Legendary F1 driver Sir Jackie Stewart made a special appearance at Goodwood Revival with a lap in one of Dan Gurney's classic Eagles at #GoodwoodRevival.
@@dazburnside7340 No he wouldn't. I was a boy in the 60s and Sir Jackie would have been small by the standards of the day. Dan Gurney was very tall though - almost 6'4". I'm tall (> 6'2") and that looks tall even to me.
@@dazburnside7340 Im sorry but 5'4" has never been "known" to be an average height for an adult male. He was and always will be considered a short arse!
@@dazburnside7340 Would HAVE been.........................................Even though he wouldn't have been. ( Would've =WOULD haVE)..........The letters V and E do not appear in the word OF..................."Would of" not only makes no sense at all it's also not the correct wording.
I recall seeing Jackie at Sandown in Victoria driving the kam tail BRM under the Dunlop bridge in a giant drift while sawing at the wheel, lap after lap without a mistake. An amazing sight.
What a beautiful machine. I don't care where it was made. I don't care if it was American, British, Italian, German, or Japanese. Beauty transcends all barriers.
This is certainly a beautiful tribute to a priceless piece of history but I had to smile about the repeated commentary regarding Jackie being a "bit lost" in that large cockpit designed for Dan Gurney's ~6'2" frame. In Zufenhausen, Germany, a class I was in, in 1964, went on a tour through the Porsche factory. I happened to look into a warehouse we were passing and I noticed a beautiful little 904GTS with the rear body section removed as well as the engine/trans-axle assembly. The guide took us in to look the car over and I got a chance to sit in the driver's seat. I was surprised to find that while I couldn't reach the pedal assembly (adjustable trolley), my head was touching the ceiling. This was the car that Gurney had just won the Targa Florio race in a couple of weeks prior. I was about 5'8" so either Dan was slouched over into the passenger seat to drive or he was pretty short through the upper body, but really long legged. Later, I was thinking that he had the "Gurney-Bubble" when he drove the GT40 at LeMans but not in the Porsche.
Jackie's not taking the slightest risk of crashing or blowing that thing up. It's what a true gentleman will do if you lend him your priceless historic racing car. He is the polar opposite of a gung-ho daredevil, which is how he survived racing in an era when crashing wasn't a survivable option.
This, along with the Lotus 79, is unquestionably one of the prettiest F1 cars of all time. The newer F1 cars that I know of today may be more sophisticated and advanced and I appreciate that, but aesthetically can't even compete against classics like the Eagle. Also helps this has a real engine too, not some hybrid wheezebox.
And a heart breaking loss driving the #9 Eagle F1 car at the 1967 German Grand Prix and in total command with a 1 minute lead over second place Dennis Hulme with only 1 1/2 laps to go, when the Eagle snapped a half-shaft. The Nurburgring Nordschleife was extremely rough on suspension components.
Sir Jackie in 'The Beak.' I saw Jackie and Dan (in his Eagle) at Mosport that year -- 1967 That year was no shortage of gorgeous cars -- Ferrari 312 and Lotus 49.
'Sheltering in' here in upstate NY near Watkins Glen. Nothing makes me feel better than seeing that AAR Eagle with Sir Jackie Stewart at the wheel. Back when F1 cars were just beautiful; no onboard radios, no paddle shifters, no computers. Just a man in a car at speed. Stay well everybody!
Thank you for this amazing video. Featuring two of my lifetime heroes, Sir Jackie, Presidential Dan Gurney and the iconic Eagle. The only one sadly missing here is Jim Clark, my childhood hero. Sir Stewart's tribute to Dan is not only deserved but heathwarming, coming from this decent and humble Man. I am happy that he had the chance greeting and lodge Monsieur Gurney. I can imagine those two having a prime scotch, fireside at Lord March estate and sharing memories. Life is good afterall.
Love the Stewart tartan on Jackie's helmet> Clark, Stewart, Coulthard and Franchitti. Pretty good stable of drivers. And Dan Gurney and Phil Hill were such gentlemen and great competitors.
