Sebring 57 & 58 - Colour Films

[DerekJ]

Hi all

While following up my research on the 100-Six Streamliners I stumbled on an Amoco colour film of the 1957 Sebring 12 hour race. Its posted on U-Tube in 3 parts.

There were 3 Streamliners in the race. Car numbers 23, 24 and 25.

Right at the beginning of Part 2 there are shots of Roy Jackson Moore, Donald and Geoff Healey. Around 4 minutes in you'll see Car number 25, with clearly visible damage, pulling out of the pits and passing the pitted MGA (Austin Healey was in the next pit to MG). At 6.30 minutes in you can see car 24 going through the S bends.

There are also some fleeting shots of the cars in Part 3. The film is a fantastic and evocative record of the 50s racing era.

Links

Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWRc-rIz8N8


Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HaBzUOMhzU&feature=related

Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxDLvKydxeM

I also found a colour film of the 1958 Sebring 12 hours which has a very good shot at 7.12 minutes of the 100- Six number 29. There were three 'normal' cars entered, all Healey Blue with matching hardtops and with LeMans style bonnet straps the same as the 100Ms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c59NDVvcp7E&feature=related


Enjoy the films if you haven't already

 

[glemon]

Derek, I watched these, thanks for the link, the vintage racing was great, but what I really got a kick out of was the intro, which I shared with the wife, although the 50s dress and language has changed we often have similar conversations at home, and we got a huge kick out of it.