The Jensen Owners' Club

General Henri Guisan developed a strategy for the defense of Switzerland that recognized Switzerland's limited resources in equipment and manpower compared to its potential adversaries. Guisan proposed a delaying strategy in the broken terrain of the borders to keep an invading force out of the open country in the central plateau for as long as possible, allowing an orderly retreat to the secured Alpine perimeter. Once the retreat to the Alps was complete, the Swiss government could remain in hiding for an extended time.

felixkk wrote:Thank you, Grant. Much appreciated I was impressed how they are sitting in the grass having lunch. Today they’d need a whole row of caravans and tents for the filming, I imagine. I stumbled across the pictures by chance when I was googling a poster/book cover, a friend of mine did:

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slotcarone wrote:Great pictures!! One thing I find strange also being a Mustang fan is the antenna is on the wrong side. That is an early '64 1/2 car.

As Alan Mann of Alan Mann Racing Ltd./UK told me,
they were approached via Walter Hayes, the big PR boss of Ford then in Europe. The Movie production had asked him for some help on the stunt scenes and requested a Mustang convertible for a female actress as well. As Allan recalls, "he had a convertible around" and at least it was easy to locate it for the movie.

Well, must have been still hard to get an 64 1/2 convertible in May/June in my view. But if Walter Hayes was in the background, it was for sure no problem to get it from somewhere. The white (or some still say phoenecian yellow) 64 1/2 convertible was the first appearance of a Mustang in Bond movies. Alan Mann was in Monte Carlo at the time of the filming and could plan ahead for the support indeed. Some suspension modifications were done to make it race-ready for the small curves and steep tiny roads at the Furka pass.

Alan Mann did not remember the VIN nor what happened to the car later. He thinks it might be scrapped, but we all know, movie cars apparently pop up here and there. In the end Alan Mann confirmed that he will be able to verify any car by specific changes they made, so attempts to produce fakes will not really be successful.

John Grant from Alan Mann Racing rememberd the car very clearly.
He told us a few years back in his interview a nice anecdote about the actual filming at the Furka pass. Andrew Cowan drove the car in some scenes and had to wear a wig, which was quite funny to see for his A.Mann race team mates, as he was quite tall. They had a lot of fun being there.

The red interior is clearly visible, although the white or light yellow color remain a question. Most people think and as far as I remember the Ian Fleming Organisation confirmed, it is a white Mustang.
John Grant (ex-Allan Mann mechanic) told me it featured a regular 289 engine, not a HiPo.

Note the big UK licence plate MLO973B clearly indicating that this car was brought over from England and probably by the Alan Mann Racing team.

Keith wrote:

felixkk wrote:Thank you, Grant. Much appreciated I was impressed how they are sitting in the grass having lunch. Today they’d need a whole row of caravans and tents for the filming, I imagine. I stumbled across the pictures by chance when I was googling a poster/book cover, a friend of mine did:

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Great cover! And with George! What book is it please, Felix?