This car is the definition of what we young lads thought a Formula 1 car should look like. Arguably the most beautiful F1 car ever built, and we could find a few F1 people to say so. Love the story from F1 mechanics POV. Tnx
This is quite ironic because Jackie Stewart was leading the '67 Belgian GP in the BRM H16 until gearbox troubles slowed him and he was passed by Dan Gurney to win the race with Stewart finishing second.
Dan actually stopped to pit in the middle of the Belgium Grand Prix to complain about fuel metering issues, but was told he was now in second place, and to ignore them and get back out to chase down Jackie.
Loved watching this. Two legends in one video. But, would have been lovely if the commentators had paused for just a little while, so we could have enjoyed just the sound of the car for a while.
Dick Johnson You can! I volunteer at the museum where this amazing car lives. Check out this cockpit ride at the Revs Institute channel: czcams.com/video/XTui7Bwnibo/video.html
I've been a longtime fan of Mr. Stewart. A gentleman in his own right. Going slow? Well that's not only a museum piece, but a significant bit of racing history. It is not replaceable, so you treat it with great respect & reverence.
@JimR . . . I find it remarkable that in the past decade those rolling museum pieces have been making the rounds at places like Indianapolis, Laguna Seca, and Goodwood; as many of those vehicles were original _one-offs_ builds. Damage to any of them, especially during the transport, is disconcerting to think of.
Jackie Stewart is an absolute gentlemen, upholder of standards, and the architect of safety in motor racing having seen so many deaths. Along side Graham Hill( two very different but in some ways similar) they epitomized the early days of the modern day sport.
Makes me sad Dan Gurney is not with us anymore. What great races we had because of him. I grew up and Dan was my hero. Sir Jackie Stewart is the king of smooth at the controls. Yeah. Dan Gurney for President. Good to see this.
I would give anything to race that car, in its day, for free. I was born in '69, but remember having toys of the 60s F1 cars. This, without a doubt, was the most beautiful.
What a pleasure to have the chance of watching such a beautiful car being driven by one of the greatest GP gentlemen of all time. Jackie, Stirling, Juan Manuel, Giuseppe, Alberto, Mike... Simply legends!
This is absolutely priceless ... wonderful comments from a contemporary of Gurney's, ... himself a living legend, giving us context about both the car, the man, and the times.
The Eagle was basically a Lotus 38 (the car Clark used to win Indy in 1965) adapted for Formula 1. Len Terry designed both cars and if you look at pictures of both side by side you can see the similarities. The Eagle's design reflected the idea early in the 3-liter formula that larger displacement would lead to larger cars and V-12 engines. Then Jack Brabham put a Repco V-8 engine in a chassis designed for the 1.5 liter formula and Colin Chapman designed the Lotus 49 as a minimally-sized car around the Cosworth V-8. Those cars made the Eagle a beautiful relic. Shame that Gurney didn't wait a year until 1967 to jump to his own team. The Weslake engine wasn't really ready for 1966 and Gurney could have held his position as #1 at Brabham. Jack Brabham was always willing to let the driver he hired lead the way if that driver had the talent, and Gurney could have been World Champion in 1966.
I watched Mr.Stewart race at Monaco back in the early 70s. That was a time I'll never forget. It was awesome and very loud. He is a Knight , what an honor.
I was and still are a great fan of Dan the man, IMO for what it's worth the best American F1 pilot ever, Mario Andretti too was great but somehow Dan Gurney is the best, and as for his AAR Eagle, what a wonderful piece of engineering, at a time when steel spaceframe or aluminium sheet construction was the norm the Eagle used space-age titanium and magnesium and the car is still the most beautiful car ever, I often wonder if the team had not gone the Weslake V12 route and hung on until 1968 and used Cosworth DFV like everyone else, what might have been, but the easy safe way just was not Dan's way, something aside was Dan Gurney and Richie Ginther the tallest and shortest teammates ever? RIP Dan the only man who Jim Clark considered a serious rival.
