New Mustang Steve McQueen Advert

[Fax]

I know that you guys in the UK probably havent seen this but Ford is running a brilliant new commercial for the new Ford Mustang based on the movie "Field of Dreams"  A guy lives on a farm, builds a road course in the middle of his corn crops and pulls out on to the course in his new Mustang.  He stand beside the car for a few seconds when out from the corn walks Steve McQueen (this is all digitally spliced from Bullitt)  the bloke hands Steve the keys, gets a stare from Steve and McQueen goes tearing off around the course.  Its fricking brilliant!  I wish there was a way you guys could find this on the web, there's got to be a clip out there somewhere
Fax

[Steve Pyro]

Yes John, I've seen it, brilliant (much better than the also good earlier Ford Puma ad with Steve McQueen)

Here's a link to it (Quicktime) - http://www.joeytomatoes.com/fordmustangcornfield.htm

or downloadable here - http://avs.epix.net/cornfield.wmv

Makes you want to buy one?

[Steve Pyro]

.....and another link with some stills http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/ads/05/#cornfield

plus another longer ad based around a (Iraq?) war veterans return home and (eventually) the new Mustang.  Warning - it's a bit sentimental http://www.nbc.com/nbc/American_Dreams/ford.shtml

[Paddy_NL]

shame he doesn't give the double finger

[Perdu]

THAT'S why I had Broadband at last!!!

Great advert, thanks for telling us about it.....

Think I might wait for the DBR9 now though.

 

Bill

[johnevans3]

Speaking of the Steve McQueen double finger, I can't remember what it means.  I watched Le Mans again last week when he did it at the end of the race to the Ferrari driver but I just don't remember the symbolism.  Someone please refresh my aging grey matter.  Thanks.

[Steve Pyro]

John,
Historically it derives from when the English archers used to taunt their opponents (such as the French at Agincourt).  They were giving the two finger (palm towards yourself) signal that basically meant "look, I still have my two arrow shooting fingers and I'm going to send an arrow up your arse".  The fingers were crucial for pulling the bow string and holding the arrow.
When archers were taken captive they generally had these fingers chopped off so that they could not shoot a bow if they escaped.

Nowadays, it is still a good method of taunting your opponent and basically means "f**k you" or "f**k off".

[DickieAttwood]

Fax

Thanks for that, I will be passing that on at work on Monday. You could also link the ad to that Steve McQueen film where there's a car chase in a corn field, memory is a bit vague here!

can someone help?

 

might not have been Steve McQueen, but I think it was.

What was that other film he did where he was a bounty hunter, his house was always full of strangers and he had trouble parking his car [his character was a terrible driver]?

I'm sure this one was Steve McQueen.

D.A.

[johnevans3]

Steve, now I remember.  Thanks for bringing that fact back to me.   If we used that gester in the US, very few people would know about that.  They might even think it's a "bassackwards V" for victory or peace depending on your generation.

[Steve Pyro]

Dickie,
The film who describe was called 'The Hunter' and was McQueens last film.
Pretty good movie, I think, in a fairly laid back sort of way.

The chase through the high corn field is where he's chasing a couple of brothers who have jumped bail - McQueen drives a Trans Am (a fine donor car engine for a cobra   )

[DickieAttwood]

Superb!

That's been bothering me all evening - reference my last post,  am I on about the same film then?


D.A.

[Steve Pyro]

Superb!

That's been bothering me all evening - reference my last post,  am I on about the same film then?


D.A.

Yes, definately.  He drove an old beat up convertible with a dodgy gearbox and his girlfriend was heavily pregnant - she got kidnapped by a bad guy as I recall.

[vwgtifan]

Yeah, it's a great ad, nostalgic and all...too bad the car is still a cheaply put together heap.

Want an American V-8 that rocks? Get the new '05 Vette ( a huge quality and power jump in this new body style), or your version of our Pontiac GTO and Aussie Original, the Monaro.

Would like to see them loose the pushrods already...

[Robbo SPS]

Yeah, it's a great ad, nostalgic and all...too bad the car is still a cheaply put together heap.

I get the impression, all American cars are buil;t like that.

The road test of the new Dodge Viper showed the body work on fire and typical cheap plastics ?

[vwgtifan]

Typical cheap plastics lead to typical cheap squeaks and rattles. That was one of the big new improvements on the '05 Vette, that GM found better plastics for the interior. You would think that a car touted as hitting 0-60 in 4 seconds flat would have an interior to match. How much more could it cost to have a TVR like interior? I have heard that they can be of questionable build, but those interiors are sexy as ....you know.