Coming soon .... on DVD

Due for release November 2007: Can-Am - The Speed Odyssey. Narration by Sam Posey and Jim Hall.

See: http://www.canamfilm.com/

 

Very interesting. Do you know if it will be available for Europe?

 

I don't know, Peter - but if the interest shown on the AtlasF1 Nostalgia forum (where I originally found the link) is anything to go by:

http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97980

.... I would suspect they've got the message !

 

Thanks Paul. BTW did I notice correctly that the Chaparals had movable wings or am I seeing things?

 

Of course they did, Peter. Chaparrals had automatic transmissions - but three pedals. The third one was to operate the rear wing. Quite simply, when the driver was on the straight, he kept his foot down on the 'third' pedal. This kept the wing in a horizontal position - hence minimum drag. The drivers used left-foot braking, so when, coming into a corner, they took their foot off the third pedal, to apply the brakes, the wing dropped to a steeper angle to give more adhesion through the corner. The car's wing struts operated directly on the rear suspension.

Check out these two YouTube videos of a Chaparral 2E ('continuation car'):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcIAxk4KApk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29vnG4oSC8Q

More here: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=true&bottom=0&gID=0&fID=0&tID=112978

The magazine article scan in the ************* post probably explains the operation of the Chaparral's wing better than I have.

 

And of course lets not forget Jim's Sucker Car he had before anyone else too.

 

Just got the Duke catalogue in the mail and they have another Can-Am dvd on offer called Can-Am Thunder. Does anyone know it and is it any good?

Best, Peter

 

NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just what Ive been looking for, Thanks\

Can Am ROCKS

 

Can Am was my favorite racing series ever, with Trans Am a close second!
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Is anybody thinking the same as me ? Shall we start one ?

 

They deserve a thread of their own.

 

That's what I meant.

 

I just got info that the release has been pushed back to January 2008. The good news is that they've found so much material it will be somewhere between 90 and 120 minutes

 

Why not? I too think its a brilliant idea as I'm always fascinated by them Chaparrals. Plus the possibility of hearing some stories from some of the experts in this board sounds perfect.

The prospect of watching a long Can-Am documentary film around midwinter is perfect to me! Thanks for the update, bigodino.

 

Well, seeing as no-one else has started one .... I'll carry on using this one.

Found this on *************: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=1&fID=0&tID=147785

Scans of the C&D article on the 2E continuation car (from June 2007 C&D).

 

Philip.

See also this other earlier thread, from a couple of years ago - about the Chaparral Gallery: also in C,M,B & P:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15205

.... and another even earlier one, in the 'Texas' section (where else ?): http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7255

Official Chaparral websites: http://www.chaparralcars.com/gallery.php and http://www.petroleummuseum.org/Chaparral/Chaparralhome.html

 

super movie!

 

How do I buy this dvd, says out may 08 now.