In 1995 a group of us were standing around John Britten's radical V1000 racebike at Daytona, examining its unique engineering and carbon fiber construction. Looking up, I saw Dan Gurney in the group and he studied that motorcycle, silently, for a long time.
Gurney developed a bike. Gurney Gator. Looks odd but it radically lowered the CG. It's still being developed, but it was Dan's idea. Started making them in 2002. You may have witnessed the genesis of his idea.
Four-time 500cc World Champion Eddie Lawson owns a Gurney Gator, in the traditional Eagle blue and white. He showed up on it for a charity benefit ride in 2018, it was quite a treat to witness it!
Fitness Guru I couldn’t go faster than 50km/h. My eyes start to tear as soon as I lift the visor of my helmet when riding my motorcycle even at city speed limits.
@@rolux4853 It's been many years since I've been on a bike. I recall the first time riding in the rain as a kid and how it felt like little pebbles hitting my skin. I was like "WTH, and it's only water?!"
I saw this car at the Briggs Cunningham museum when it was going through one of its restorations. I think it was 1977. Beautiful car and the titanium header is a piece of art. The pipes where they come out of the head till they connect to the exhaust pipe is one piece. They fill the pipe with sand and heat it up then bend it to shape. An old school method for sure.
Having met quite a few former F1 drivers, they have been very kind and patient with everyone. Of all that I have met, Sir Jackie Stewart was not one that I have met, but two drivers were the very nicest to me, Jacky Ickx and Dan Gurney. I spent far more time with Jacky Ickx, which is fitting as he was my very first racing hero. My Dad bought me a little slotcar setup, but he was especially careful to have a Ferrari car, in the signature Ferrari red. The only person who raced it was me and I was always Jacky Ickx. My Dad scored a lot of points from me that Christmas, nearly as many as when I got my German Shepherd at the holiday 2 years earlier. It absolutely got my interest up to see cars race in Europe, F1 and Le Mans were the only series I liked
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Sir Jackie Stewart other than 3 times World Champion F1 he is especially a World Champion of human being for his way to willing to help drivers sharing his racing Technics like he did with Francoise Cevert (rip) I am always all open ears when he speaks about racing technics!! I would have loved to meet him when I was in UK but sadly never happened.. :(
I cannot help and look at this and think, where did we go wrong? I mean yes the modern F1 car is a work of art in it's own right. But these cars, without wings and crazy ground effect, all the gizmo's. When looking at these historic races. I know what i preffer. Fabulous stuff.
Beautiful car. Jackie Stewart was a great driver but probably even better as a person. Imagine how good those great drivers would be with todays F-1 cars.
Jackie Stewart. "The Flying Scott" for almost 20 years. The car is magnificent from the round radiator cooling vent in the front to the spinning axles and the engine bay. Even the exhaust tubes are very sensual as they wrap their way around the engine. Whoever made this video really captured a legend of man and machine. He defines racing. Amazing; I watched him race in my teens and when I got back from Vietnam.
SUPER TRIVIA... American Eagle also became seller of motorcycles. Laverda 750 were sold as AE. We bought 3 AE 350 scramblers. For $350 each, in the box, minus seat and tank, which we bought from a dealer in San Mateo, $10 for a seat, tank. The bikes were Kawasaki's!! So, there you go. And I owned one. American Eagle went BK, that's how we got them so cheap.
I knew a guy who had several of those American Eagle branded bikes in his garage. Never knew there was a connection with Dan Gurney though. This was in the South Bay.
By 1196 Ian had sold GP to what you knew then and, I assume, is the same place today. In 1970 it was up the street, at Lawrence expwy. And a Ducati dealer.
A valuable legend driving a valuable legend. I'd take it easy too. Jackie has long ago proven what a master he was, no need for heroics. Didn't realise how short stature he is though....
