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Ok, I have been embroiled in deep discussion about this one.

In the Italian Job, we all remember the stunt of the Mini's driving onto the back of the coach. How was it done.

To me, it seems a case of 75 MPH mini approaches coach doing 70mph. As soon as the front Bananarama! the ramps, dump the clutch and the 5mph differential relative to the coach speed carried the Mini up the ramp, by which time the driver is in first allowing him to drive to the front. what do you guys think?

I can't see any kind of braking involved as the rear wheels of the mini need to be rotating at an equivalent speed of 70mph even though the mini would be stationary relative to the coach (unless those mini's were modified).

i think clive me ol bean that your noggin is working way to hard for this time of the night go get a brew have a fag and chill out man

Do you know what me old bucket o sick? I might just do that.

Any thoughts on the conundrum Simon? My brother and I cannot agree on the answer.

Clivey wrote:Do you know what me old bucket o sick? I might just do that.

Any thoughts on the conundrum Simon? My brother and I cannot agree on the answer.

well im sitting here with a fag and 7th krony so i couldent care less lol

Clivey wrote:Ok, I have been embroiled in deep discussion about this one.

In the Italian Job, we all remember the stunt of the Mini's driving onto the back of the coach. How was it done.

To me, it seems a case of 75 MPH mini approaches coach doing 70mph. As soon as the front Bananarama! the ramps, dump the clutch and the 5mph differential relative to the coach speed carried the Mini up the ramp, by which time the driver is in first allowing him to drive to the front. what do you guys think?

I can't see any kind of braking involved as the rear wheels of the mini need to be rotating at an equivalent speed of 70mph even though the mini would be stationary relative to the coach (unless those mini's were modified).

clivey for a start i reckon they were doin circa 25-35 mph
and it was dead easy

1st mini had it easy , 2nd pretty skillful , 3rd one prob hit the 2nd one a good few times before they got it right.

Always wondered that meself Clivey.

Forget the difficulty, how was the mini driven onto the back of the coach without the front wheels locking/spinning on contact with the ramps?

Front brakes non functional?

what i want to know is what was the idea????

But they are rotating at a relative speed of X and as soon as they hit the ramp they will need to slow down instantaneously to almost 0MPH

If you watch the shoot , those tyres are smokin when it hits the ramp.

Rollers inside the coach, like a treadmill?

I don't know about the Italian job but that's what they used to do in Knight Rider. An already rolling track inside the truck so then you could slow down inside without moving forward.

but the real question is what was the idea

According to a "Making Of" documentary,[4] the film's ending was the brainchild of producer Deeley. He was unsatisfied with any of the four endings written at the time. He conceived of the film's current ending as a cliffhanger appropriate to an action film which also left open an opportunity for a sequel. The documentary describes how Deeley envisioned a sequel would begin: helicopters would be used to save the bus seen teetering on the edge of a cliff at the end of the first film. The grateful gang would soon discover that it is the Mafia that has saved them, and the sequel would have been about stealing the gold bullion from them.

In interviews in 2003 and 2008, the now-Sir Michael Caine revealed that the ending would have had Croker "crawl up, switch on the engine and stay there for four hours until all the petrol runs out... The van bounces back up so we can all get out, but then the gold goes over."[1]

The bus containing the gold would crash at the bottom of the hill where the Mafia would pick it up. The sequel would then have Croker and his men trying to get it back.

In 2008 the Royal Society of Chemistry held a competition[5] for members of the public to propose solutions to how the cliffhanger was solved, insisting that the solution had to have a plausible basis in science. The idea was to promote greater understanding of science, and to highlight the 100th anniversary of the periodic table, of which gold is one of the 117 elements.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job#Ending

In 2008 the Royal Society of Chemistry held a competition[5] for members of the public to propose solutions to how the cliffhanger was solved, insisting that the solution had to have a plausible basis in science. The idea was to promote greater understanding of science, and to highlight the 100th anniversary of the periodic table, of which gold is one of the 117 elements.

Jesus, those guys sure know how to party!