Hemmings Daily: Who is the underdog in Ford v Ferrari again?

Does America champion the underdog? The pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps tales of the little guy making it big, the evergreen story of heart and determination overcoming the odds to make it to the top, remains inspirational. Boris Becker, an unseeded 17-year-old, winning Wimbledon in '85. The 1980 Olympic Miracle On Ice, seeing the American men's hockey team take it to the Russian crew. Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson. Niki Lauda returning to racing at Monza just six weeks after his horrific Nurb [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Friday, November 15, 2019 [Who is the underdog in Ford v Ferrari again?]( [Who is the underdog in Ford v Ferrari again?]( Posted by Jeff Koch - Does America champion the underdog? The pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps tales of the little guy making it big, the evergreen story of heart and determination overcoming the odds to make it to the top, remains inspirational. Boris Becker, an unseeded 17-year-old, winning Wimbledon in '85. The 1980 Olympic Miracle On Ice, seeing the American men's hockey team take it to the Russian crew. Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson. Niki Lauda returning to racing at Monza just six weeks after his horrific Nurb... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1970 Citroen HY]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1970 Citroen HY]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Filca-bodied 1970 Citroen HY for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: One of several companies in France that was involved in converting the Citron HY was Filca France, a coach builder from Champagne-sur-Oise. They came up with a special concept in the mid-sixties. An HY with an extra rear axle. The cargo capacity would, of course be enlarged in this way. But this was not all. This last axle could be locked with a hand brake, and after uncoupling the rear part, the front part could be driven away....[Read More]( Sponsored Event [Spend Thanksgiving with those you truly love.]( [Spend Thanksgiving with those you truly love.]( On the one day a year you celebrate what youre thankful for by stuffing yourself to the gills, surround yourself with the stuff youre actually thankful for!... [Learn More]( [Holden is selling some gems from its heritage collection]( [Holden is selling some gems from its heritage collection]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Even though Holden stopped building cars in Australia two years ago, it will nevertheless be possible to buy an Australian-built car from the Australian arm of General Motors when Holden auctions off a handful of vehicles from its heritage collection later this month. Just prior to the end of Holden production at the company's Elizabeth, South Australia, factory in October 2017, Holden announced that it would retain a portion of that plant for its heritage museum. However, it appears that the company didn't quite...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [VIDEO: Go mini-biking, they said. It'll be fun, they said.]( [VIDEO: Go mini-biking, they said. It'll be fun, they said.]( Posted by Dan Stoner - This week, we turn to the subject of minibikes. Pit bikes. Hammy-hams. Scooters. Whatever you call them, they're probably the second-most popular machine you'll see at any dragstrip. Why? Well, run back and forth between the starting line and your pits twice and you'll know how valuable they are to your good times at the track. And some tracks have embraced the pit bike sub-subculture to the degree that they'll take a break in the racing action to take it down a scale or three and host a pit bike drags. Now, race...[Read More]( [Seattle, 1978]( [Seattle, 1978]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: April 1978 Location: Third Avenue and Battery Street, Seattle, Washington Source: Werner Leggenhager, via Seattle Public Library Special Collections Online What do you see here?...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 11/15/1977: The 100,000,000th Ford built UPCOMING EVENTS [Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, aka MCACN]( November 23, 2019 - Rosemont, IL [Cruisin La Verne Holiday Car Show]( November 23, 2019 - Old Town La Verne, CA [28th Annual Ponies under the Palms Mustang and Ford Show]( November 24, 2019 - Sarasota, FL [Vintage MG Club of Southern California ALL MG Parts Exchange]( November 24, 2019 - Santa Ana, CA [AAA Discount on Black Friday]( November 29, 2019 - Middletown, RI [Caffeine & Chrome]( November 30, 2019 - Englewood, CO [See All Events]( [Sponsor]( FEATURED AUCTIONS [1970 Chevrolet Camaro]( [1970 Chevrolet Camaro]( [1966 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1966 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1958 Cadillac]( [1958 Cadillac]( [1975 