Jackie is my racing hero. He was so precise and accurate, lap after lap that when he worked for Ford and Goodyear(I believe) and they made a change, they new the lap time difference was due to the change, not Jackie.
It surprised me to hear about the bhp of that V12; and I lived in that era of F1 racing where the Cosworth DFV bhp was spoken about; and everyone was aware the Repco engine for Brabham had low bhp; but nothing was ever widely published about the V12s bhp of that era.
What a beautiful looking and sounding car. Like a cross between a go-kart and a jumping spider ready to pounce. If only Sir Jackie would have given it a good thrashing :)
When the ultimate gentleman refers to you as a gentleman then you know you are one.
Jim Clark thought Dan Gurney was the best driver on the grid as well. The highest praise from two Scots legends.
The praise of the praiseworthy is highest of all.
And Dan Gurney is the reason the GT40 had that bump in the door roof. He was a tall guy. RIP to a great racer and great man.
Always referred to as the "Gurney bubble". Dan was definitely taller than just about any other racer out there.
The movie doesn't focus on the other drivers
@@rishenreni7618 was Dan driving the gt40 in 66?
@@rishenreni7618 what do you mean? Do you know who Sir Jackie is? Or are you a casual/Force India fan?
I love that Jackie always refers to himself (5'4") as "a man of average height"
ked4 in his day he would of been
@@dazburnside7340 No he wouldn't. I was a boy in the 60s and Sir Jackie would have been small by the standards of the day. Dan Gurney was very tall though - almost 6'4". I'm tall (> 6'2") and that looks tall even to me.
@@dazburnside7340 Im sorry but 5'4" has never been "known" to be an average height for an adult male. He was and always will be considered a short arse!
@@fb2800 That's the technical term I was trying to think of !
@@dazburnside7340 Would HAVE been.........................................Even though he wouldn't have been. ( Would've =WOULD haVE)..........The letters V and E do not appear in the word OF..................."Would of" not only makes no sense at all it's also not the correct wording.
Jackie simply oozes class.
We're very fortunate to have him - one of our greatest ever sports people and gentlemen.
Amen from Italy.
I recall seeing Jackie at Sandown in Victoria driving the kam tail BRM under the Dunlop bridge in a giant drift while sawing at the wheel, lap after lap without a mistake. An amazing sight.
@@yasi4877 Thanks for sharing that great memory, I wish I'd been there with you to see it as well!
Sir Jackie is the definition of class
What a beautiful machine. I don't care where it was made. I don't care if it was American, British, Italian, German, or Japanese. Beauty transcends all barriers.
Paul Orozco its American
Paul Orozco best comment ever
British cylinder heads and gearbox. American short block (sbf) @Ben Dover
You shouldnt ever let bias effect what you find beautiful or not thats what your eyes are for
Lukman Firdaus I see you’re extremely intelligent
Sir Jackie Stewart is one of my favorite people.
This is certainly a beautiful tribute to a priceless piece of history but I had to smile about the repeated commentary regarding Jackie being a "bit lost" in that large cockpit designed for Dan Gurney's ~6'2" frame. In Zufenhausen, Germany, a class I was in, in 1964, went on a tour through the Porsche factory. I happened to look into a warehouse we were passing and I noticed a beautiful little 904GTS with the rear body section removed as well as the engine/trans-axle assembly. The guide took us in to look the car over and I got a chance to sit in the driver's seat. I was surprised to find that while I couldn't reach the pedal assembly (adjustable trolley), my head was touching the ceiling. This was the car that Gurney had just won the Targa Florio race in a couple of weeks prior. I was about 5'8" so either Dan was slouched over into the passenger seat to drive or he was pretty short through the upper body, but really long legged. Later, I was thinking that he had the "Gurney-Bubble" when he drove the GT40 at LeMans but not in the Porsche.
lol, quite funny to read, because I'm like 6'3" tall and I don't think I'm really that all, but I'm struggling hard to fit in most sportscars, haha.
