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Dec 14, 2020 · Shelby’s relationship with British-born Ken Miles, one of the drivers in the 1966 Ford team, provides the basis of the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari. Miles, (played by Christian Bale ), was a driver ...
Nov 18, 2019 · In Ford v Ferrari, a big source of that simmering push-and-pull is the relationship between the prim and proper Ford executive board collective — particularly Henry Ford II and Leo Beebe — and Carroll Shelby, regarding the employment of test driver Ken Miles. Shelby really wants Miles to man his flagship car in the '66 Le Mans race, as he ...
Nov 15, 2019 · Carroll Hall Shelby, portrayed by Matt Damon Image Credit: The Enthusiast Network via Getty Images; Twentieth Century Fox Hailed as one of the masterminds behind Ford Motor Co.'s success, Carroll ...
Jul 15, 2020 · Advertisements With the release of the Ford v Ferrari movie, there has been renewed interest associated with my 2016 article here on Hemmings concerning Ford executive Leo Beebe and the end of the 1966 Le Mans race. Comments, around 200 in number four years after initial publication, show the passion of people on both sides of the dispute. With that […]
Nov 18, 2019 · Mangold's film also plays up FoMoCo director of special vehicles Leo Beebe (Josh Lucas) as the main villain, clashing with iconoclast Ken Miles, and as the exec who ordered the '66 Le Mans photo ...
Sep 11, 2020 · Henry got us together in 1965: Ray Geddes, Leo Beebe, Don Frey, and I. Henry had put together name tags that said, 'Ford Wins Le Mans in 1966.' Well, you saw four people with dysentery from that ...
OP • 4 yr. ago. When I saw Ford v Ferrari in theaters, I was puzzled by Leo Beebe's portrayal in the film. Knowing little about the story going into it, I figured that he was a fictionalized cartoon villain made up for the plot of the film, similar to to the character "Pig Vomit" in the film Private Parts. So I was very surprised to learn ...