Volkswagen Westfalia]( [1975 Volkswagen Westfalia]( [1977 Chrysler New Yorker]( [1977 Chrysler New Yorker]( [1948 Oldsmobile 68]( [1948 Oldsmobile 68]( [1973 Dodge Monaco]( [1973 Dodge Monaco]( [1959 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88]( [1959 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88]( [1971 Chevrolet C10]( [1971 Chevrolet C10]( [1970 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL]( [1970 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL]( PROMOTED LISTING [1969 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1969 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [$42,500]( PROMOTED LISTING [1899 Advanced 18HP]( [1899 Advanced 18HP]( [Auction]( PROMOTED LISTING [1987 Cadillac Allante]( [1987 Cadillac Allante]( [Auction]( [1965 Rochester Fuel Injection Unit by Jack podell]( [1965 Rochester Fuel Injection Unit by Jack podell]( [$12,500]( [View All Classifieds]( FEATURED IN THE BLOG [Open Diff - What are the best books for an automotive library?]( [Open Diff - What are the best books for an automotive library?]( [Reminiscing - Shopping for a new family car]( [Reminiscing - Shopping for a new family car]( [See All Featured Blog Posts]( FOLLOW US: [Hemmings Instagram]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Join us on Facebook]( [View our Flickr pool]( [View Newsletter Archives]( WEEK IN REVIEW Thursday, November 14, 2019 [Today we learned: The Fiero wasn't Pontiac's first mid-engine car]( [Today we learned: The Fiero wasn't Pontiac's first mid-engine car]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Not counting horseless carriages and other early automobiles that placed their engines under and behind-ish the driver, the Pontiac Fiero is often hailed as the first mid-engine American production car, arriving 35 years before the mid-engine Corvette. But, as it turns out, Pontiac's engineers had investigated the mid-engine layout 50 years ago, long before the Fiero. True, the XP-21 Firebird I placed its gas-turbine engine behind the driver, making it a mid-engine design, but all three gas-turbine Firebirds were...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1989 GMC Sierra 1500]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1989 GMC Sierra 1500]( Posted by Mike Austin - 55,000-mile 1989 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: 1989 GMC 4X4 fifty five thousand actual miles! Dealer installed custom paint from new. New shocks , new bed cover, bed is like new under bed liner. Inside and out looks like it just rolled off showroom! This is truly a one of a kind truck. Short wheel base 4X4 350V8 everything works like new. Hard to find a truck this nice runs and drives like new! Electric locks,tilt wheel, cruise, AM/FM cassette, cold A/C! You w...[Read More]( [Bank Managers Vehicle of Choice - 1949 Rover 75 Saloon]( [Bank Managers Vehicle of Choice - 1949 Rover 75 Saloon]( Posted by Mark J. McCourt and Jeff Koch - Postwar, Rover cars were a delicious dichotomy. On the outside, they were smartly conservative--nothing too weird or flashy. But underneath, there were always some significant technical advancements that belied the stolid upper-middle-class style. Before the war, Rovers were utterly contemporary in their design and engineering; after WWII ended and Britain's manufacturing base got going again, things got considerably more technically innovative. The first of these really new Rovers (not just rehashed prewar models built...[Read More]( [Waiting for someday: The longest of the long-term parkers]( [Waiting for someday: The longest of the long-term parkers]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - I'm glad to see from the comments to our most recent Open Diff that I'm not the only one plagued by background anxiety over unfinished projects. If y'all like, I could work to arrange some sort of group therapy sessions for us. On the other end of the spectrum, however, came a good number of comments from folks who have no problem holding onto project vehicles for decades. In fact, it became something of a contest that wal kicked off with his comment: I'm not sure what my limit is yet. I have 4 sitters and have h...[Read More]( [Vancouver, British Columbia, 1980s]( [Vancouver, British Columbia, 1980s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1980s Location: West 4th Avenue and West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia Source: City of Vancouver Archives What do you see here?...[Read More]( Wednesday, November 13, 2019 [Built to contest La Carrera Panamericana, Mickey Thompson's Allied-bodied Kurtis never got its chance]( [Built to contest La Carrera Panamericana, Mickey Thompson's Allied-bodied Kurtis never got its chance]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Mickey Thompson sped along at 100 miles an hour or so. He didn't have another land-speed record or motorsports title in his sights. He didn't even have his hands on the wheel of a specially prepared racing machine. Instead, he was in a rush to get out of Mexico, and though he narrowly escaped retribution this time, karma caught up to him a couple years later when the cancellation of La Carrera Panamericana kept him from racing a one-of-two Allied-bodied Kurtis on the international stage. The 1953 flight out of Me...