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New book on GT40s coming, co-author Shelby photographer

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  1. bitzman

    bitzman Well-Known Member

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    Here's the publisher's description:
    MOTORBOOKS
    9780760347874
    Pub Date: 11/1/15
    $60.00
    224 Pages
    150 color & 150 b/w photos
    Ford GT40
    How Ford Silenced the Critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans
    Preston Lerner, Dave Friedman
    Get the whole story on the car built to beat the worldFord's
    GT40.
    Henry Ford II, "the Deuce," wanted a race car capable of winning topflight
    sports car events in Europe.
    Specifically, he wanted to win Le Mans. Ford learned that Enzo Ferrari would consider selling his company and
    negotiations quickly ensued. But after Ford spent considerable time and money reviewing Ferrari's operations and
    negotiating with Enzo, Ferrari abruptly backed out of the talks.
    The Deuce took Ferrari's actions as a personal insult. Word was sent down from on high: beat Ferrari. Ford
    settled on UKbased
    Eric Broadley's Lola GT, a cuttingedge
    car that featured a midengine
    chassis and smallblock
    Ford V8
    power. The Lola GT would morph into the Ford GT. Carroll Shelby helped shape it into the "Mark
    II" GT40. The result was one of the most legendary wins in racing history: Ford's 123
    sweep of Le Mans in
    1966.
    Ford GT40 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Ford's iconic victory, providing the detailed back story leading to
    that historic win, as well as the followup
    win in 1967. The GT40's last two competitive...
    Summary
    Preston Lerner, a regular contributor to Automobile magazine, has written about motorsports for publications
    Contributor Bio
    ranging from Sports Illustrated to the New York Times. Lerner has coauthored
    Motorbooks titles Winning: The
    Racing Life of Paul Newman and History's Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed with
    Matt Stone.
    Dave Friedman was Shelby American's official photographer in the 1960s, accompanying the team to races all
    around the world. He is a longtime motorsports and filmstill
    photographer and the author of several motor racing
    books, as well as a photography contributor to dozens more. Friedman lives in Newport Beach, California.
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    I quibble with their description of the GT40 being based on the Lola, and also with Friedman saying he shot races for Ford all over the world.
    I met Ford's official race photographer in Dearborn at Ford and his name wasn't Dave Friedman. But I'll review the book, like to read those Mysteries and Rumors...
     

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