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The Cobra Ferrari Wars
PRICE: pounds 24.99
FROM: www.spiritlevelfilm.com
Bankrupt Texan chicken farmer decides to build a car to take on Ferrari's unbeatable Le Mans crusaders. Armed with an ageing chassis and a V8 engine destined for a pick-up truck, he succeeds.
If this were a film script, it would be rejected on the grounds of Stallone-grade realism shortfall. But it isn't. This is the true story of down-on-his-luck American Carroll Shelby's dramatically successful exploits as a racing team owner in the early 1960s.
There isn't a great deal in the way of contemporary footage (although the surviving material is pleasingly evocative), so the bulk of the story is told by those who took part. Their narrative is an undiluted treat.
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