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1976 Lotus Eclat]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1976 Lotus Eclat]( Posted by Mike Austin - Rare even among the Lotus lineup, it's a 1976 Lotus Eclat for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Owned and brought back to great shape by an owner/technician at Brit Bits, a classic British service and restoration shop. Time for a new home so I can get to other projects. My history with this 1976 Lotus Eclat. I was so impressed with this car when I first saw it on a ride I did with the British car club in Nova Scotia, that when the owner needed to sell it, I bought it. I knew he kept it in a hea...[Read More]( [The newest trend in crate engines is... a 161-hp diesel?]( [The newest trend in crate engines is... a 161-hp diesel?]( Posted by Mike Austin - The SEMA Show is automotive sensory overload. You can only see so many Broncos, Overland Jeep Gladiators, and Toyota Supras before your eyes glaze over. The same goes for looking under the hood, where the Chevy small-block is nearly ubiquitous. So we took notice when two sport trucks showed up to the 2019 SEMA show with something else under the hood: The Cummins R2.8, a four-cylinder, 161-horsepower diesel. I can already predict some of the comments. Why go to all the trouble and expense of a custom build to put ...[Read More]( [Coventry officials introduce replica of long-lost first Riley automobile]( [Coventry officials introduce replica of long-lost first Riley automobile]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - It took a British schoolboy - one with access to a fully equipped machine shop, working steadily for two years, but a schoolboy nonetheless - to beat the Germans to one of the landmark engineering developments in the evolution of the internal combustion engine and to help center the British car industry in Coventry. And it took that schoolboy's nephew two decades to pay tribute to that pioneer with a replica of the first automobile to bear the Riley name. Late into the 19th century, internal combustion engines la...[Read More]( [Anaheim, California, 1975]( [Anaheim, California, 1975]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: March 1975 Location: Anaheim, California Source: via Anaheim Public Library What do you see here?...[Read More]( Tuesday, November 12, 2019 [Chevy builds an electric C-10 and Ford shows off a battery-powered Mustang at SEMA]( [Chevy builds an electric C-10 and Ford shows off a battery-powered Mustang at SEMA]( Posted by Mike Austin - With instantaneous torque, fewer components, and compact motors, are electric conversions the future of hot rodding? No, they're not. But chances are they'll be a piece of that future. And to show off that potential, both Chevrolet and Ford put electric conversions in the spotlight at the 2019 SEMA show, with two different takes on battery-powered performance. Chevy's effort, dubbed E-10, is a 1962 C-10 pickup truck that previews a potential future crate kit. Across the Las Vegas Convention Center Central Hall, Ford...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1978 Buick Riviera]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1978 Buick Riviera]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Preserved 1978 Buick Riviera for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: 1 of only 2,899 produced in '78. Being a 41-year-old car with only 34,885 original miles makes this car a true collector car. Some of the unique features to this Riviera is the black/silver 2-tone paint, black vinyl top, opera windows, 15 chrome rally wheels, deluxe leather interior, brushed aluminum dash panel/gauges, sport steering wheel, 403 c.i. Oldsmobile V-8 and special trim and emblems. The exterior on this car is bea...[Read More]( [Quad engines or nitro? T.V. Tommy tried 'em both, nearly ending his racing career in one and definitely ending it in the other]( [Quad engines or nitro? T.V. Tommy tried 'em both, nearly ending his racing career in one and definitely ending it in the other]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - If we were to assemble a clickbait top-10 list of T.V. Tommy Ivo drag-racing moments, the creation of his quad-engine Showboat exhibition racer and the 1974 Winternationals crash would vie for the two top spots, if for no other reason than the sheer spectacle of each. In January, the car at the center of one of those episodes, and an Ivo-approved replica at the center of the other, will both cross the block as part of a collection featuring several other drag history highlights. The 1957 ban on nitromethane by th...