Jackie's not taking the slightest risk of crashing or blowing that thing up. It's what a true gentleman will do if you lend him your priceless historic racing car. He is the polar opposite of a gung-ho daredevil, which is how he survived racing in an era when crashing wasn't a survivable option.
No
This, along with the Lotus 79, is unquestionably one of the prettiest F1 cars of all time. The newer F1 cars that I know of today may be more sophisticated and advanced and I appreciate that, but aesthetically can't even compete against classics like the Eagle.
Also helps this has a real engine too, not some hybrid wheezebox.
- Amen!
This era of racing was the best. The cars were so beautiful.
And a heart breaking loss driving the #9 Eagle F1 car at the 1967 German Grand Prix and in total command with a 1 minute lead over second place Dennis Hulme with only 1 1/2 laps to go, when the Eagle snapped a half-shaft. The Nurburgring Nordschleife was extremely rough on suspension components.
Sir Jackie in 'The Beak.'
I saw Jackie and Dan (in his Eagle) at Mosport that year -- 1967
That year was no shortage of gorgeous cars -- Ferrari 312 and Lotus 49.
Most beautiful F-1 car ever!
fw1421 heh
FWO7
'Sheltering in' here in upstate NY near Watkins Glen. Nothing makes me feel better than seeing that AAR Eagle with Sir Jackie Stewart at the wheel. Back when F1 cars were just beautiful; no onboard radios, no paddle shifters, no computers. Just a man in a car at speed. Stay well everybody!
There's footage of the '67 US GP at the Glen here on youtube! Also do a search for "Nine days in summer".
Dan Gurney & Jackie Stewart Men of steel and wisdom! RIP Dan!
Sir Jackie Stewart is my favorite F1 driver of all time!I I was lucky to get his autograph at the 1984 Detroit GP.
i love seeing Sir Jackie still out in cars at his age. The man will always be one of my heros.
Thank you for this amazing video. Featuring two of my lifetime heroes, Sir Jackie, Presidential Dan Gurney and the iconic Eagle. The only one sadly missing here is Jim Clark, my childhood hero.
Sir Stewart's tribute to Dan is not only deserved but heathwarming, coming from this decent and humble Man. I am happy that he had the chance greeting and lodge Monsieur Gurney. I can imagine those two having a prime scotch, fireside at Lord March estate and sharing memories.
Life is good afterall.
True and wonderful all
That’s not the most beautiful car ever made. It may in fact be the most beautiful thing ever made. Period.
it's sex on wheels
Love the Stewart tartan on Jackie's helmet> Clark, Stewart, Coulthard and Franchitti. Pretty good stable of drivers. And Dan Gurney and Phil Hill were such gentlemen and great competitors.
There'as a video about Franchitti driving Clark's Lotus 38 that you will enjoy
This car is the definition of what we young lads thought a Formula 1 car
should look like. Arguably the most beautiful F1 car ever built, and we could find a few F1 people to say so.
Love the story from F1 mechanics POV. Tnx
This is quite ironic because Jackie Stewart was leading the '67 Belgian GP in the BRM H16 until gearbox troubles slowed him and he was passed by Dan Gurney to win the race with Stewart finishing second.
...and Gurney was driving race #36. That's the car.
Dan actually stopped to pit in the middle of the Belgium Grand Prix to complain about fuel metering issues, but was told he was now in second place, and to ignore them and get back out to chase down Jackie.
Loved watching this. Two legends in one video. But, would have been lovely if the commentators had paused for just a little while, so we could have enjoyed just the sound of the car for a while.
Would have loved to see Jackie wind it up on at least one straight. That car has a glorious sound.
Dan Gurney for President.
I was at Bran,s when he had such a great race with Jim Clark , what a race !,
A real driver in a real race car! Thanks.
Beautiful car, wish I could hear more of the engine over the TALKING!!
