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[biercemountain]

Back in the late 70's or early 80's Lee Majors (aka The Six Million Dollar Man) starred in a TV movie about a guy driving a kid across country while a bunch of bad guys try and stop him. While the plot was nothing to write home about, the car he was driving was very interesting.

From what I remember, the car was a two seater Can Am style sports car which looked similar to a 917/10 and was painted a solid shade of deep orange or perhaps crimson with no markings or livery.

Anyone able to shed any light on what kind of car this was?

[Wolf]

I went to IMdB and found the film You're looking for- The Last Chase (1981). Maybe if You ggogle around a bit, You'll find something, and it might jog a few memory cells around here. Hope it helps.

EDIT- if you go to credits section You'll se Bill Brack listed as Porsche driver... all Your hints/recollections seem to be right.

[biercemountain]

Originally posted by Wolf
I went to IMdB and found the film You're looking for- The Last Chase (1981). Maybe if You ggogle around a bit, You'll find something, and it might jog a few memory cells around here. Hope it helps.

EDIT- if you go to credits section You'll se Bill Brack listed as Porsche driver... all Your hints/recollections seem to be right.

Thanks for the quick answers Wolf. Your info turned up this poster:


Looks like 917/10 to me. Granted the poster might not be accurate but it certainly looks like what I remember.

If it is a Porsche, I wonder which chassis was used.

Anybody...anybody...Bueller?

[Manfred Cubenoggin]

Was this not discussed previously? Sorry, I'm too lazy to do the search myself.

Regardless, the Porsche 917/10 in question here turns out to be some hack with a Panzer-like body tacked on. I saw the movie many years ago and in one scene, it was apparent that it bore little family lineage to a 917/10.

[Arjan de Roos]

Falcadore gave this link in a previous thread called: "Best and worst racing movies":
"The Last Chase (that Lee Majors film with the 917 and F-86)
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0082642"


I believe this movie wasnt rated so high....

The car does rings a bell to me: Fleischmann...

But serious wasnt it a kit car on VW base looking like the 917-10. Because this is not real...
Have a look yourself:

[FLB]

Originally posted by Wolf
I went to IMdB and found the film You're looking for- The Last Chase (1981). Maybe if You ggogle around a bit, You'll find something, and it might jog a few memory cells around here. Hope it helps.

EDIT- if you go to credits section You'll se Bill Brack listed as Porsche driver... all Your hints/recollections seem to be right.

And Vasek Polak as Racing Advisor

[GeorgeTheCar]

If my memory serves me well, some of it was shot at Mosport and environs

[biercemountain]

Originally posted by Arjan de Roos
Falcadore gave this link in a previous thread called: "Best and worst racing movies":
"The Last Chase (that Lee Majors film with the 917 and F-86)
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0082642"


I believe this movie wasnt rated so high....

The car does rings a bell to me: Fleischmann...

But serious wasnt it a kit car on VW base looking like the 917-10. Because this is not real...
Have a look yourself:

Those photos are proof that Hollywood actually believes you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[Arjan de Roos]

Indeed, on a quite different level is THX 1138 (both in cars and story told).

But you discussed those cars before here:

THX1138