[Read More]( [VIDEO: The first Pro-Touring car, from the people who were there when it happened]( [VIDEO: The first Pro-Touring car, from the people who were there when it happened]( Posted by Mike Austin - So what's the big deal with 1969 Chevrolet Camaro built by Mark Stielow known as Tri-Tip? It's widely recognized as the first Pro-Touring car, that's what. Of course, that just raises more questions, like what makes a Pro-Touring car and why Stielow's car was different than anything that came before it. For some explanation, we've got a trio of videos from the people who where there on the scene. First, our Terry McGean chats with Cole Quinnell. Cole was a staff editor at Hot Rod back when Stielow started racing ...[Read More]( [New York City, 1982]( [New York City, 1982]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: 1982 Location: 1st Avenue and East 15th Street, New York City, New York Source: via NYC Nostalgia What do you see here? ...[Read More]( [Open Diff: What vehicles would you like to see reborn?]( [Open Diff: What vehicles would you like to see reborn?]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Judging from the interest in the upcoming Ford Bronco, the Dearborn automaker is onto something. Early Broncos, in both stock and restomod form, are on fire at the moment, and Ford is poised to capitalize on this when the model is reborn in spring 2020 (assuming, of course, the final product lives up to the hype). Borrowing from the back catalog is hardly a new idea, but as automakers have learned, recapturing lightning in a bottle is a tricky thing to do. The reborn 2002 Ford Thunderbird, for example, ticked all...[Read More]( Monday, November 11, 2019 [Why does bodywork and painting cost so much? We break it down]( [Why does bodywork and painting cost so much? We break it down]( Posted by Barry Kluczyk - A friend of ours, Jeff Murphy, dragged his unrestored '69 Mustang Mach 1 onto a trailer and sent it off to a restoration shop after it languished in his walk-out basement for the better part of 30 years. He was surprised when the estimate for the bodywork and paint elements of the project came this close to $40,000. At a glance, the dusty, but complete and seemingly solid pony car didn't need much. Sure, there were some rust bubbles behind the rear wheel openings and the dings and minor dents that come on a 50-year-old ...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1988 Dodge Grand Caravan]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1988 Dodge Grand Caravan]( Posted by Mike Austin - Original survivor 1988 Dodge Grand Caravan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: One family owner, factory original paint and interior in excellent condition, PS, PB, PW, PL, air condition. Well maintained, everything works.Only driven in summer for last 20 years. Find more Dodges for sale on Hemmings.com...[Read More]( [Emerson Fittipaldi to be honored with Simeone's 2019 Spirit of Competition award]( [Emerson Fittipaldi to be honored with Simeone's 2019 Spirit of Competition award]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - He's won a pair of Formula 1 world driving championships, the first, at age 25, marking him as the then-youngest champion in the history of the sport. He's captured two Indy 500 wins as well, plus a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) series title. On December 2, Emerson Fittipaldi adds one more accolade to his CV, when he's presented with the 2019 Spirit of Competition Award from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Emerson, along with older brother Wilson, grew up immersed i...[Read More]( [SEMA 2019: Video walkaround of the Mopar booth and classic racing Broncos]( [SEMA 2019: Video walkaround of the Mopar booth and classic racing Broncos]( Posted by Mike Austin - We've got a fresh new video from SEMA with our own Dan Stoner. In this installment of our coverage from the 2019 show, Dan takes us to the Mopar booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center for a closer look at the Lowliner custom D200 pickup, a Hellephant-powered "Christine" Plymouth Fury, and the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak. Then he heads out to the Ford Bronco tent for a closer look at some legendary off-road Broncos that competed in Baja racing and events like the Mint 400 back in the day. We've heard your comments...[Read More]( [New York City, 1960s]( [New York City, 1960s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1960s Location: New York City, New York Source: via Jim and Chester's Garage What do you see here?...