Dick Johnson You can! I volunteer at the museum where this amazing car lives. Check out this cockpit ride at the Revs Institute channel: czcams.com/video/XTui7Bwnibo/video.html
Yeah that's a lot better on the
other video except for when
they had to slow way down
I've been a longtime fan of Mr. Stewart. A gentleman in his own right.
Going slow? Well that's not only a museum piece, but a significant bit of racing history. It is not replaceable, so you treat it with great respect & reverence.
No
@JimR . . . I find it remarkable that in the past decade those rolling museum pieces have been making the rounds at places like Indianapolis, Laguna Seca, and Goodwood; as many of those vehicles were original _one-offs_ builds. Damage to any of them, especially during the transport, is disconcerting to think of.
Jackie Stewart is an absolute gentlemen, upholder of standards, and the architect of safety in motor racing having seen so many deaths. Along side Graham Hill( two very different but in some ways similar) they epitomized the early days of the modern day sport.
Sir Jackie Stewart is a pleasure to listen too
Makes me sad Dan Gurney is not with us anymore. What great races we had because of him. I grew up and Dan was my hero. Sir Jackie Stewart is the king of smooth at the controls. Yeah. Dan Gurney for President. Good to see this.
I would give anything to race that car, in its day, for free. I was born in '69, but remember having toys of the 60s F1 cars. This, without a doubt, was the most beautiful.
Oh man, what a treasure this is. Thank you so very very much for posting!
Beautiful cars, great sound, incredible drivers.
What a pleasure to have the chance of watching such a beautiful car being driven by one of the greatest GP gentlemen of all time. Jackie, Stirling, Juan Manuel, Giuseppe, Alberto, Mike... Simply legends!
One of those names is not like the others, but that aside, I agree.
@@LathropLdST please let me know who would that one be and why, I' m curious!
My favourite car in Grand Prix Legends. I took a liking to it partially because like Dan Gurney, I'm also 6'4".
I miss the beautifully classic race cars of the 1960s and the gentlemen who drove them - like Jackie Stewart !
What a beautiful car!! It might not be as fast as a modern F1 but it looks amazing!!!
and just think, it hit 196 mph at Spa
This is absolutely priceless ... wonderful comments from a contemporary of Gurney's, ... himself a living legend, giving us context about both the car, the man, and the times.
Arguably the most handsome F1 car of all time.
Absolutely beautiful F1 car, one of my favorite eras.
The Eagle was basically a Lotus 38 (the car Clark used to win Indy in 1965) adapted for Formula 1. Len Terry designed both cars and if you look at pictures of both side by side you can see the similarities. The Eagle's design reflected the idea early in the 3-liter formula that larger displacement would lead to larger cars and V-12 engines. Then Jack Brabham put a Repco V-8 engine in a chassis designed for the 1.5 liter formula and Colin Chapman designed the Lotus 49 as a minimally-sized car around the Cosworth V-8. Those cars made the Eagle a beautiful relic.
Shame that Gurney didn't wait a year until 1967 to jump to his own team. The Weslake engine wasn't really ready for 1966 and Gurney could have held his position as #1 at Brabham. Jack Brabham was always willing to let the driver he hired lead the way if that driver had the talent, and Gurney could have been World Champion in 1966.
Beautiful simplicity.
I watched Mr.Stewart race at Monaco back in the early 70s. That was a time I'll never forget. It was awesome and very loud. He is a Knight , what an honor.
Legend, priceless video
Serious chills here. Stewart was my first racing hero, and he's still one of the greatest ever to drive.
“It will be slow.” .....you know he meant it. He wasn’t wearing goggles when he pulled onto the track.
I was and still are a great fan of Dan the man, IMO for what it's worth the best American F1 pilot ever, Mario Andretti too was great but somehow Dan Gurney is the best, and as for his AAR Eagle, what a wonderful piece of engineering, at a time when steel spaceframe or aluminium sheet construction was the norm the Eagle used space-age titanium and magnesium and the car is still the most beautiful car ever, I often wonder if the team had not gone the Weslake V12 route and hung on until 1968 and used Cosworth DFV like everyone else, what might have been, but the easy safe way just was not Dan's way, something aside was Dan Gurney and Richie Ginther the tallest and shortest teammates ever?
