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Victory by Design--Ford
On Speed, now.
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Alain de Cadernet driving Cobras, Mustangs, and GT40s. Great stuff.
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I have it on VHS tape and already made a copy for a friend without cable.
Also on the same tape is Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lotus, Corvette and Ford, 5-hours of Victory by Design it's a keeper. 
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I need to see the Corvette and Lotus episodes.
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I've seen the Aston Martin & Ferrari ones... fantastic television. They do a first rate job with camera & sound, and the host does a great job of weaving the history.
I understand the show centers around competion cars, but I'd LOVE to see the same treatment for some production road cars. Miura, Austin-Healy, MG TC, xk120, e-type etc...
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Corvette was on an hour ago and the Ford show just ended. I saw a bit of both while I was at lunch.
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I'll have to search for them on my DVR to see if I can record them. If not, I'll hit up Kach for them.
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The Corvette one was interesting. I've had 5 Corvettes and didn't know a 3rd of what they presented.
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FWIW, I think the 63-67 vettes were one of the best looking American cars, EVER.
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I thought it was an excellent episode. Alain certainly seemed impressed with the cars, more so than I expected.
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I know Alain was a race car driver, but for who, when, in what series?
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He was an independant who did quite well racing at Le Mans in Porsches, Ferraris as well as his own car. His Dad was a Free-French General during the WWII, but Alain is apparently very british. He's also was a well known charactor and fashion photographer which apparently got him a lot of girls. Do a search for his name across Pelican and you'll also find a cool video where he gets buzzed by a Spitfire -- of which I guess he either owns, or once owned one.
He was recently interviewed in the British magazine "Motorsports".
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3611075207317469622&q=victory+porsche
this is the porsche version.....real cool and real long , about an hour
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1984 Porsche 911 turbo look 
