles......."or similar. I'm not knocking either of these guys but we all know what a massive transatlantic project it was !
Most surprising film error was the paintwork errors on the #1 & #5 cars, more unexpected to me than the other more technical bits already mentioned.
The J car & Mk4 mock ups were pretty awful too.
BUT, will the film entertain the public, raise the profile of our hobby, introduce Ken to the general public, get people interested in historic racing, etc. I'd say yes, so a thumbs up from me on the whole.
Steve
I think you're referring to Charlie ( Charles ) Agapiou, the English mechanic.
I saw the film this week with my wife, it was entertaining and well paced, & didn't feel like the 2 hours plus that it actually was.
Chronologically things were all over the place. As if Ken Miles had never seen a GT40 before the airport scene..
Shelby recommended John Wyer to FoMoCo rather than HF11 immediately putting Shelby at the head of the project. (build a car in 90 days & all that BS !)
Rain at night rather than the end of the race?
Ken & Shelby 'invent' the J car after the 1966 race. I think not.
At the end of the film you get epilogue words, " The GT40 designed by Carroll Shelby & Ken Miles......."or similar. I'm not knocking either of these guys but we all know what a massive transatlantic project it was !
Most surprising film error was the paintwork errors on the #1 & #5 cars, more unexpected to me than the other more technical bits already mentioned.
The J car & Mk4 mock ups were pretty awful too.
BUT, will the film entertain the public, raise the profile of our hobby, introduce Ken to the general public, get people interested in historic racing, etc. I'd say yes, so a thumbs up from me on the whole.
Steve