RIP Dan the only man who Jim Clark considered a serious rival.
Stunning car the classic f1 cars will always be more beautiful than the current cars
In 1995 a group of us were standing around John Britten's radical V1000 racebike at Daytona, examining its unique engineering and carbon fiber construction. Looking up, I saw Dan Gurney in the group and he studied that motorcycle, silently, for a long time.
Gurney developed a bike. Gurney Gator. Looks odd but it radically lowered the CG. It's still being developed, but it was Dan's idea. Started making them in 2002. You may have witnessed the genesis of his idea.
Four-time 500cc World Champion Eddie Lawson owns a Gurney Gator, in the traditional Eagle blue and white. He showed up on it for a charity benefit ride in 2018, it was quite a treat to witness it!
My first ever hot wheels redline was a 1969 Indy eagle! Memories
A Spooky Knucklehead Me too
When you're Jackie Stewart you can go as slow as you like.
The slower you drive, the faster you are 😜
Yeah...especially when they don't give you any goggles
Fitness Guru I couldn’t go faster than 50km/h.
My eyes start to tear as soon as I lift the visor of my helmet when riding my motorcycle even at city speed limits.
@@rolux4853 It's been many years since I've been on a bike. I recall the first time riding in the rain as a kid and how it felt like little pebbles hitting my skin. I was like "WTH, and it's only water?!"
@@fitnessguru8012 Been there!!!😂
Legend calling another legend a gentleman, love it.
Beautiful machine.
Silky smooth 👍👍👍
I'd bet that Jackie Stewart's cars have high resale value, because the parts are never worn out.
For me this was the most beautiful F1 car ever designed, followed by the Brabham BT 52
I saw this car at the Briggs Cunningham museum when it was going through one of its restorations. I think it was 1977. Beautiful car and the titanium header is a piece of art. The pipes where they come out of the head till they connect to the exhaust pipe is one piece. They fill the pipe with sand and heat it up then bend it to shape. An old school method for sure.
Having met quite a few former F1 drivers, they have been very kind and patient with everyone. Of all that I have met, Sir Jackie Stewart was not one that I have met, but two drivers were the very nicest to me, Jacky Ickx and Dan Gurney.
I spent far more time with Jacky Ickx, which is fitting as he was my very first racing hero. My Dad bought me a little slotcar setup, but he was especially careful to have a Ferrari car, in the signature Ferrari red. The only person who raced it was me and I was always Jacky Ickx.
My Dad scored a lot of points from me that Christmas, nearly as many as when I got my German Shepherd at the holiday 2 years earlier.
It absolutely got my interest up to see cars race in Europe, F1 and Le Mans were the only series I liked
Awesome
one of the best !
very nice job!
Dan the Man
Jackie Stewart a class act and a beautiful car
The great one
I remember Jackie on Wide World of Sports in the 70s.
I miss his distinctive voice.
“Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport … the thrill of victory … and the agony of defeat … the human drama of athletic competition … This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports.”
Sir Jackie Stewart other than 3 times World Champion F1 he is especially a World Champion of human being for his way to willing to help drivers sharing his racing Technics like he did with Francoise Cevert (rip) I am always all open ears when he speaks about racing technics!! I would have loved to meet him when I was in UK but sadly never happened.. :(
Sir Jackie and my AFX slot cars. Great memories.
Most beautiful car ever.
Agreed. I'd probably have it off with the driver too.
Maybe not ever, but it is a very beautiful car.
I'd have a hard time arguing with anybody who picked this or the "pre-wing" Lotus 47
The most beautiful car of the 60s.
I cannot help and look at this and think, where did we go wrong? I mean yes the modern F1 car is a work of art in it's own right. But these cars, without wings and crazy ground effect, all the gizmo's. When looking at these historic races. I know what i preffer. Fabulous stuff.