[Read More]( [Classics that I hated and loved at the same time]( [Classics that I hated and loved at the same time]( Posted by Jim Van Orden - Ever want to kick your car or blow it up? I felt that way about several of the two dozen cars I owned. Yet, despite their deficiencies, they grew on me. And when it was time to sell them, I had a lump in my throat. They were old friends, and I loved them. Take the bucket of bolts, as I called the 1977 Dodge Aspen station wagon. Despite being only five years old, it squeaked and rattled so loudly passengers screamed to be heard. The car looked ugly, too, its brown paint hiding fender rust, scratches, a...[Read More]( Sunday, November 10, 2019 [Classics that I hated and loved at the same time]( [Classics that I hated and loved at the same time]( Posted by Jim Van Orden - Ever want to kick your car or blow it up? I felt that way about several of the two dozen cars I owned. Yet, despite their deficiencies, they grew on me. And when it was time to sell them, I had a lump in my throat. They were old friends, and I loved them. Take the bucket of bolts, as I called the 1977 Dodge Aspen station wagon. Despite being only five years old, it squeaked and rattled so loudly passengers screamed to be heard. The car looked ugly, too, its brown paint hiding fender rust, scratches, a...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1982 Mazda RX-7]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1982 Mazda RX-7]( Posted by Mike Austin - A rust-free 1982 Mazda RX7 GSL for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Original 59,000 mile unrestored 1982 Mazda RX7 GSL, 5 Speed. Original 12A Rotary engine, drivetrain, interior, sheetmetal, glass, paint and trim. The GSL package came with four-wheel disc brakes, limited slip differential and many sport/luxury options- see window sticker. Recently replaced Brakes, Clutch and Tires. The paint presents very nicely with no fading. All body panels are original with little signs of age. The undercarr...[Read More]( [Four-Links - oldest surviving American auto, Detroit factory history, Jackie Frady, West Texas drags]( [Four-Links - oldest surviving American auto, Detroit factory history, Jackie Frady, West Texas drags]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - The oldest surviving American automobile, as The Henry Ford pointed out this week, exists in the museum's collection, and it well predates the internal combustion engine. Smoke-belching steam locomotives were familiar sights to Americans in the 1860s. But a small steam carriage running under its own powerwithout horses!was so startling that people paid to see it driven around a track. It was a curiosity, not transportation. By the time its inventor, Sylvester Roper, died in 1896, the next generation of innova...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1977 Chevrolet Malibu Classic]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1977 Chevrolet Malibu Classic]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Preserved 1977 Chevrolet Malibu Classic for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: low mileage, one owner 1977 Chevy Malibu Classic to the market for the first time since 9/22/76! Built in Fremont, CA - Sold new at Midway Chevrolet in St. Paul, MN - original paperwork includes build sheet, warranty cards, dealer inspection sheet, owners manual and more. Silver exterior with Firethorn cloth interior that still looks new, and retains that classic 70's smell. The original 350 V8 runs strong, and the car ...[Read More]( LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION [Open Diff: What's the longest you would let a vehicle sit?]( [Open Diff: What's the longest you would let a vehicle sit?]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - I keep having this recurring dream in which I suddenly recall some long-neglected project vehicle, stored somewhere I don't frequent. While whoever's stored it for me over the intervening years is kind enough to not charge me storage fees, I still get a minor panic attack over adding one more thing to my projects list, one more thing to try to find garage space for, one more thing to decide what to do with. I'm not the sort of person to let something sit unused or unattended for long, which is one reason why I so...[Read More]( LAST WEEK'S MOST READ [Take my advice, you want a 450 SEL 6.9, just not the one I had]( [Take my advice, you want a 450 SEL 6.9, just not the one I had]( Posted by Mike Austin - When it comes to big Benzes, there are few that were as ambitious as the 450 SEL 6.9. With its massive, 6.9-liter V-8 sporting a racing-derived dry sump oil system and a self-leveling hydropneumatic suspension, this car combined size and speed in a way that was unheard of a the time. Consider that the 1984 Chevrolet Corvette was only a half second faster through the quarter-mile than the 6.9 that Car and Driver tested in 1977. It cost $39,377 in 1977, the first year of official sales in the United States, or 64 p...[Read More]( Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. 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