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[kartman]

does anyone have any VHS tapes of 70`s F1 races?????

[Wheels]

Kartman,

I can't help but WOW if you find any pls let me know.

Happy holidays!!

[Paul Hartshorne]

Not sure how many could have been taped live. A friend of mine had a home videorecorder in 1979 (I bought my first one in January 1982), so I doubt that many fans, if any, could have recorded races prior to 1979.

However, look out for a documentary film (available on VHS at one time) called If You're Not Winning, You're Not Trying, which follows the JPS Lotus team throughtout the 1973 season. It's very interesting, especially when Colin Chapman criticises March driver Jean-Pierre Jarier for spreading gravel on the starting grid at one GP!

[MoMurray]

There is a video available (probably from Duke) called "The Seventies" and it is a season by season review of the decade. It lacks a little by modern standards because the races were not as widely televised I suspect. However, it is still quite good. It is part of a series (60's, 70's, 80's). Usually Speedgear has them in their catalog or you could visit Duke Video's website. Sorry I don't have the address at hand but it should be easy to search.

Mo

[kartman]

thanks guys!!!!

[RFoskett]

This may not be not exactly what you're looking for, but you could try to get hold of an Al Pacino film, called "Bobby Deerfield" Pacino plays a race driver for the "Brahma" (really Brabham) team, and uses a great deal of race footage from about 78.

There's a fair bit of racecar action in it, and also some great scenes with Pacino driving an Alfa 2000GTV.

The film itself is nothing special if this makes any difference....

It was released on VHS but may be pretty hard to find now.

[nigel red5]

kartman & wheels,
Pleased to meet you. My name is Emlyn, and by my signature below you will realise who i am....
In my collection i have the following races from the 1970s with "live" coverage..

Japan 1977
Argentina 1978
Brazil 1978
South Africa 1978
Monaco 1978
Belgium 1978
Spain 1978
France 1978
Britain 1978
Sweden 1978
Italy 1978....

I know it is not much but it is a start! - also i have that JPS 1973 video that was aforementioned, and all the season reviews from the 70s...++ a few other docu programmes that were made in the 70s.

I`ll send you both a catalogue, and you can judge it for yourselves.

[Jonathan]

Emlyn -

Have you managed the black art of transfering these tapes to VHS format yet ?

[nigel red5]

Jonathan,
You mean NTSC? - I`ll be there in about 2-3 weeks.
Keep an eye on my signature from now on....