I wish the cars still looked like that.
I remember seeing the Eagle at Brands Hatch in 1967.I seem to recall that Colin Crabbe(Antique Autos) had a GT40 with a roof hump as he was a big guy?
Well said
what a car my god!!!
Dan Gurney for president (anyone remember that?).
Yep. Started by Road & Track, IIRC...
My long-suffering father actually let me put one on our family car in the 60's
Jackie is so old people attending the revival are wearing his gear.
Damn, the size is insane compared to other cars from the era, this must have been a monster at straights.
Great guy Jackie. A humble dude, and I seem to remember him as half decent racing driver in his time....
Esse tb era muito piloto eu gostava muito qd criança
Like a sir
Beautiful car. Jackie Stewart was a great driver but probably even better as a person.
Imagine how good those great drivers would be with todays F-1 cars.
I'm digging all the Gurney flaps around the front end.
I miss Jackie calling the Indy 500. Hell, he was even great calling NASCAR.
Jackie Stewart. "The Flying Scott" for almost 20 years. The car is magnificent from the round radiator cooling vent in the front to the spinning axles and the engine bay. Even the exhaust tubes are very sensual as they wrap their way around the engine. Whoever made this video really captured a legend of man and machine. He defines racing. Amazing; I watched him race in my teens and when I got back from Vietnam.
a classic driver in a classic car.
i also liked the video where lewis hamilton drove senna's mclaren.
the driver and the car are both priceless. it makes sense that he di not push it.
SUPER TRIVIA... American Eagle also became seller of motorcycles. Laverda 750 were sold as AE. We bought 3 AE 350 scramblers. For $350 each, in the box, minus seat and tank, which we bought from a dealer in San Mateo, $10 for a seat, tank. The bikes were Kawasaki's!! So, there you go. And I owned one. American Eagle went BK, that's how we got them so cheap.
This was 1970, SF Bay Area.
I knew a guy who had several of those American Eagle branded bikes in his garage. Never knew there was a connection with Dan Gurney though. This was in the South Bay.
We bought the bikes thru Grand Prix Cycles, Ian McLaughlin, I think. And Bullwinkle his partner. Wish I had bought a Laverda 750...
I bought my first bike from Grand Prix Kawasaki. 76 KH250.
By 1196 Ian had sold GP to what you knew then and, I assume, is the same place today. In 1970 it was up the street, at Lawrence expwy. And a Ducati dealer.
We need to get America back into F1
I was just looking at my pix of this car from the us gp. I was trying to explain how big this car is compared to the cars next to it
Love the powder blues!
TÁ DE SACANAGEM SIR.?ACELERA ESSA BAGAÇA.LUGAR DE PASSEAR É NO PARQUE E NÃO NUMA PISTA LINDA DESSA.COM TODO RESPEITO, É CLARO.
Bob Williams must win all that races, that won Jackie Stewart
A valuable legend driving a valuable legend. I'd take it easy too. Jackie has long ago proven what a master he was, no need for heroics. Didn't realise how short stature he is though....
Jackie is my racing hero. He was so precise and accurate, lap after lap that when he worked for Ford and Goodyear(I believe) and they made a change, they new the lap time difference was due to the change, not Jackie.
380 bhp, thus the attention to lightweight materials.
It surprised me to hear about the bhp of that V12; and I lived in that era of F1 racing where the Cosworth DFV bhp was spoken about; and everyone was aware the Repco engine for Brabham had low bhp; but nothing was ever widely published about the V12s bhp of that era.
Cevert is looking down and smiling
Clark too. Clark would be proud of his protégé.
When racecars were pure racecars, men were men and giants roamed the Earth.
What a beautiful looking and sounding car. Like a cross between a go-kart and a jumping spider ready to pounce. If only Sir Jackie would have given it a good thrashing :)
Jackie is muy pilot favorite
He drives like a old man................. what a legend